suppliers needed please for t shirts and sweatshirts?

[Russ Draper]

If you have your vinyl cutter you will need some specialist garment vinyl and a heat press to heat seal the vinyl onto the garment!

If the logo is detailed and full colour, you will have to print onto specialist vinyl and then cut out with a print & cut machine.

What quantities you looking in doing, if its small vinyl is the way forward, if they are large runs then maybe screen printing or embroidery is a option!

I do garments myself, and have a embroiderer next door if you need any more info!

Russ

[Graeme Speirs]

i bought some flock material from victory design (just google) and it was very good, i used it for my own corporate stuff ie: sweatshirts t shirts to try it out and there still going strong after a year, also I only used a standard iron for these small logos, for anything bigger you will def need a proper press.

cheers
graeme

[Gordon Forbes]

Grafityp Victory do garment vinyl plenty of info on their sites about what and where to use the different types

Goop

[James Martin]

Russ, Graeme, and Goop

tks for that, only had time to glance at the Grafityp and Victory design sites but they look spot on.

Trying to start a new thing is taxing. :lol1:

Russ, she said it would be around fifty items to start. I only have a cutter so i will go speak to someone that can print today.
I have a feeling it might need to be a print: I remember the customer mentioning that embroidery was a no go, I think, because of a colour gradient in the logo.

Tks for now, will you all know what happens.

Jimmy.

[graffica]

Hi James,
Have been doing garment printing for several years. I still do vinyl signs etc., but find the garment side has taken over and is a lot simpler and more lucrative.

Graphityp materials are rather thick. I´d recommend Victory. Make sure you get the stuff with an adhesive backing …. much better for weeding tiny lettering.

Regarding full-colour: Although I buy all of my vinyl here in Spain, for full colour e.g. photos, logos with graduated tints, etc. onto dark garments, I buy "INKJET DARK" from Expres in Castle Donnington. Used in conjunction with an Epson CX 66OO Printer/Scanner, the results are brilliant and very long lasting because of the DURABRITE inks. I cut
the logos by hand using a scalpel, but you can buy a cutter that will do this for you.

I had Roland PC 60 Printer/Cutter years ago, but found the results very iffy. Others may tell you different.

Speak to Expres and Victory. They´re both very helpful.

All the best, Chris ( It really is SUNNY SPAIN today).

[James Martin]

Chris

I am looking at buying a printer,copier,scanner, fax machine right now.

I see on eBay there is a Epsom CX 66OO going for less than 50 quid.

Are you telling me that that would print onto the garment vinyl a satisfactory image that i could cut with my graphtec plotter and then heat transfer to garments.

I know the Espon cx 6600 hasn’t got all the features I’m looking for.

But are there any newer machines that would do the trick?

Jimmy

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[graffica]

Hi James,
I could have made things clearer in my last post to you.
Ordinary heat-transfer vinyl comes in various width rolls and many colours. You cut it on a plotter in the usual way. Although there are plenty of suppliers, I recommend the Victory material which is very thin and has a self-adhesive, transparent carrier for easy weeding of fine detail stuff and overlaying different colours

Full colour … photos etc. is another, quite separate matter. As I said, I buy A4 sheets of INKJET DARK from Expres, and print the images I want on an Epson CX 6600 with long lasting DURABRITE inks. I then cut round each image by hand using a scalpel, peel from the adhesive and heat-press it onto the shirt or whatever. You can buy a system from Expres which will automatically contour-cut the images.

Probably best to speak with Expres, Tel: 01332 85 50 80. They´ll send you samples. But if you need any more help, contact me any time.

Chris

[James Martin]

Thanks Chris

Spoke to Victory and they are sending me samples.

Expres I cant find on google and the number you gave is a fax number 😕

I’m getting there though :lol1:

Jimmy.

[Lorraine Clinch]

The spellings wrong James, that is why…

http://www.xpres.co.uk/

[graffica]

Thanks Lorraine,

Was about to say the same thing. It´s just the way I express myself.
The phone number is 01332 85 50 85

Inkjet Dark on E-BAY for about half the normal price.

Chris

[James Martin]

Thanks Chris, and Lorraine.

Jimmy.

[James Martin]

Chris

I’m still looking into this garment operation

You said you were using a Epson CX 6600

have you saw the epson dx7000f? It uses durabrite ‘ultra’, and I was wondering how I could find out if it would still do the job.

I mean will it still print on the inkjet dark.

Its just that it a newer machine and has a fax built in.

Jimmy

[graffica]

Hi James,

I can´t see any reason why INKJETDARK shouldn´t work on a newer version of an Epson desktop printer than the one I have. Like any other printer, it´ll print on any media. (I also print onto self-adhesive INKJET vinyl for producing stickers in small quantities)
The important thing is that it uses ULTRABRITE inks which are waterproof and very durable compared with normal inks.

If you are going to buy INKJETDARK from XPRES, you´ll need to cover the printed image with SILICON APPLICATION PAPER when heat-pressing.
If you use the TEFLON sheet your printed image is too shiny.

Hope this helps.

Chris

[Lorraine Clinch]

quote James Martin:

Chris

have you saw the epson dx7000f? It uses durabrite ‘ultra’, and I was wondering how I could find out if it would still do the job.

Its just that it a newer machine and has a fax built in.

Jimmy

Hi Jimmy

Does this not mean that all received faxes would be printed using sublimation ink? Presumbly the fax facility would have to be disconnected? (I am interested in this printer too)

[John Wilson]

quote Lorraine Clinch:

quote James Martin:

Chris

have you saw the epson dx7000f? It uses durabrite ‘ultra’, and I was wondering how I could find out if it would still do the job.

Its just that it a newer machine and has a fax built in.

Jimmy

Hi Jimmy

Does this not mean that all received faxes would be printed using sublimation ink? Presumbly the fax facility would have to be disconnected? (I am interested in this printer too)

Durabright ink is just a normal ink and not sublimation, it comes standard on the printer so it would be ok to use for faxes…… sorry if i’m wrong but i’m sure I’m not 😉

[James Martin]

Lorraine

John is correct about the durabrite being the standard ink the printer uses which will work with faxes, and prints.

Also durabrite will print onto inkjetdark heat transfer film which is then applied to garments and promo stuff Like Chris has said.

I spoke to epson and they do not endorse this use of there printers for any of this stuff.

Xpres will sell you a epson D88 or a R1800 to do the job, However.

They sell feeder systems for the sublimation inks which can be used on these machines also.

Im gonna try the Dx7000f as an all rounder and take it from there.

tks all. Jimmy

[Lorraine Clinch]

Hi Jimmy

Keep us posted on how it goes will you?

Good luck!

[John Wilson]

quote James Martin:

John is correct about the durabrite being the standard ink the printer uses which will work with faxes, and prints.

Woooo Hoooo !!! Doesn’t happen very often :lol1: :lol1:

[Keith Beckwith]

hi Jimmy

the magic touch is another for you to look at

keith

[Andrew Bennett]

How did you get on with that printer please James?