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I have searched the internet as well as this site endlessly for information on custom High Density Transfers and cannot find any information at all. Is this possible? If so, where can I get more information? Thanks for any and all help....
Re: Any Experience with custom High Density Transfers
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Originally Posted by King of Style
I have searched the internet as well as this site endlessly for information on custom High Density Transfers and cannot find any information at all. Is this possible? If so, where can I get more information? Thanks for any and all help....
I know a little about heat transfers.
High density meaning opaque ?
perhaps give some more details, are they Plastisol transfers to print on various fabrics etc ????
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Originally Posted by T-BOT
High density meaning opaque ?
At a guess I'm guessing the poster meant high density as in high density printing. As in the type of printing that is called high density, not the type that isn't.
As for whether or not it can be done with plastisol transfers, I don't know enough about transfer printing to say for sure. I'd be extremely nervous about blurring when pressed though - you might have to settle for the next best thing (puff) which may or may not be suitable depending on what effect you're after. You might be best off just contacting a few transfer printers and asking them outright.
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still not sure what the poster means by High Density so I'll wait until....
high density white ink plastisol transfers is just that too, High Density. They can be made thin or thick. ....no real need for puffs unless you really want it to puff up like a pizza.
Lewis, do you have a pic handy of a high density print? that helps clarify printing terms etc.
I made an earlier mistake where I thought the poster was talking about something but it was something else and i screwed up.
Anyways, yes I have some experience with such. The inside track of how to's I would prefer it off board, so PM along with a design sample etc. and we can take it from there if you want.
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So the heat press doesn't squash the ink to a blurred mess? It can be done just fine? If you can answer the poster's questions you might as well do it on the forums to help everyone who wants to know.
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Originally Posted by Solmu
So the heat press doesn't squash the ink to a blurred mess? It can be done just fine? If you can answer the poster's questions you might as well do it on the forums to help everyone who wants to know.
no, it does not squash the ink.
it can be done just fine.
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The illustrations from the link is exactly the type of print that I was referring to... So this type of printing can be down using a Transfer? but i would have to go through a Screen Printer to obtain, is that correct? I'm trying to find the limitations of doing transfers myself. Thanks for all the great info.
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but i would have to go through a Screen Printer to obtain, is that correct? I'm trying to find the limitations of doing transfers myself. Thanks for all the great info.
That's exactly right. A screen printer that specializes in printing transfers is who you would need to contact about high density transfers.
Most people do not print plastisol (screen printed) transfers themself, they usually outsource it (to companies like the ones listed in Jasonda's link above) and just have the printed transfers shipped to them.
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....no real need for puffs unless you really want it to puff up like a pizza. 
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