T Shirt Paper Printing Instructions

To create colourful images on to T shirt or fabric materials, using your inkjet printer.

Printing Instruction - Print on white plane side.

Printer Setup

- HP: Iron on paper (can be found under special paper)
- Epson: Plain paper, tick flip horizontal to create a mirror image
- Canon: Iron on / T shirt paper
- Lexmark: Iron on

Please note the image has to be printed in mirror mode in order to get it right way on the T shirt. The ‘iron on’ or T shirt mode are creating the mirror image automatically.

Ironing Instructions

- Use hot iron with a min 1200w, set to highest temperature
- Use only light colour or white T shirt / fabric
- Lay the T shirt on to a stable, hard surface, such as a work top or a strong table.
DO NOT USE IRONING BOARD
- Place the T shirt you want to print on, on another T shirt or a pillow case
- Cut the transfer paper around the image, leaving maximum of 1-2 cm margin around
the image
- Pre iron the T-shirt in the area you want to apply the transfer
- Place the transfer paper with the image facing the T shirt
- Iron the transfer paper all over for a few seconds to fix it on to the T shirt and then iron
systematically in small cycles everypart of the transfer, spending 5-10 seconds in each position

Applying maximum pressure

- A full A4 should take at least 2 minutes
- Peel off the backing material
- To remove glossiness of the image, please lay a normal plain white sheet of paper on to the
image and iron it for 10-15 secondall over. Then peel off the paper immediately

Washing Instructions

1. Turn T shirt inside out.
2. Maximum temperature 40°c
3. Full spinning.
4. Avoid using washing powder containing bleaching materials.

Technical Information

Product description

Transfer paper for ink jet printers. Suitable for transferring images onto white or pastel-coloured fabrics and mouse pads by means of an iron or transfer press.

Characteristics/application

Apply on to T-shirts, shorts, cloth covered mouse pads or tablecloths. Because of the special ink jet coating you get brilliant results of colour and high-resolution printing. The  transfer paper comes with gloss or matt finish and is machine washable up to 40°c.

Chemical characterisation

The dark transfer paper is a special film composed of several copolymers, coated on a silicon-released paper.

Compatibility

Suitable for most inkjet printers. Epson, HP, Lexmark, Cannon, Apple, Digital, Olivetti, Kodak, Xerox, etc.

Available T Shirt / Iron On Paper at Photo Paper Direct: T Shirt Transfers

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