I'd be interested to know as well as I do screen printing and have 7 year oracal vinyl as well for my vinyl plotter. Since I would like stickers of the shirts I print maybe before washing out the screens I can print out a few stickers to boot?
So my question is the same, with maybe a little help on the process. So what vinyl can be used to print pastisol inks on and how to cure them without messing up the vinyl as I would think the heat at those temps would be bad.
I'd be interested to know as well as I do screen printing and have 7 year oracal vinyl as well for my vinyl plotter. Since I would like stickers of the shirts I print maybe before washing out the screens I can print out a few stickers to boot?
So my question is the same, with maybe a little help on the process. So what vinyl can be used to print pastisol inks on and how to cure them without messing up the vinyl as I would think the heat at those temps would be bad.
OP is talking about screen printing with solvent or UV inks, like for making bumper stickers or signs.
If you want a 'copy' of the shirts you print, try just using transfer paper designed for plastisols. While it won't stick to a window or car door by itself, it will last for a long, long time and tape is cheap.
When the last shirt is printed just throw a piece of coated paper on the shirt board and print it. If you have no intention of ever pressing it, you can just put it through the dryer like normal. Voila! You have a copy of your shirt that you can stick in a file, hang on a wall, etc.
Thanks, one question, let's say I do want to use as a transfer in a few months, do I still cure it after printing the normal way or is there a special process?
You cannot use just regular vinyl for screen printing, nor will plastisol ink adhere to the vinyl.
The vinyl you use is the same type that you would use in a uv printer system. Available at all sign supply warehouses. And the ink is uv resistant ink.
The vinyl needed has a special coating to absorb the ink and when the chemicals flash after air drying the image is locked into the substrate.
I dont know brand names for the the above mentioned but will try to find more info for you.
I hope that helps, and have a great day.
Scott
Vinyl for Screen Printing? 
