How To Print On Iron-On Transfer Paper

Today, we will show you how you can print on iron-on transfer paper, meaning you will know how to print your favorite designs and art on your T-shirts.

As we all know, we cannot industrially print on our T-shirts because those T-shirts go through the hands of professionals and very high-tech machines. But using transfer paper and an Inkjet printer, we can print great printed T-shirts in the comfort of our own homes.

 What Is Transfer Paper?

Transfer paper is a specialized paper used solely for textiles, art, and crafts. Usually, this material is a combination of pigment and wax. Additionally, you will find it much thinner than ordinary paper.This print media type is usually available in A3 and A4.

An Inkjet printer can be used to print the design we desire onto the transfer paper. And that we can use a heat press (or a household iron) that will transfer the design onto the material you want. A pack of transfer paper also comes with Teflon paper which is used during the heat press.

If you are printing your design on a dark T-shirt, use transfer paper made of dark material. And if you are printing on a light T-shirt, use a lighter material.

Note: Using pigment-based inks rather than dye-based inks provides a slight advantage as dye-based ink can be spoiled in front of daily sunlight.

Printing Using Transfer Paper

1. Place the paper inside the paper tray of your inkjet printer.
2. Open the file you wish to print.
3. No matter which application you use for printing, make sure that you set the print quality to the highest level.Using this setting will produce the best printout quality possible, and this, along with having an HD image in the first place, is key to a great transfer.
4. Print your design. Unlike normal color printing, printing on a transfer paper will take up a few minutes.
5. Once the printout comes out, trim the design or cut it out from the transfer paper.
6. After you have trimmed the design, separate the two layers of the transfer paper. The upper layer of the paper has your design printed on it.
7. Take the upper layer and press it on the place it in the appropriate place on the material you are transferring onto.
8. Press the Teflon paper over the design.

• Take a hot iron and slowly iron over the Teflon paper and the design that you have printed. Your design will be imprinted on your T-shirt.

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