sublimation printing

Light t-shirt paper is a wonderful DIY tools for people who want to make a cotton t-shirt. Because you can even make one with the house hold iron. How to do it? Here are the steps. 1.Printing and Preparing Image - The whiter/smoother surface (without back print) is the imaging side of the paper. - Print design on the paper as a mirror image (reverse image). - Refer to printer settings (see below); single-sheet feeding is recommended. - Before printing final image, produce on economy grade paper to test for layout/design. 2.Cut out Design - Cut out design leaving narrow (1/4”-1/2”) margin around edge of the image. - Round off edges to avoid corner liftoff after washing. 3.Preparing for Transfer  -   Heat iron (without steam) to maximum cotton setting. - Fabric should be 100% cotton; iron first if necessary to ensure flatness. - Let fabric cool before ironing transfer image; lay fabric on hard, smooth surface. - Place transfer p...

Light t-shirt transfer paper , is the transfer paper which designed for pure cotton light t-shirt printing. For this kind of transfer paper, we usually use two kinds of tools to transfer the images to the t-shirts: a heat press machine , or a household iron. Today, we will show you the steps of using the heat press machine. 1. Printing and Preparing Image. - The whiter/smoother surface (without back print) is the imaging side of the paper. - Print design on the paper as a mirror image (reverse image). - Refer to printer settings (see below); single-sheet feeding is recommended. - Before printing final image, produce on economy grade paper to test for layout/design. 2. Cut Out Design. - Do not leave a margin around edge of the image. - Use an image with rounded edges to avoid corner liftoff after washing. 3. Preparing for Transfer. - Prepare heat press at 345 ° F or refer to your manufacturer ‘s specifications. - Fabric should be 100% cotton; press...

  T-shirt transfer paper are designed for 100% cotton t-shirt printing, and printing with t-shirt transfer paper belongs to the sublimation printing . But there exist many mistakes when using t-shirt paper. Now , let’s check the common mistakes one by one.    1. Print on the right side.   Many people don’t know which is the right side to print when they get the t-shirt paper. For example, the two sides of our t-shirt paper are different, the white side is the print side, and another side is filled with blue or ref grids.   2. Print the light t-shirt paper on mirror mode.   If you want to print with light t-shirt transfer paper, you should remember that you must print on the mirror mode, or your images will appear the wrong way round.    3. Remember to cut the image   Different from sublimation paper, you need to cut around the image on the t-shirt paper carefully. Or the blank space will be transferre...