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Frequently Asked Questions
Can I transfer onto dark shirts? Can I use my ink jet printer to transfer onto mugs and tiles? How can I transfer onto tiles and mugs? Can ink jet transfers be used for something other than T-Shirts and mouse pads? What is the best ink jet printer to use for transfers? What laser color copiers and printers can be used to make transfers? Can I use transfer paper in a black and white laser printer? What makes the best transfer? Color Laser or Ink Jet? My ink jet transfers are peeling off after washing. What am I doing wrong? I am having a problem transferring onto tote bags. What is the secret? I can't find an answer to my problem, how can I find out more information?
Yes! We have a new, one step process that saves time, money and nerves! It is called Single Step Opaque. Because it is one layer of material, the old problem of first putting down an opaque product and then transferring on top of it, it is thinner and softer in feel. The product can be used in any Ink Jet Printer as well as most Color Laser Copiers.
Not using any standard ink jet heat transfer papers. You would have to set up a separate printer with special sublimation inks (soon to be available) and use special coated tiles and mugs.
Using a color laser printer or copier and TransTech HS paper, you can accomplish this task. You can also use sublimation transfers.
Yes. You can transfer onto wood, plastic, vinyl, magnetic material, and even some painted metals!
Our experience is that the Epson line provides excellent image quality and better wash ability than either Canon, Lexmark or HP. HP inks in particular, vary from printer type as well as from what country the ink was made in, causing quite a variation in wash results.
Any laser copier or printer that uses fuser oil can be used. Not all papers work in all printers. Generally most printers made by QMS, Tektronix (not solid ink models), Canon, Minolta and Brother are OK. Copiers made by Canon, Xerox (except 5775),
Minolta, Ricoh and Savin are OK. If you are in doubt, call technical support at (603) 726-3800 or email info@transfertechnology. Some of the newer printers run to hot to accept current laser transfer papers. New papers are in development currently.
No. Their fusing section runs to hot and melts the polymer coating on the paper. There are new papers being developed that may in the future alleviate this problem
The newest ink jet transfers actually wash better than the existing laser papers. Although the printers are inexpensive, the cost to make a transfer, however, is much greater for ink jet, both for the paper as well as inks. Additionally, the ink jets are considerably slower than lasers. If you are going to be making a more than part time effort at decorating items for resale, we recommend laser. They give you the ability to print on almost anything, including ceramics and the cost for color laser printers is now under $2000.
Most likely it is that you are not using enough pressure. If you are using a hand iron, be sure to place the garment on a table at waist height, so you can put two hands on the iron and put some body weight behind it to put heavy pressure on the garment. If you are using a heat press, set it for heavy pressure, so that it takes good effort to close the press. Also, make sure your press is actually at the temperature that the thermometer say it is. These therometers have been know to be off 40 degrees! To test the temperature, get Paper Test Strips (we sell them) and test the press.
First, you should choose the correct transfer paper/bag combination. You want a paper with the heaviest coating to go into the pores of the rougher canvas bags. With ink jet, our Ink Jet III is the best choice and with color laser, CoolTrans is the answer. The smoother the fabric, the easier the process. Another problem is on bags with side gussets, you must make an insert of a firm material, such as chipboard or even a piece of wood, that raises the area to transfer onto ABOVE the seams of the side gussets.
Send us an email to info@transfertechnology.com with your question, and we will do our best to get you an answer straight away.
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