I trim the paper back to the image.

 

You can either hand trim with xacto knife, contour cut with a cutter/plotter or use a self weeding paper for dark garments. Most of these papers require a laser printer. The hand is very hard on most of the dark papers and is the reason why I stick to light shirts using JPSS.

 

I've seen on Youtube were guys are using black shirts, and slapping a whole sheet of paper down, and then when they pull it off, no border, and you can't see anything but the image.

 

That could have also been a plastisol transfer. Not something they printed themselves, but ordered from a company that prints the transfers and sends you the sheets.

If a company is printing the transfers for you, that would probably be a plastisol transfer. Here's a list of companies that do that: http://www.t-shirtforums.com/plastisol-transfers/t77081.html


Most plastisol transfers work just fine on light or dark garments, but you can confirm that with the printer before you order.

 

Thats prob. a self weeding paper for darks. It's better that what was out there and good for people that do not have a contour cutter but the hand is still heavy. I'm not sure but think that you still need a laser printer.

 

If I'm going to have a company print my sheets, what should I get for dark shirts?

What paper?

 

The video could have been sublimation

 

The magic touch wow 7.1 is for light and dark and self weeding. Oh and a little pricy, especially if u only want to test the paper - still gota buy a pack.

We've only tested it once so far due to time restriction, it was 50/50 success.

Managed to get half the image pressed to the tee but other half did not self weed and was stuck to the paper. I suspect this is 'cos I masked the wrong side initially and pressed lol probably compromised the whole lot lol.

Will try again this week and post results. There's another thread on the forum with a price breakdown, overall it comes up competitive against sublimating on tees + u can apply to all colours.

 

It depends on what type of transfer paper you are using (inkjet, laser, light or dark). If you are using laser light transfer paper, they just came out with a new product called Trim Free Transfer paper. Any other transfer papers must be trimmed in order to prevent the problem you are having from occurring.

 

Whats the best paper and ink combnation for dark color shirts?

 

So far i'm not impressed with Trim Free, but i'm willing to keep trying until i get a good transfer or run out of samples.
My best papers so far have been Image Clip for light shirts,
Image Clip Dark for colored designs on dark shirts and
Koncert Tee paper for white on dark shirts.
You can not mix and match these papers because they will stick to one another causing a big mess.
All these papers are printed on a laser printer an are 2 step products. Meaning you print the design on one type of paper and then transfer the coating on the second sheet to the first. Then you can print on the shirt. My results are VERY good with Image clip.
I have a Ricoh printer and Mighty Max heat press.
The paper is pretty damn pricy averaging $6 per design, (2 sheets) but they work and work well.
I can't comment on inkjets because i don't wook with one.
Fry