Dye ink washes out of transfers, except when you use JPSS (Jetprosofstretch paper). Claria ink is a dye ink, but it is not a "regular" photographic dye like the others, it is "water resistant", and members here have been using it with success. It seems the "water resistant" element may be why it seems to show the same colorfast properties with inkjet heat transfer paper as pigment has in the wash cycle.
Below I'll supply some link to past posts that explain about basically 4 inks you will find out there:
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Pigment ink (generally works with all paper, note: I have used Durabrite ink with Ironall and had fade. That is an issue with the paper itself, so you will find that as you go along you will prefer some products over others.)
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Claria Hi-Def "water resistant" dye ink. (Epson's newer dye ink, used in the 1400 printer, there are generic/3rd party Claria compatible inks available, and some members use them with great success with various papers.)
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Regular photographic dye ink. There are the regular dyes in dye printers. They are not made to be water resistant, and do wash out. Granted, it may take time but they will fade more considerably then the other two ink options. EXCEPTION (lol, ya always gotta love the exceptions.
) JPSS - Jetprosofstretch paper has shown to hold the color with regular photographic dye ink.
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HT pigment ink. (These are HT meaning Heat Transfer inks that are forumlated to withstand the heat of the press without color shifting.)
I'm giving you some links below, but if you look up anyone of those terms in the search box, you will find many threads on those topics and will find out the various views of them on the forum.
I have a Canon Pixma 4000. I used mfg OEM ink (Canon's ink for this printer.) No problems at all. The first link I will give you has a link to my wash tests: 12 washes, 11 of them warm water, and high heat dryer, 6 or 7 of them included one cup of bleach. You can see photos of before a wash, after a wash, after a few, and then at 12 with about a half dozen cups of bleach tossed at it. No fading. (I love that JPSS paper!) No other paper seems to show this quality when it comes to regular dye ink.
Here is a link to more on inks, and the picture thread for you:
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/heat-press-heat-transfers/t54705.html#post325653
http://www.t-shirtforums.com/heat-press-heat-transfers/t57306-2.html#post340545
Canon printers, yes, as R1 says, some folks use their Canon dye ink like I did, with the JPSS paper, others have converted their Canon's to pigment ink printers. If you need a link to a place to buy a set up - let me know. I know of a thread that mentions a system the user is happy with and others agreed with her.
I hope this helps you understand printers and inks a little better.
