| If you want to standout from the crowd with a | | | | available for light or white t-shirts, for dark or black |
| great looking t-shirt design you can always go online | | | | t-shirt and glitter sheets for that unique party look. |
| and spend top dollars, but chances are you will not | | | | 4. Set up your printer correctly - For HP printers |
| always find the design you really wanted or | | | | choose Iron on paper (can be found under special |
| sometimes those top dollars are beyond your budget. | | | | paper), for Epson printers choose plain paper tick flip |
| Another option is to create great looking custom | | | | horizontal to create a mirror image, for Canon |
| t-shirt designs from the comfort of your own home, | | | | printers choose Iron on / T-Shirt paper and for |
| using your own Inkjet printer and all within your | | | | Lexmark printers choose Iron on. With most printers |
| budget. Not only would you save money, but to | | | | the image has to be printed in mirror mode in order |
| really express your creativity with an exciting t-shirt | | | | to print it the right way on the T-Shirt. The 'iron on' |
| there's really no other alternative. | | | | or T-Shirt mode is creating the mirror image |
| 5 Steps to create custom t-shirt design using your | | | | automatically and you may also use the printer |
| own Inkjet printer: | | | | manufacturer site for model specific instructions if |
| 1. Prepare a blank t-shirt to apply your design - If you | | | | unsure. |
| are unsure which brand works well for t-shirt designs, | | | | 5. Apply the transfer paper on the t-shirt - Use a hot |
| consider an original American Gildan. Great for | | | | iron with a min 1200w set to highest temperature, |
| fantastic t-shirt transfers because of its taped neck | | | | place the T-Shirt on to a stable hard surface, such as |
| and shoulders for long-lasting style, double needle | | | | a worktop or a strong table, but not an ironing board |
| stitching for increased durability and quarter-turned | | | | as you'll need to apply pressure on the sheet. Now |
| body for seamless print surface. | | | | cut the transfer paper around the image, leaving |
| 2. Find the perfect image to transfer - Download an | | | | maximum of 1-2 cm margin around the image and |
| image to your computer and ensure the quality is | | | | Iron the transfer paper all over for a few seconds to |
| high, the image isn't pixelated and that you are | | | | fix it on to the T-Shirt and then iron systematically in |
| allowed to use the image. Not only images could be | | | | small cycles every part of the transfer spending 5-10 |
| applied on the t-shirt, also text using notepad or | | | | seconds in each position. |
| Word can be used to delivery your message on the | | | | For long-lasting results, when washing the t-shirt |
| shirt. | | | | transfers, turn it inside out, use maximum |
| 3. Choose from 3 different t-shirt transfer types - | | | | temperature 40°c at full spinning and avoid using |
| Transfer sheets also known as Iron-On paper are | | | | washing powder containing bleaching materials. |