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Originally Posted by liljose9999 |  | | | | | | | | | Hey, I'm starting my own small t-shirt business, and I need to know which transfer paper is the best for both white and dark t-shirts and sweatshirts. I've seen so many different kinds that its overwhelming. The only ones I've actually used are the Avery Light and Dark transfers. These tend to tear on sweatshirts and leave halos on the dark shirts. Can anyone recommend the Phototrans ImageClip Heat transfer? I've seen it advertised as the only paper that can transfer "halo-less" graphics to a dark shirt. Thanks for the help. | |  | |  | |
To reiterate what Dan said both Imageclip for laser and inkjet are for light colored fabrics. It will work on some darker pastels provided that image color shifting, due to the color of the fabric, is acceptable to the customer. Both works great on any pastel color especially if the design uses spot (solid) color. They are indeed self weeding transfers that looks and feels like screen print and no halo (polymer window) around the image. However, Imageclip for laser has limitation as far as very light color, gradient and photo images. The inkjet version is the better solution for those types of images. Both inkjet and laser has very soft hand. To use Imageclip on dark fabric you have to use a opaque backing material. If you don't mind hand cutting the backing I would recommend Airwaves Inc.'s 100% polyester fabric opaque or check out the Cotton fabric opaque sold by coastal Business. Both opaque are two step process. I have not tried the cotton opaque. I use Airwaves on a limited bases because it is not practical for large order.
I use
JPSS also but lately the polymer is turning yellow on me even on whites.
Dan has posted the link to the test I did with Imageclip for inkjet.
Best paper out there? 
Daniel Slatkin, 
MAD Scientist JR. AKA MS2
