[Lebby85]

Hiya, my name is Laura and I am very new to tshirt printing. I've joined the forum as there seems to be lots of people on here who know what they are talking about whereas I don't have a clue! I'm hoping to be able to get some advice on transfer paper as I have had a shockingly bad experience with my first attempt. Can anyone offer any advice? It would be much appreciated thanks. Laura x

 

[solm96]

Are you doing light or dark apparel?

 

[Lebby85]

I'm just doing white tshirts at the moment. They are fruit of the loom 100% heavy cotton but I used cheap transfer paper. I have now ordered some JPSS transfer paper but I'm worried now! Do you think the JPSS will be ok? Thanks

 

[solm96]

I'm sure some others will reply as well, but JPSS is what I use and have had great results. What kind of ink are you using? And is this just a hobby or you going to sell shirts? If your selling you may want to invest in a printer with a Continuous Ink System.

Also when you set your print properties, you don't want to use photo options. I use plain paper options and make a few color adjustments.

 

[Lebby85]

Thanks for your help. I am just using a photo printer, I am really new to this so don't know much about it yet. I have been setting the printer to the transfer paper option, should I change this to plain A4? At the moment I am just testing the water to see if I can do it but if it's successful I,would like to sell tshirts. Where would I get a continuous ink printer and how much would I be looking at to get one? Thanks again.

 

[solm96]

You can check out Cobra Ink Systems. They have the kits and the printers. And good Pigment inks.