T-Shirt with Laser Printer

[becks59]

I've been toying with the idea of making shirts for my sons for our June DL trip. I was thinking of using iron on vinyl, but I like the variety of a printed design. The only problem is that I have a color laser printer and the iron on transfer paper I have found is for ink jet printers. Does anyone know of a transfer paper for laser printers that I could use a regular iron for the heating? I hope this is the right place to post this.

 

[M_I_C_K_E_Y]

I've been toying with the idea of making shirts for my sons for our June DL trip. I was thinking of using iron on vinyl, but I like the variety of a printed design. The only problem is that I have a color laser printer and the iron on transfer paper I have found is for ink jet printers. Does anyone know of a transfer paper for laser printers that I could use a regular iron for the heating? I hope this is the right place to post this.

I do not know a lot about this but I can tell you what I have heard. There have been others here on the boards that have said that there is special iron on transfer paper you can buy for use in a laser printer. The only thing is that you need to use a heat press to adhere them. A standard household iron does not get hot enough.

Because a laser printer uses far more heat in it's printing process, they have to make the paper withstand that heat. So a heat press is needed to "melt" the iron on transfer to the shirt. I hope this helps.

Again, I have no experience with this and am only reporting what I have heard.

 

[becks59]

That sounds about right from what I've read. Looks like I will just stick with the iron on vinyl.

 

[Kelly Curtis]

There are many different types of heat transfer papers available. The best way to start is by choosing which is the best for your printer. So, when choosing a transfer paper you will need to decide what is more important to you,color and a soft hand or cost and time efficiency. To use a regular iron for the heating use your iron's hottest cotton setting without steam. Some transfer papers, such as laser transfer papers, can't be used with a hand iron. One of my friend is working with Custom Clothing Saskatoon, that is why I know all these things. Hope this will help you.

 

[brooke789]

That sounds about right from what I've read. Looks like I will just stick with the iron on vinyl.

Is the vinyl you're using something you're printing on from your laser printer? I only have access to laser printers, so planning to go with that paper but would have to use a standard iron...