How does transfer printing work?
Full colour image transfer paper and heat presses, together with laser colour copiers and printers opens up new and exciting opportunities for full colour, high quality image transfer printing onto a limitless range of application products where the possibilities are truly endless.
Garment Printing uses in-house heat presses with the latest in industry technology and a maximum print size of A4. Transfer printing differs from Screen Printing in that instead of the ink absorbing into the fabric, transfers are placed directly on top of the garment. This process results in a much sharper and brighter image because the base colour of the garment does not interfere or affect the transfer. Transfers can be created in numerous different ways before being applied to a garment. We prefer using the cold peel technique where we heat press the transfer to the garment, wait for it to cool, and then remove the backing paper leaving the transfer copied to the garment.
Transfer printing does not produce the same quality print job consistent with Screen Printing. Although technology has brought the technique forward in recent years, the end result is simply not as durable as other printing techniques.
Edit by Vikas
18 April, 2012
