[EMBDenton]

Here is a question for any body that might use this process.

Was on another message board and found this:

We have actually switched from Digital Print to Print-and-Cut. We have found that Print and Cut offers better results that last longer than the Digital Printing did, so we made the switch a couple months ago. There is still a 1 time set up fee for both Screen Print and Print-And-Cut. We use the Print-And-Cut for small quantity jobs or jobs that have large areas of photographic images. Mainly the process is determined by the quantity of shirts ordered.

(question asked on the board)
can you briefly describe print and cut? is it iron on?

(answer (somewhat))
Print and Cut is the method of digitally printing the design onto printable vinyl and then using heat to chemically bond the image to the fibers of the shirt. This method can be used on any number of fabric types. The ink is colorfast, maintaining its color for several washings and when properly applied can outlast the life of the garment without cracking, peeling, or fading. Very good durability and an extremely professional look, combines the durability of the heat transfer vinyl method with the photo-realism of a printer. This process can offer an excellent solution for dark colored garments or tough to do fabrics, as well as basic t-shirts. Typically print and cut is used on smaller quantity orders of less than 6 pieces.

Have been posting on that site for a better answer, but thought I would come here and see if anybody else is using this in place of transfer sheets in the inkjet printer.

I have always disliked the feel and "low rent" look of transfer papers and thought this might be a better option. Hopefully it has a better hand then the transfer paper... like regular vinyl does.

Anybody

 

[charles95405]

a print and cut machine for vinyl is about 10-13K. You cannot use inkjet to print on vinyl and then cut. It take special machine/ink to do this. Roland for instance has such a machine...but there is nothing that I have ever heard of that is a desktop operation with inkjets. You can do print and cut with a Roland GX24 (or other cutter with optic eye) to print out an image on your inkjet on PAPER and then use the cutter to contour cut around the image...but not on vinyl..

 

[DTFuqua]

Actualy, I find the opaque transfer paper to be a vinyl sheet with a backer that you can "print and cut" with an inkjet and a conture cutting cutter. I'm sure someone sells it on rolls and that would be almost the same as rolls of vinyl with coating on it if not exactly being rolls of vinyl with a coating on it. This doesn't sound right but you get the meaning
I hope. Good luck.
Terry

 

[charles95405]

Terry...you may be technically correct but I do not consider opaque paper to be vinyl in the acceptable meaning. It does have a bit of slick feel but to do true vinyl print and cut as I understand the original question, you need the larger print and cut machine..not a desktop printer and sheets of opaque transfer paper

 

[leadergrafx]

Hello,

You are correct about the printers not being desktop. Ours is 54" wide cutter/printer and costs over $20,000. paper can be expensive also.
The good thing about these printer/cutters is that they can do so much more than just vinyl for shirts. baqnners, flags, posters, decals,ect.

For darks we use techprint which alot thinner than actual vinyl for signs. when you use the shirt color in the design you can come up with excellant feel.

Rick