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jakole50 · August 17th, 2009

I am looking to make my own shirts for some small volume jobs. I am about to get a hotronix press and was wondering what else I would need to be able to be up and running. If someone could put together a "checklist" of the necessary equiptment to go from idea to production that would be wonderful! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

heatpresscn.com · August 17th, 2009

1. t-shirt heat press machine
2. a computer
3. a inkjet printer (with original ink cartridges)
4. some t-shirt transfer paper for white t-shirts and some for dark t-shirts.
i think that's enough for a cotton t-shirt printing
if you want to make polyster t-shirts, you need sublimation items, such as sublimation ink, sublimation paper, and bulk ink system to work with the ink. well, that's actually another technology.
hope that can help you.
Allen.

jakole50 · August 18th, 2009

Thank you Allen! Any recommendations on the types of paper to use? And the printer, is that just normal ink cartridges or do I need different ink?

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