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| Posted on 2/3/08 at 11:26 AM | |
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Trubs, Several things to consider. 1. Unless you use the R1800 as your "one printer" then you are limited to 8 1/2 x 14 print size. 8 1/2 x 14 (C88) on a XL or larger shirt really doesn't "cut it". Looks like a postage stamp on big shirts. 2. My experience with using heat transfer papers for sublimation onto 100% cotton has not been very good. You might get a good transfer initially, then it is very possible the dye will migrate and you end up with a gory blur where the dyes spreads out. This can happen after washing, or just by the tshirt sitting around unwashed. 3. If you must do this test very extensive before you sell to a customer. You will have better luck using a heat transfer paper as a sublimation "prep" on a 50/50 garment. Suggest not to do this on 100% cotton. 3. My suggestion is to use the R1800 w/pigments for your Tshirts and get the C88 and dedicate it to sublimation. 4. One thing to consider is that when you use a heat transfer paper to prep for sublimation you loose the inherent sublimation advantage ... no hand and no background window. There are prep sprays that can help on the hand and background issues, but even those I would restrict to 50/50. But these slow down your production rate so your net earnings are lower. You will get great washabilty from an Epson printer with pigments and if you use 3rd party inks much much lower costs per print vs. sublimation. You still will have some hand at first, but the better papers this goes away with a few washes. So preping using those "prep" papers you gain nothing except perhaps the ability to use only one printer for everything. Michael | ||
 
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