Discuss the various aspects of heat pressed vinyl transfers. Popular and new types of vinyl media, suppliers, vinyl cutters /plotters, press times, quality, how to instructions and more can be found in this heat press sub forum.
You can print on vinyl but not with ink jet, You need to find someone with a large format printer like a Roland. Sign makers usually have them.
You might consider heat transfers. You can print those on an Epson ink jet. Start out in the "Heat Press and Heat Transfers" forum here. Lots of info there. Good luck.
If you go with heat transfers, you can use a $100 Epson. We just bought their new No.120 model. Works great.Also, I think heat transfers end up looking better than vinyl as well.
you think? cool thanks lenny - i really am super stuck in decideding what to do!
The thing is im pretty much convinced that i will do heat transfer but for some reason im under this illusion that the t-shirts will look tacky and the transfer will crack and stuff if the t-shirt gets stretched.
im reading stuff on the forums but i just dont get it all the time :O
if they do good quality transfers that look good and not some quick bodge job then for sure i will go down that way
For the most part Vinyl is flat in color. You could do a 3 color job with vinyl, but it takes time to cut, weed and apply and it can get thick and heavy. The Roland machine can print and cut on vinyl, which is really an opaque transfer.
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thanks promethues - i think im understanding more about vinyal now and its really only good for one colour jobs right?
i checked out the Roland machine and indeed it seems to be an awesome piece of machinery - but its really expensive - it was like 6,500GBP which is like $14,000 :O and unfortunatley thats way out of my price range
its like i said - i have this weird phobia about heat transfers for some reason and i dont know why! its because i just want the final outcome to look good - but im doing my research now so hopefully i will come up with something
DUDE!!!! did you do them yourself? the skull one is very nice
So is that done on vinyal then? because i thought vinyl was one colour? lol im so confused still because the skull picture looks to have a few colours in it?
The skull as mentioned is a stock plastisol transfer printed by ART BRANDS. Plastisol transfers are screen printed transfers that you heatpress on apparel.
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because the skull picture looks to have a few colours in it?
