Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I just bought an Oki c5500 printer. When we went to print the dark transfers with" Laser One Opaque paper", the first one printed fine. The next one was too hot and kind of melted. We had to wait until the fan shut off before we could print another one. We had it set to heavy paper like the directions said. It took forever to print for 25 shirts. Is this normal? Shouldn't we be able to print one right after the other? Do we have the wrong settings, or what. We had a Konika Minolta before this, and we could print constant. Help!
I haven't used that paper in a long time, but I think I used the heavy setting with the multipurpose tray. I also ran a few blank sheets through in order to get the fuser to heat up. Most transfer papers that I've used need a hot fuser in order to print properly. The paper may have gotten jammed because of this issue.
Thanks for the reply. I called the company where I got the paper, and they said they recommend label setting, and the by pass tray. The paper didn't jam, it just came out all streeked and fuzy. Is there another paper for dark transfers? That seems to be all people in this area want.
I looked at my saved setting for that paper and the heavy setting it what I used. Someone at Coastal Business told me to use label and I had problems, too. That paper does give inconsistent results. Magic Touch has a dark fabric paper, but it's expensive. Someone told me they use Iron all for darks in there laser, but I wouldn't believe that until I heard it from other sources. I thought that Iron all for darks was for inkjet only, but I'd like to know if it really works. Consider an inkjet printer with pigment ink for dark fabric transfers. You'll get better, longer lasting prints, compared to Laser 1 Opaque.
Where do you get pigment ink? Also what paper do you use then for the inkjet dark transfers? We do alot of embroidery, but lately we have had alot of requests for t-shirts. Thanks for your help.
The Epson R1800/1900 among others come with pigment ink and you can save money by using a bulk ink system with standard pigment or heat transfer inks. Check with many of the suppliers that advertise on this forum. Many have inks and paper. I like the McLogan brand dark fabric paper (mclogan.com). I use my Oki 5500 for Magic Touch and Duracotton light fabric jobs, but most of my transfer work is done with my Epson.
If you have too cool down the fuser to print the next transfer then your media weight setting is too high. Try medium weight. The higher the media weight setting the hotter the printer adjusts fuser temp.
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