www.transferexpress.com is a very high quality company. A heat press, a printable garment, and the transfer are all you need.
Best Heat tranfer company?
I want to get into heat transfers. I have been sublimating for years and have never taken advantage of using my heat press to do Heat transfers that you have made and shipped. I have a sample pack coming from ACE Transfer because I know Lou uses them and he's been doing this awhile. I know Ace is really close to where he lives and I may want to get a company closer to Idaho for shipping costs and time.
What are some other cgood companies and what else is there to know about doing this process. Lou's YouTube videos make it seem straightforward.
Thanks,
Cory
Cjoe Design
What are some other cgood companies and what else is there to know about doing this process. Lou's YouTube videos make it seem straightforward.
Thanks,
Cory
Cjoe Design
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I went onto Transfer Xpress, It seems to be a high quality company. I popped around the site but did not see any pricing. With my sublimation I can do one offs and actually make more profit (not including time) but I realize that is not possible with the transfers. What are typical setup fees. I used to design for a screenprint company and they charged $20.00 for each screen/ five dollars for the film and then depending on the artwork there was usually a setup fee for color seperating the artwork to film. I saw none of this info on their site.
Is this transfer process cost effective for orders under 24 shirts with 1 or 2 colors or is it more for 36 and up. I live in a small town and most of my orders are only a couple dozen or less. This has been great for sublimation but it limits the shirts I can offer the customer.
Is this transfer process cost effective for orders under 24 shirts with 1 or 2 colors or is it more for 36 and up. I live in a small town and most of my orders are only a couple dozen or less. This has been great for sublimation but it limits the shirts I can offer the customer.
I suggest that you give them a call to get their pricing. They are probably not the least expensive but 'you get what you pay for'.
Transfer Express is very expensive. Even on basic jobs TE is about 2-2.5X the price of other vendors.
Here is a price comparison from another thread:
Here is a price comparison from another thread:
note: job 3 above was 4c processOkay, transfer costs for three jobs, rounded to the nearest dollar...
Now, jobs 1&2 can be ganged on the same sheet because they are the same color, my actual cost from F&M will be around $40, but my ganged cost from TE would be $227. These are TE PLUS prices right out of the book.Code:F&M TE job1 $38 $105 job2 $40 $123 job3 $190 $unknown*
Jobs 1&2 are single color jobs, Job 3 is a full color + 2 color job, TE has no pricing in their book for full color. F&M prices are current, TE prices are as of Feb '08.
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/t-shirt-crossover-diary-heat-press-newbie/t13454.html...I may want to get a company closer to Idaho for shipping costs and time.
I believe First Edition is out your way.
Thanks for the nice words.. actually I am in California and they are in Ohio. They were near Jerry not me. I do use them because of service, price and quality. There are others such as First-Edition and transfer express. seem all the good ones are on far away. LouI want to get into heat transfers. I have been sublimating for years and have never taken advantage of using my heat press to do Heat transfers that you have made and shipped. I have a sample pack coming from ACE Transfer because I know Lou uses them and he's been doing this awhile. I know Ace is really close to where he lives and I may want to get a company closer to Idaho for shipping costs and time.
What are some other cgood companies and what else is there to know about doing this process. Lou's YouTube videos make it seem straightforward.
Thanks,
Cory
Cjoe Design
You need to log in to TransferExpress.com to see their prices. Just give them a call, and they will set you up.I went onto Transfer Xpress, It seems to be a high quality company. I popped around the site but did not see any pricing. With my sublimation I can do one offs and actually make more profit (not including time) but I realize that is not possible with the transfers. What are typical setup fees. I used to design for a screenprint company and they charged $20.00 for each screen/ five dollars for the film and then depending on the artwork there was usually a setup fee for color seperating the artwork to film. I saw none of this info on their site.
Is this transfer process cost effective for orders under 24 shirts with 1 or 2 colors or is it more for 36 and up. I live in a small town and most of my orders are only a couple dozen or less. This has been great for sublimation but it limits the shirts I can offer the customer.
