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Old April 18th, 2007 -   #7 (permalink)
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Default Re: Making a photo transfer? Help!

Yes, rusty, those are the shirts I get from Johnson Plastics. Great quality with sublimation so far. Pricey, though. I am starting to do a "put any photo on a shirt while you wait for $20" pitch using sublimation & those T's. We'll see how that goes.

I didn't scan the cars myself, I did but the colors were off a little bit so I paid the extra to have First Street Graphics do it thinking they could scan better. They didn't blow up the graphic at all, I believe it's the exact same size. Maybe pixelated isn't the word I'm looking for, but whatever a small amount of dots per inch would be. I can see all of the individual dots.

You said that the Ironall doesn't crack? Maybe I should purchase them, then. I have been getting some from Johnson plastics and after about 2-3 washes there are noticable cracks in the graphic. Haven't had anything peel yet, though. Ink jet transfers seem to look great for a longer period of time for just text, with minimal graphics. Once you start getting into graphics and a large amoutn of color then the cracks become more noticable. The quality of ink jets is phenominal but durability isn't the greatest. I only recommend ink jet transfers to keep the cost down and for events where you know you won't wear the shirts many times, example: gag gifts.

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