[wormil]

I've taken to centering on the neck because sometimes the neck isn't centered on the shirt. If you center on the shirt and the neck is off-center, it will still look wrong.

 

[wormil]

Often you're told to press the shirt to remove moisture before you transfer - how would you keep the center fold crease if you did this?

Press to remove moisture first.

Really it's not difficult to line them up by eye. If I had to press creases or use t-squares before every shirt I'd go into another business.

 

[wormil]

It's not a gift, but a learned skill. Some designs are more difficult though.

 

[wormil]

Thanks for all the comments here, but I'm still unsure as to the best way to align a breast pocket type image when using heat transfers. My customer complained that 8 of the 36 shirts I sent him where not centered right.

You can buy cheap lasers from eBay and make lines on the platen to help with alignment. Several people have done it, try searching heat press ebay laser.

 

[wormil]

Come on guys, all you need is a cheap laser ruler, and a bit of logic

All you really need is a little practice