As with any desktop publishing project, consider the color of the item you are pressing onto when selecting colors for your designs. This is where you may need to decide to use an opaque transfer paper rather than a regular heat transfer paper. It’s a good idea to test your design on “scratch fabric” before applying it to your final t-shirt or another garment. Some fabrics may require more heat and pressure than others and may not show off your design as well as you expected.

Inkjet printers have a higher quality print than laser printers with a larger selection of heat transfer papers to choose from. Laser printers, on the other hand, are more cost efficient and can print at high speeds when printing hundreds or thousands of transfers at a time.

Heat transfer papers allow you to create your own customer clothing, bags, mousepads, and many other fabric items without the expense and labor of your average screen-printing set-up! They are also very useful when a customer needs only a few of these items imprinted and other printing methods do not allow for this to be done cost effectively. Simply design your image, print it onto one of our quality transfer papers and transfer it onto your garment using heat. It's just that easy!

Would 8.5" x 11" be large enough for your business? Look into the sizes of shirts you're most likely to sell -- this size would work perfectly for children's wear to an adult size small or medium, but you may need a larger size to accommodate large or extra-large shirts.

The final, but often most important, part of your t-shirt is the design of the image. You can create original artwork from scratch, scan in photos or clip art to customize, or even use photographs from a digital camera with almost any graphics or creative printing program.

Jetcol® DHS is known for high ink yield, deep blacks and fast transfer. Less ink is needed and/or shorter transfer time is required. Disadvantage therefore is that using ink amounts that you are used to with other papers than Jetcol® DHS, can lead to drying problems. For this reason, it is very important to use the right profile.

When using some heat transfer papers, inkjet papers which are not self-weeding, the entire sheet will transfer, leaving a 'white box' around your image, creating an unsightly, visible outline. To achieve a 'border-free' transfer, you can do one of the following:

Uneven pressure or temperature can result in poor image transfers regardless of the type of heat transfer paper used. Every paper is different and requires different amounts of time and temperature and various peeling methods.

If your laser transfer paper is jamming in your printer, try slowing it down by changing the paper mode to either “transparency” or “label” mode. And always feed through the multi-purpose tray with the shorter side of the paper feeding first.

Give the transfer a few stretches immediately after pressing while still tacky.

If your transfers are bleeding after the wash, this may be because there was too much ink put down during the print. Transfer papers cannot absorb the amount of ink that most photo printers put down. The excess ink stays sitting on top the transfer causing it to run when it comes in contact with water.

Instruction videos can be found on our YouTube channel. For customers that cannot access YouTube, we are investigating how to upload the videos directly to the website.

Instruction videos can be found on our YouTube channel. For customers that cannot access YouTube, we are investigating how to upload the videos directly to the website.

Check your transfer paper’s instructions for settings such as time, temperature, and pressure. You may need to use heavier pressure during pressing. *If you think your heat press is not heating up correctly, contact your heat press’s manufacturer.

With the exception of OKI white toner printers, we generally don’t “suggest” any specific printers/models as there are so many that can work with our papers and we don’t test ever laser printer in the world.

Keep your Neenah Coldenhove transfer paper in the original packaging and in a controlled environment to protect it from major changes in temperature and humidity.

There is too much ink. Change the image print setting to a lesser quality (medium or medium high) and lower the paper quality too.

This generally is caused by too much ink. Ensure that the image print quality is set to medium or medium high to limit the amount of ink used when printing. You can also repress for 5 to 10 seconds with a parchment sheet or teflon pad to cure the ink.

Check the pressure and try cold peel rather than hot or warm peel.

Check the 3 settings in this order: pressure, temperature, time. Too much of any will result in a bad transfer quality. Too much pressure will stick the paper to the garment, too much heat will burn the ink, whilst too much time could do any of those.

In order to transfer a white detail on a dark surface you must either use a white toner printer or an Opaque product. If your design is meant to be white only on a dark garment then you can use our Image Clip® Koncert-Ts paper, which transfers a white coating to any design.

Cracking can be caused because the transfer hasn’t settled into the fabric so when the fabric weave is pulled apart, the transfer can pull apart. To prevent this, stretch the transfer immediately after pressing while still tacky.

Probably too much heat, and the use of a dye that is not thermally stable. Ensure you use pigment dyes.

Check that you are using an inkjet printer and not a toner, as those are not compatible Also make sure you are washing in cold water, garment inside out and line try, no heat.

A cold peel gives softer results. To achieve a softer finish with Jet pro SS, cold peel, that repress for 15 seconds using parchment paper, then stretch in all directions.

Techni-Print® HS has a matt finish you can add gloss with a separate clear glossy acrylic spray.

We suggest you select the "heavy" paper setting available.

Laser 1 Opaque for use with laser printers, for transfer on dark fabrics as well as hard surfaces like coasters, leather, mousepads.

Mill warranty is 6 months from date of manufacture. Proper paper storage typically allows usage well past this six month warranty period. Once cartons are opened, the liability for performance is with the customer.

Even though the brand name suggests the paper is only suitable for hard substrates applications, Jetcol® DHS is a universal paper that works perfectly with all kinds of substrates inclusive polyester textiles.

Sawgrass added a Jetcol DHS profile in the Sawgrass Print Manager, this means that you can easily select the Jetcol DHS profile in the menu of the Print Manager.

Please find out the best transfer temperature and time for your application and with your devices. Every substrate is different, and some heat presses keep more stable temperatures than others.

Transfer yield of ink with Jetcol® DHS is higher, so you need less ink for the same color gamut. Use therefore the right ICC profile or printer settings for the best color gamut and prevent printing too much ink.

The launch of entry level printer Epson SC-F500/SC-F570 is a great success. Epson gives the option to buy the printer, without the software – and this makes the offer very attractive. However, it is challenging to print with any paper as only one paper can be selected via the printer driver. This section gives more info on this printer and focuses on how to print on a Epson SC-F500 / Epson SC-F570 with Jetcol® DHS.