My Ink Jet Iron On / Heat Transfer T Shirts are Bleeding!
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| When a new decorator is first starting out, they can miss a step in the Ink Jet Heat Transfer directions. This can result in slight bleeding or ink migration in their T-Shirt Transfers. Most of these problems can be totally avoided by closely following these instructions. The first rule to keep in mind is… This will help you from making costly mistakes and will allow you to take corrective action before you make a quantity of shirts. When the instructions are followed you will get excellent results!
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| Use the plain paper setting on your printer and Set the printing mode to Photo Quality (In the “Printer Properties” Driver Control Panel) DO NOT SELECT Photo Paper or matte coated paper, it will cause more ink to be laid down and can cause the ink to bleed. |
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| Turn the mirror image option on or mirror your image within your graphic software. Here we clicked on the advanced button, then the Page Layout tab. You will see the mirror image selection box. |
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3. IMPORTANT: For textile printing anything higher than 200-250 DPI is a waste of ink & time and it will not produce better results. In fact, you may create a bleeding problem if you use too much ink! 4. Your image resolution must be set in the design software: (ie: Corel Draw®, Photoshop®, etc) and is not set at the Printer Driver Control Panel! Using this lower setting will result in using less inks and will help speed up the printing process. 5. After printing transfer with the Inkjet printer, allow the transfer to dry thoroughly (we suggest 5-15 minutes). We enjoy helping out fellow decorating professionals. If you found this blog helpful and would like our direct help to expand your decorating business please call us at 888-431-7385. |
