Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
For our first couple of orders we have gone to a local screen printing company to make our shirts for us. But now we are looking into getting our own heat press but we don't want to have to deal with the inks and we want to know if anyone can suggest a company that we can order our custom transfers from and then we can press them. We will be able to save at least $2-3 per shirt if we can buy the shirts ourselves. Any thought? Thanks for any help!
versatrans is my choice. 10x16 gang sheets or 11.5x17 if you need to go larger. Competetive prices and they accept small orders if you are just starting out.
Thanks for the suggestions. What kind of artwork format do you have to give to them and what type of program do you have to use in order to get it to that format?
I'm currently using Corel Draw for my artwork. It is much different than photoshop which I had been using before. I briefly tried Illustrator but found Corel was easier to use for me. I save my files in corel and convert everything to curves before submitting it for pricing.
I just used transfer express and they were great, very fast also. I knew nothing about ordering a transfer and they did most of the work for me. Very easy to work with.
I was told by a few people that order from there every other week to give them a try. I had never done the transfers because we do our own screenprinting but all of my screens are tied up with other stuff and I needed a 3 color design. I pressed it today and it looked great.
I'm currently using Corel Draw for my artwork. It is much different than photoshop which I had been using before. I briefly tried Illustrator but found Corel was easier to use for me. I save my files in corel and convert everything to curves before submitting it for pricing.
What does converting to curves do as far as the cutting aspect.
by converting your text to curves it just ensures that when they open your file it will still be in the same font as you intended. If you did not convert it to curves and they did not have the font you used their computer would probably substitute another font to replace it. that is why they want you to convert text to curves.
Converting to curves also allows you to manipulate the text or object by using the nodes, but that is another story.
by converting your text to curves it just ensures that when they open your file it will still be in the same font as you intended. If you did not convert it to curves and they did not have the font you used their computer would probably substitute another font to replace it. that is why they want you to convert text to curves.
Converting to curves also allows you to manipulate the text or object by using the nodes, but that is another story.
Lar
I had this happen with a embroidery file once and man was it a cluster.I had a irate customer and I learned a big lesson. I also no convert everything to curves before I send it off . .... JB
Heat transfers printed for you. 
