[Kellybee]

Evening all,

This is my first post so please be gentle

I've been working for a while now for a sublimated teamwear company. When I say sublimated, I mean our designers send a design to an outsourced company, who then send me a box full of football shirts they've cut and printed to our specificaton.

Our design team also send digital logos etc to a printing company who send me the transfers, which I weed myself and press in house onto garments.

Given the fact that the company decline a lot of work, I mean one-offs and stag/hen or personalised small orders, and given the fact I love my new found career in the pressroom, I've been looking at setting up by myself in personalised garments, slogan type tshirts etc specifically in the equestrian industry where I have a lot of contacts.

My problem is, I cant get my head around printing methods. I've looked at packages which supply printers, paper and presses/cutters. I understand solid one colour designs can be printed and cut using a plotter/cutter and weeder.

What I dont understand is the different type of transfers and printers. For example, if I wanted to design a tshirt which had a lettered slogan and a picture, in more than one colour, and I printed it on an A4 transfer sheet, surely the parts of the transfer without any lettering or colouring would leave a transparent residue around the design?

Do people always use an outsourced digital printer for these type of designs?

Here is a picture as an example.... can this be done at home? If yes, how? Or does it need to be sent to a specialist for printing?


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Thanks in advance for your help!

 

[Dave Roper Ltd]

Hi welcome to the forum. To be honest there are many ways that you can produce this as a transfer, you could if you wish go down the screen printed route which is great for single colour logos as you can print many on a sheet and store them for a long period of time. The alternative is direct to garment printing which uses a digital style head and produce personalised garments on request. If you want to go down either one of these routse, please feel free to contact me or if you want to show me some of your designs i can give you advice on which direction to go. All the best with the new project. Dave

 

[TGal]

You can certainly print this type of image at home. There are different options depending on the type of printer you are using e.g. inkjet or laser printer.

If using a laser printer then Neenah's Image Clip transfer papers are ideal - they are self-weeding which means they leave no background plastic polymer and you don't need a plotter/cutter. There is a sample pack available from this website: Yolö ? Image Clip® Sample Pack of Heat Transfer Paper for Laser Printers. These papers are only suitable for heat press application so don't attempt to apply them using a hand-iron.

If you don't have a laser printer or copier then you could try Nennah's Jet-Pro Sofstretch which is for use with inkjet printers - Yolö - Jet-Pro® Sofstretch? T-Shirt Transfer - Heat Transfer Paper for Inkjet Printers. You won't get as professional a finish as you'd get from the Image Clip papers but this product is designed to produce an image with a minimal background polymer so technically you don't need a plotter/cutter.

I hope this helps.

TGal

 

[Kellybee]

Thanks guys, I've gone for the xerox 6110n and have ordered samples from xpres. I've had my designs in the making for weeks, heat press arrived yesterday so am now HOPEFULLY in business!!

 

[stanleygaillard]

with heat press machine

 

[Pringles]

Hi everyone, i was reading this topic and i have a few questions:

1.Does the laser transfer paper look better (more vivid colors) and last longer because TGal said that inkjet transfers will look less professional
2. How much can a cutter help me with inkjet/laser transfers

I just bought a Roland Stika SV-15 with the intention to do vinyl, bus as i read more and more i start to thing that inkjet/laser transfers are a far better option. Or am i wrong?

Thanking you in advance

 

[TGal]

Hi

When I talked about inkjet transfers looking less professional, I was referring to uncut transfers. The reason I said this was that you can get self-weeding laser transfers with no background polymer like Image Clip so it doesn't matter if you don't trim around the image. I'm not aware of any similar inkjet products which means if you don't trim inkjet transfers, you'll have a visible background polymer. That said, Jet-Pro Sofstretch has a minimal background polymer so it won't look unprofessional but won't look as good as the laser Image Clip transfers. I would definitely recommend a cutter if you plan to use inkjet printers. Ideally you'd have one for laser transfers too but if you use Image Clip then you can get away without one.
Unfortunately I don't have much experience with vinyl to tell you which is better but from my experience with inkjet/laser I can tell you that you are able to get professional results relatively easily and at a reasonable cost.

TGal

 

[ArferMo]

Have you tried KissKut paper for Ink Jet's its a self weeding paper and not a bad price.

 

[Stitch-Up]

If we can help you print while you're 'getting up to speed', please give us a shout.

We print direct to garment [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwPd4UxlC6g[/media]

We started off with embroidery, then vinyl, then printed vinyl and our biggest leap (cost wise) into DTG. You have to enjoy what you're doing as the learning curve needs to be a labour of love or you'd give up

John

 

[johnbol1]

Hey John we are in the same shape as you started with Embroidery , added screenprinting then roland camm and versa camm, etc etc and now want to jump on the DTG wagon, have you got any comments and how do you rate the Neoflex and where did you go for best cost etc.
Inks suppliers et cetc


Thanks and good luck
JOhn

 

[BoydRiver]

I appreciate that this is an old thread but I thought it would be better to add to it than start a new one.

Has any one tried the papers from Yolo please? Does anyone know if the finished result any good as a sellable item and are making regular sales from any of theYolo papers?
Also does anyone know if the prices shown are retail or wholesale ?
Thanks in aadvance.
Tony

You can certainly print this type of image at home. There are different options depending on the type of printer you are using e.g. inkjet or laser printer.

If using a laser printer then Neenah's Image Clip transfer papers are ideal - they are self-weeding which means they leave no background plastic polymer and you don't need a plotter/cutter. There is a sample pack available from this website: Yolö ? Image Clip® Sample Pack of Heat Transfer Paper for Laser Printers. These papers are only suitable for heat press application so don't attempt to apply them using a hand-iron.

If you don't have a laser printer or copier then you could try Nennah's Jet-Pro Sofstretch which is for use with inkjet printers - Yolö - Jet-Pro® Sofstretch? T-Shirt Transfer - Heat Transfer Paper for Inkjet Printers. You won't get as professional a finish as you'd get from the Image Clip papers but this product is designed to produce an image with a minimal background polymer so technically you don't need a plotter/cutter.

I hope this helps.

TGal

 

[Stitch-Up]

Hi Tony

I've used lots of the different transfer papers, but not recently.

There's lots of people who've used that paper on the UK Dye Sub Forum (DSF)

Here: DSF - The Dye Sublimation Forum

Cheers
John

 

[billozz]

Have you tried KissKut paper for Ink Jet's its a self weeding paper and not a bad price.

would you be prepared to print some shirts for me about 20 if so how much, would i supply the shirts or would you
this is what i need on them

JUMBO GB 50TH ANNIVERSARY
1961-2011
SUPPORTED BY YARDLEY PHOTOGRAPHIC
1986-2011


and on the rear of the shirt


YARDLEY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR JUMBO GB
1986-2011
WEBSITE - Yardley Photographic Society - Home

white shirts please
thank you
Bill Osborne

 

[TwistedLogik]

would you be prepared to print some shirts for me about 20 if so how much, would i supply the shirts or would you
this is what i need on them

JUMBO GB 50TH ANNIVERSARY
1961-2011
SUPPORTED BY YARDLEY PHOTOGRAPHIC
1986-2011


and on the rear of the shirt


YARDLEY PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY
OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHERS FOR JUMBO GB
1986-2011
WEBSITE - Yardley Photographic Society - Home

white shirts please
thank you
Bill Osborne

Are you just after black print on white shirts? If so I can do this, just PM me on here or email me at phil[USER=113467]@TwistedLogik[/USER].co.uk