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merc476 · April 2nd, 2008

Hi,

I'm researching like a madd man before I get into the heat transfers and one thing thats been confusing to me is this....I've seen heat transfers where regardless of what your image is, the transfer appears as the full 8.5x11 sheet on the shirt. However, I've seen transfers where only the image or text stays on the shirt and the rest peals off. How do you print heat transfers where only the images/text stays on the shirt and the rest doesn't come up so it doesn't look like a rectangle on the shirt around your image? I know it's a dumb question but I don't think I was ever gonna figure that one out on my own

plan b · April 2nd, 2008

Hi, two ways to do this, one is sublimation which you are limited to light color shirts and polyester material only, two- countour cut your transfer, which means cutting around the immage outline as close as possible this can be done either with scissors or a contour cut vinyl cutter.

Girlzndollz · April 2nd, 2008

Roger's post is spot on, or you could plan your designs with color filled boxes and rectangle designs.

There are great plotters/cutters out there, as well as a thread here with testing being done with a great paper Jetprosofstretch (tshirtsupplies.com).
Here's a link: Jet-Pro SofStretch (inkjet heat transfer paper) vs Plotter Test - with pictures!.

And if you are considering a plotter, heres a thread with tests going on:
(I'm linking you in to where the testing starts up):
I Bought A Copam from US Cutter - Time to compare UScutter - Graphtec CE5000-60 - Roland GX 24

Jetpro is for light shirts, you'll have the same issue with paper for darks. At least with JPSS, the polymer is negiligable, and washes out in a few washes. If you go this way, look for papers that work well with plotters. Best regards.

merc476 · April 3rd, 2008

Very helpful info! I appreciate it guys.

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