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I am new to t-shirt printing business. What is the best transfer paper to use on 100 % cotton.

On dark color and light color.
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Jt72978
I have the same questions as you. I am purchasing an Epson WF - wide format printer today and installing the CIS system. I want to order transfer paper today and not sure what to order. I've spent days scouring these threads and most of the info I found is several years old. I'm interested to hear from current users, what they are finding works best.
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JPSS for lights... have used 1000+ (yes, you need a good heat press for these to work good every time) with great results... I get mine from Coastal Business Supply .
For darks... dono... I dont offer it cause I don't like the feel.
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latitude42 said:
JPSS for lights... have used 1000+ (yes, you need a good heat press for these to work good every time) with great results... I get mine from Coastal Business Supply .
For darks... dono... I dont offer it cause I don't like the feel.
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I'm new to this to but am having good results using JPSS to :)
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latitude42 said:
JPSS for lights... have used 1000+ (yes, you need a good heat press for these to work good every time) with great results... I get mine from Coastal Business Supply .
For darks... dono... I dont offer it cause I don't like the feel.
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Hi Larry,what do you use for dark then?TIA
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sais said:
Hi Larry,what do you use for dark then?TIA
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thanks guys! what about dark.
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Several suppliers over sample packs of different papers. Some offer free samples some charge a little.

For whites;
JPSS: has the least hand, it prints a flat image with no sheen.

Red grid: has a heavier hand, it has a slight sheen.

For Darks;
3G Jet-Opaque: seems to be the favorite, it does have a heavier hand than papers for whites.

Blue Grid: prints good, a heavy hand.

The black sample with the dog is 3G.

The Alpha written on the shirts is because Alpha supply is where thase free samples came from.

That all being said I believe that the people printing the shirts are more worried about the hand of the transfer than the people that are buying the shirts.

Of course that is just my opinion.

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BobR
I forgot to say that the crazy motorcycle is somewhat muted, color-wise, because it is a scan of a colored pencil drawing.
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BobR said:
I forgot to say that the crazy motorcycle is somewhat muted, color-wise, because it is a scan of a colored pencil drawing.
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Thanks hey. Will order that as well. I am afraid the dog is looking at me.....LOL
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I found a few more of my test transfers.
My test material is 90% cotton 10% crude oil byproducts.


To be fair I must say that After buying a heat press from ProWorld they also sent me some free samples.

The print that is not on fabric is printed on gloss paper.

I was also playing with temps and pressing time.

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Alpha supply will send samples if you call them
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That all being said I believe that the people printing the shirts are more worried about the hand of the transfer than the people that are buying the shirts.
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Interesting speculation. I've often wondered the same.
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Thank you for this thread it has been helpful.

I was looking at the attachments the Shih Tzu dog one in particular ( the first set of attachments with a black background). Where the words are "I'm the " and "Shih Tzu" you can see a glossy background..

I'm curious if this is common in heat transfer or are there certain papers that eliminate that? And if you do not have a cutter, do people use exact-o knives to cut the background out to minimize that gloss background?


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CalvinHall said:
Thank you for this thread it has been helpful.

I was looking at the attachments the Shih Tzu dog one in particular ( the first set of attachments with a black background). Where the words are "I'm the " and "Shih Tzu" you can see a glossy background..

I'm curious if this is common in heat transfer or are there certain papers that eliminate that? And if you do not have a cutter, do people use exact-o knives to cut the background out to minimize that gloss background?


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If you are going to do dark shirts with transfer paper and do not want a background you will need to cut the background out.

Some people do cut with craft knives but unless you are doing shirts as a hobby I don't think hand cutting would be the best use of your time.

I put a back black background behind the dog and lettering just so the background wouldn't show so much. With transfers for dark shirts any part of the background that isn't printed will be white.

I had just done a rough cut with scissors around the dog and lettering.

These were tests mostly done so I could decide which paper I want to use.

I have a cutter plotter that I will be using to cut any lettering that I will use on shirts.

The only papers that you wouldn't need to cut and weed would be the two stage laser printer transfers.
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Normally I screen print. In fact I screen print Custom Transfers too.

However, Blue Grid for Darks, has a light hand. Also JPSS for light garments has a light hand.

If I do use Blank Transfers we buy from SeSpecialty.com great prices too.
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