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The story of Transfer Print
Easy to use , soft handle , great durability and cost effective – all these things would not have been associated with Heat Transfer Papers in the past . But now , as Laser printer technology has become more advanced , it has allowed a new breed of transfer papers which break the mould of those earlier papers .
It all started with printing on to white , light and pale garments , although there were some early transfer papers available for dark garments , it was hit and miss for many companies . Then , out of nowhere and it felt like almost overnight , Oki introduced the White Toner printer range of LED Laser printers and it changed the industry . Today the Oki Pro7411WT and OkiPro8432WT are the must haves for any size of business in the garment decoration sector of the market .
These Printers allowed the explosion of the No Weed – No Cut full colour logos onto light and dark garments . As it says , gone were the days of having to weed out , manually cut or trim your transfer paper and then heat press it to a garment . This meant that the speed of producing full colour transfers is now much quicker and more accurate , so order quantities could be higher , and it would still be cost effective for the end user . Less time weeding also meant that many man hours were saved in production , so everyone won all round – operator and customer .
It was simple – print your image onto you ’ re a foil paper , heat apply the adhesive / opaque backing and you were ready . No lining up issues , no small detail issues just ready to use full colour transfers .
The No Cut – No Weed had now , indirectly introduced ‘ No Limits ’ to its title along with a flurry of similar products in the range with the use of the white toner printer . This technology was also used to create a single colour transfer that didn ’ t need the expense of the white toner printer . Using a standard CMYK or black laser printer with Flex soft transfer papers you can produce intricate designs in metallic , neon ’ s and standard colours and again with No weed , No cut advantages .
Using these lower cost printers allows a lower entry cost into the t shirt printing industry . Many new businesses have started at this level and upgraded to the OKI white toner printer to produce full colour on to dark products later .
Another big advantage was that these transfer papers have a wider spectrum of heat press times and temperatures . You can now use a variety of different heat presses and not forced to use one type of press .
If you have a good heat press – clam , swing or pneumatic and they have good heat distribution then you could use the products successfully .
You can now use the same transfer to adhere to white , black or anything between in colour , cotton , polyester , poly / cotton , nylon , lycra and more by just altering your pressing technique according to the garment being pressed onto . Depending on what printer you have , means that you could utilise one or all of the full colour , single colour , neon or metallic finishes – in gloss or matt !
Finally , with the wide range of RIPs that are available the ink usage could be both tracked and controlled .
As well as the garment Laser Heat Transfer papers there is also a range for hard surfaces , allowing you to print on ceramics , slate , wood , leather , etc in full colour , single colour , white and metalic finishes .
If you have stayed away from this process in the past – now would be a good time to take another look into the Laser Heat Transfer Systems , we are confident that you will be pleasantly surprised .
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