How should i save and print my image for a iron on?
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save as .psd (photoshop). you can always open/place in illustrator with that format.
a hand held iron won't do the job......correctly. you need constant pressure and heat to adhere to shirt. you'll probably get it to stick after 15 minutes of pressing with the iron at the highest temp but i guarantee it'll start peeling or cracking within a couple of washes.
a hand held iron won't do the job......correctly. you need constant pressure and heat to adhere to shirt. you'll probably get it to stick after 15 minutes of pressing with the iron at the highest temp but i guarantee it'll start peeling or cracking within a couple of washes.
Its more just to see what people think, but thank you...so i can just print it right off photoshop and it won't affect how the colors go on? is that only for screen prints? and what other settings should i use , i don't need to flip it right?
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you have to flip it if it is a transfer paper for light colored shirts. you don't if it's a transfer paper for dark shirts.
if you are doing inkjet transfers you don't have to do anything special really. the paper manufacturer usually has some type of recommendation on print settings. but you're not doing screen printing where you'd have to do separations for each color in the design so it's basically just print and press.
using an iron will work but you'll be disappointed when the thing falls apart like i said. it almost made me give up on using transfers as a printing option.
if you are doing inkjet transfers you don't have to do anything special really. the paper manufacturer usually has some type of recommendation on print settings. but you're not doing screen printing where you'd have to do separations for each color in the design so it's basically just print and press.
using an iron will work but you'll be disappointed when the thing falls apart like i said. it almost made me give up on using transfers as a printing option.
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imagine printing something on a piece of paper. look at it. now if you put the paper face down on a shirt. everything will read backwards. the paper for darks you print regular as it is a white piece of polymer (opaque) and is pressed with the design facing up and a piece of kraft paper or teflon sheeting over it as it would melt with direct contact.
the software flips designs either through their tools or within the print dialogue box.
the software flips designs either through their tools or within the print dialogue box.
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