When to use dark vs. light t-shirt tansfers..

[Goofy4]

Forgive me if this should be posted elsewhere. I posted over in "crafts" and received no response. Since we're printing tonight I could use some help......

I have dark and light transfer paper. I don't know when to use one or the other.

I had been under the impression that the dark transfers painted the "background" white -- everything not printed in another color would come out white.

Now, looking at the picture on the front of the Avery paper, I can see that is not the case. There is text with no background while the white in the photo is definitely white.

So, it must be that anything with a transparent background stays that way while white still comes out white. That's good news -- but I'm still confused on when to use Dark vs. Light transfer paper.

We have many shirts, including yellow, orange, light green and light grey. It's these middle-ground colors I'm not sure about.

Also, someone suggested always using the dark transfers to get better results. If true, I'm confused as to why. Thanks!

 

[ScoJo15]

Feel free to PM me if you need more details, but here is some info on the transfers..

The dark transfer paper puts your image onto a white background and basically 'sticks' the image onto your t-shirt. That is why you do not have to reverse the image when you are printing them out. While they do provide sharper color detail, you will end up with white backgrounds wherever there is no color. The only way to avoid that is to use an exacto knife and cut out anything that may show up as white.

The light transfer paper is clear and you print a mirror image when printing them out. I did not like this paper as you can still see the clear paper once it is applied to the shirt (and it can sometimes appear yellow)

hope this helps