Discuss the various aspects of heat press technology. Transfer paper, inks, plastisol transfers, vinyl cutters, printers, commercial usage, durability, suppliers, etc.
I would imagine that is one of the reasons peeps use jet transfers.
You can also lease a full out high end Xerox Color Lazer copy machine, not to expensive and the quality is real good.
Is the tranfer print onto a shirt better from an inkjet or is it because the ink jet printers are more econimical to buy?
Both. Most people care more about the entry costs than the running costs, so in general the cheapest upfront option is the one most likely to be taken. In this specific case though, people also seem to prefer the quality of an inkjet transfer over a laser.
I didn't say they'd made an informed decision based on empirical evidence. I said they had a preference.
I guess THEY you mean entry level for the most part where they can buy a jet printer off the shelf where a LEASE agreement is not required, as it would be with a Full Out Xerox machine. In that case I do agree that such THEY prefer the jet.
Yup, by they/most people I mean entry level home business average joe forum member types, rather than bigger businesses with a budget who might also consider DTG options types
There is a new product coming out from www.autoart.ca that is amazing. You can virtually use just about any color laser printer and the results which i have seen first hand are equal to that of sublimation - no joke !
This new paper does not leave virtually ' no hand ' nor does any trimming need to be done around your image transfer. No visiable polymer can be seen...
I was testing this paper also with my sublimation set up and a high realease paper and was able to print on 100 % cotton with the same results...
Wow, I would be really interested in trying some of this new paper.
Oh, and I think I have decided I am going to go with a color laser printer. Now I just have to find one I like. I made a new post asking for some opinions on color lasers. Please feel free to help me out!
thats not correct. Since MOST people have not owned and operated both system over a period of time to determine such conclusion to be true.
if there are clear result statistics of such, I would like to know about it. Then I would believe it.
Actually, I have heard more people that have used both prefer inkjet over laser as far as quality goes. Not a ton of people, mind, but there has been a slight but noticeable preference for inkjet over laser from what I've seen.
Many many Sign shops that do laser printed T shirts use Okidata printers for reliability.
They are a cleaner and less trouble than a head clogging Ink jet ! They cost more up front but prints are cheaper and a set of Cartriges could possibly generate 5000 prints, depending on colors.
try atttransfer.com
There is a new product coming out from www.autoart.ca that is amazing. You can virtually use just about any color laser printer and the results which i have seen first hand are equal to that of sublimation - no joke !
This new paper does not leave virtually ' no hand ' nor does any trimming need to be done around your image transfer. No visiable polymer can be seen...
I was testing this paper also with my sublimation set up and a high realease paper and was able to print on 100 % cotton with the same results...
Cheers,
Nick
Thanks a lot for the resource Nick.
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