Amateur Hour 😀

61 Views 8 Replies 3 Participants Last post by Stickery74, Mar 24, 2018

Stickery74

Discussion Starter · Mar 24, 2018

Hi. I'm as new as you can get to T-shirt printing and so I know nothing 😀 I have a small inkjet printer that only does A4 prints and have just used heat transfer paper for the first time using a cheap iron. I'm fairly happy with the results, but there is some blotchiness to the colours here and there, see pic. What might be causing this? Not enough heat/pressure when I iron? Also, if I was to upgrade my printer should I go for inkjet or laser printing?
Thanks in advance, Rob.

See less See more

Save

1 - 9 of 9 Posts

seacookie

· #2 · Mar 24, 2018

Stickery74 said:
Hi. I'm as new as you can get to T-shirt printing and so I know nothing 😀 I have a small inkjet printer that only does A4 prints and have just used heat transfer paper for the first time using a cheap iron. I'm fairly happy with the results, but there is some blotchiness to the colours here and there, see pic. What might be causing this? Not enough heat/pressure when I iron? Also, if I was to upgrade my printer should I go for inkjet or laser printing?
Thanks in advance, Rob.

yay this thread got some picture

Save

seacookie

· #3 · Mar 24, 2018

are you using transfers for inkjet or laser? Are you printing with laser or inkjet?

Save

Stickery74

Discussion Starter · #4 · Mar 24, 2018

I'm using Inkjet printer and inkjet appropriate transfer paper.

Save

webtrekker

· #5 · Mar 24, 2018

Before upgrading your printer it may be best to ditch the iron and buy a heat press. Uneven temperature/pressure from the iron is probably causing the blotchiness.

Save

Stickery74

Discussion Starter · #6 · Mar 24, 2018

Thanks. I thought that. Also I have just washed one and the transfer has wrinkled, detached from shirt and lost some colour so I definitely need to sort out my heat source before anything else.

Save

webtrekker

· #7 · Mar 24, 2018

Stickery74 said:
Thanks. I thought that. Also I have just washed one and the transfer has wrinkled, detached from shirt and lost some colour so I definitely need to sort out my heat source before anything else.

Yes, the press allows much higher pressure than an iron too and, once set up properly, produces very consistent results.

Then, of course, it will always be helpful should you expand into using heat transfer vinyl or other transfer methods.

Save