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First post here, thanks everyone for a great forum.
For context, I drive a customized espresso truck, and am only producing my own design shirt to wear myself, advertise the biz, give away as prizes, whatever. So rather than trying to get all the way into the T-Shirt business, I am using heat transfer on light fabric, with a mocha-latte color scheme, not looking for the bright colors of sublimation. I did buy a small heat press. I am using Best Blank's Transfer Jet paper. (open for suggestions)
I have an Epson Photo R200. The first tests seem satisfactory, although it doesnt' have the Durabrite or Pigmented type inks. Am I missing something? (cost, durability) At least it has inks in separate cartridges. At this point, I'm not sure its worth buying a bulk ink system and a new printer, since my business is coffee. Any thoughts?
Finally, it seems kinda amazing to me that transfer paper instructions say things like 4-7 seconds, a range that nearly doubles the press time. I can only guess that density of material is involved. While I am going ahead and experimenting, I'd be grateful if someone could say if there is another reason for time variance. Thanks in advance.
For context, I drive a customized espresso truck, and am only producing my own design shirt to wear myself, advertise the biz, give away as prizes, whatever. So rather than trying to get all the way into the T-Shirt business, I am using heat transfer on light fabric, with a mocha-latte color scheme, not looking for the bright colors of sublimation. I did buy a small heat press. I am using Best Blank's Transfer Jet paper. (open for suggestions)
I have an Epson Photo R200. The first tests seem satisfactory, although it doesnt' have the Durabrite or Pigmented type inks. Am I missing something? (cost, durability) At least it has inks in separate cartridges. At this point, I'm not sure its worth buying a bulk ink system and a new printer, since my business is coffee. Any thoughts?
Finally, it seems kinda amazing to me that transfer paper instructions say things like 4-7 seconds, a range that nearly doubles the press time. I can only guess that density of material is involved. While I am going ahead and experimenting, I'd be grateful if someone could say if there is another reason for time variance. Thanks in advance.