If you are currently printing and cutting images on your heat transfer paper using a cutter, then you probably hate the fact that you lose a good amount of your paper size due to margins and registration mark placement. Vinyl cutters need a certain amount of space for the rollers to move across the paper and grasp during cutting, which may cause your design to be smaller than you wish. When you print and then cut heat transfer paper, you must set your margins a particular distance away from the sides and top of the paper. The side registration marks need to be approximately .5”-1” away from the edges of the paper, and around the top of the paper, the registration marks need to be even further away…around 3″ to 5″! Continue reading “Print & Cut: How to utilize the entire 8.5” x 11” sheet of transfer paper”
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Eco-Solvent Garment Decorating for Sign Shops
Eco-Solvent is a popular method used to print outdoor media, as the special ink creates a weatherproof, fade-proof and highly durable print. But what happens when you have an eco-solvent printer and want to create transfers for clothing? Coastal carries a wide variety of eco-solvent heat transfer materials to make it easier to add heat transfer garments to your product line! Continue reading “Eco-Solvent Garment Decorating for Sign Shops”
The Secrets to a Perfect Opaque Transfer
Heat transfers for dark garments (otherwise known as opaque transfers) are a necessity when it comes to heat transfers – not many businesses can be based on white garments only! However, opaque transfers have a unique problem: in order to allow the image to transfer onto a dark garment without the color of the garment bleeding through, the base of the transfer must be completely white. Therefore, if you don’t do anything to eliminate it, you will be left with an unsightly white box around your image. Thankfully, there are solutions beyond trimming around the image by hand! Continue reading “The Secrets to a Perfect Opaque Transfer”