Ace is probably one of the better ones thats close to you. I use First Edition and have really good results from them. They have fairly long turn around unless you pay rush fees (which are pretty reasonable especially at their low prices), but I'm close enough that everything comes overnight. So, kinda evens out with the difference in shipping time and cost.
This is one of the reason I use Ace. I did an order for 700 shirts and had the transfers made (3 days), shipped (Overnight), and pressed (14 hours over 3 days)and delivered total time 8 days from taking order.Ace is probably one of the better ones thats close to you. I use First Edition and have really good results from them. They have fairly long turn around unless you pay rush fees (which are pretty reasonable especially at their low prices), but I'm close enough that everything comes overnight. So, kinda evens out with the difference in shipping time and cost.
Does Ace trim out ganged images?
DSo you mean do they gang. Yes.Does Ace trim out ganged images?
I "think" what he meant was does Ace trim them after they are printed, then the answer is no. They do gang images onto a sheet. Ace Transfer is the best company I have used for plastisol transfers.
I know they charge $.80 per image per sheet surcharge for ganging images and I was wondering what I would be getting for the extra money considering it would double the cost on many of my orders.
Do they do 4c process printing? I didn't see it listed on their website.
Do they do 4c process printing? I didn't see it listed on their website.
who does that.. Not Ace. I get ganging all the time. Example one color, muliples of same image on sheet (ganging) is 50 at 1.50 each. so if I had 3 x 3 design I could get 9 images on a sheet (11 x 11) and each image is .16.75 centsI know they charge $.80 per image per sheet surcharge for ganging images and I was wondering what I would be getting for the extra money considering it would double the cost on many of my orders.
Do they do 4c process printing? I didn't see it listed on their website.
4 color images are 50 at $6.85 each then each image is .76 cents each.
It is about numbers and color count.
I emailed them a job and had them quote me a price over the phone. On that job she quoted $.80 per sheet extra over their regular (non-ganged) pricing. I didn't do the math to see if it jibed with their published pricing, I just took their word on it.who does that.. Not Ace. I get ganging all the time. Example one color, muliples of same image on sheet (ganging) is 50 at 1.50 each. so if I had 3 x 3 design I could get 9 images on a sheet (11 x 11) and each image is .16.75 cents
4 color images are 50 at $6.85 each then each image is .76 cents each.
It is about numbers and color count.
I generally have several jobs at a time so I often have 2-4 different ganged images on one sheet (sometimes more). Using your example the price per sheet price jumps to $2.00/sheet making them more expensive than KE, Versatranz, Dowling, F&M or First Edition. And if they don't do 4c process they aren't a one stop shop anyway.
In twelve years of outsourcing thousands of printing jobs, not once has an offset printer charged me a gang charge; I never heard of it until I started doing transfers. So if they're going to charge me extra I would expect something extra like trimming out the separate jobs but if they aren't doing that then I'd being throwing money away by using them. I have nothing against them but I see no advantage in using them and a couple of disadvantages so they're not for me.
what is Aces website?
-Charlie
-Charlie
FYI, I got samples in of Universal's digital transfers for darks and they look very nice. I haven't pressed them on a shirt yet but they sent me a Rabbit Skins with a sample on it. Unfortunately Rabbit Skins are ribbed and very stretchy, a poor choice to show off this kind of transfer. They are softer hand than F&M Freedom but of course I doubt they'll last anywhere near as long. The transfer was designed for a black shirt and I don't have any in stock. More info when I get around pressing it.
First Edition is great..but they are very slow. They don't ship until 10 days after you submit artwork.http://www.t-shirtforums.com/t-shirt-crossover-diary-heat-press-newbie/t13454.html
I believe First Edition is out your way.
Thanks, I didn't realize they took so long. That's kinda my problem with Dowling, they ship 10-14 days after submission. Thats probably fine for retail sales but too slow for custom work.First Edition is great..but they are very slow. They don't ship until 10 days after you submit artwork.
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