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Hi guys!

I currently have a Brother printer that I've had for 5 years. I just called there support to see if they could help me with out with a question. I'm wondering if that printer can print on heat transfer paper. I talked to this real sweet girl, she had to check and she said that you could use Transparency Film. My question is will that work on a heat press machine?

If not, will heat transfer paper work on my printer?

It is a Brother MFC-845CW. I don't think she completely knew. That's why I'm asking.
 
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could be, so i guess that means it won't but does any one know will it work with heat transfer paper? i just want to experiment at the beginning. i could go out and buy another printer but don't wanna if i don't have to.
 
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It's possible it would work, Transparency settings usually slow the print down and heat the fuser up which is what transfer paper needs so it's possible that's what she was trying to recomend you do.

Can't help other than that as I dont know the printer and a quick search hasn't thrown anything up.
 
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hi guys,

i did a little experiment the other day. my Dad has a brother inkjet printer and I went out to one of my local arts and crafts stores and bought some transfer paper and it's called "Jolee's Easy Image". I know I got the right paper because this kind of paper is used on t shirts and pillows, it shows that on the front of the package I bought. I printed a picture on to the paper the other day and I got a nice cotton t shirt and I laid it neatly in the heat press and put the transfer paper face down on the shirt. The instructions for the heat press said to set the temperature at 180 degrees and set the timer for 30 seconds. well, I did that and when I lifted it up and pilled the paper off, it came out horrible. it's like it came out terribly faded and you could hardly see it. i tried a 2nd time, and the machine didn't quite get up to 180, so we tried that and it didn't even heat press it on to the shirt the 2nd time. i'm trying to figure out if it's the paper i have or something else. i know when you use a printer, they will eventually fade after quite a few washes but it couldn't be when you first heat press it on to the shirt.

i need help :)
 
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First of all what type of ink does that printer use ? Dye or pigment ?
Second your asking help on a hobby paper. Most here use commercial paper.
Look to the left find some of the vendors and inquire about getting a few sample sheets. Some will send out for free, like Alpha Suppy. I think coastalbusiness does too. Some offer sample packs with 3-5 sheets for under 10 bucks.
180 degrees ? If that is Fahrenheit that sounds way to low. Most commercial papers require 325-375 degrees Fahrenheit.

Good Luck
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i ordered some Soft Stretch transfer paper from world-paper.com and it just came yesterday. i'm going to try it out this weekend. i have an inkjet printer. i didn't realize my heat press used Celsius, so 180 degrees C was 356 F. the paper that i got recommends 375, so now i have to figure out what is that for C
 
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i'll test it tomorrow and find out lol. it came out pretty well on the soft stretch paper, time will tell when i press it in the morning.

wish me luck , i'm going to need it :)

Fenrir said:
I couldn't find a concrete answer, but it looks like your printer uses dye for CMY and pigment for black only. It is not compatible with t-shirt transfers.
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Amazon's description says Dye-based.

Amazon.com: Brother Lc51c Innobella Ink with 400 Page-yield - Cyan: Office Products

Brother's website and promotional brochures don't explicitly say one way or another.

It may look fine at first, but it probably won't wash well. Dye simply isn't meant for t-shirt transfers. There have been reports, however, that people using JPSS have used dyebased with acceptable results, personally I wouldn't do it.
 
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i did the test today, it came out pretty good on the shirt but you can tell it's not high quality as you want it. pigment ink like you said is the best way to go, probably give it more of a good quality look. my next step is buying another printer, hehe trial and error....
 
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You may actually be able to use pigments in your Brother, as it's the only other brand than Epson who has piezo printheads. Since so few people actually do this, however, I don't know how you would find out, or if you even want to risk clogging your printer testing it.
 
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yeah true but on the other hand if I have to spend $50 on ink, i'd rather spend an extra $50 on the one I just linked and can get a whole new printer, some that already comes with ink plus it would be just for my room, if that one that I linked you above is an inkjet that does pigment.
 
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