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Xpres Inkjet dark help!!!
Hi guys,
I recently bought a pack of Inkjet dark transfer paper from Xpres. Now apparently you are able to use a print+cut method and transfer the design onto thermal application tape. Here’s the problem, everything seems fine until i place the transfer on the tape ( I decided to use the tape from Grafityp), i have squeegeed the living daylights out of design but it’s got no intention of coming away from the carrier sheet.
I hope someone can please enlighten me on this as I’d like to get a bit more adventurous with my designs and not just stick to simple shapes.
Thanks in advance.
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9 Replies
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I’ve done the same thing as you, the thermal tape from grafityp does work but not on that particular product from xpres. I’ve used the tape on the print & cut material from merlin and it works well, you can use the tape several times before it loses it tack.
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Hi Pryam,
That’s great new mate!! do you have a link to the particular item?
Cheers
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Contact xpress, as there is a known problem with inkjet dark, they’ve had a bad batch, it curls off the paper and the ink lifts when you remove the trasfer paper, I sent a log of 25mtrs back last week with this fault
Ian
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Oh right!! it’s nice how they are happy to take my £120 and still send me a pack when they know full well there are issues!
I’ll be on the blower asap.
Thanks for that.
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The stuff from merlin has a different feel to it, it’s got more of a vinyl feel to it rather than the soft silky feel of the ink jet dark from xpres.
http://www.merlintransfers.com/merlin/
This is their website, i’ve just had a look for the product and i cannot see it, last time i had it from them i had 10 metres at 500mm wide. Give them a ring?!?
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Thinking about this, won’t the grafityp material do the trick?
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Hi,
Thanks for the merlin info! I bought a roll of the grafityp tape but it did not work, i think maybe the xpres paper is maybe too thick for normal application tape.
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Its so sticky you would need araldite to lift that stuff, its also so thick it feels like its been painted on with gloss and a 4" brush.
I cant stand the stuff, I would try whats been suggested above. -
I bought some printable material from Grafityp and tried it with their heat application tape, it does work really well.
Merlin have finished stocking their material due to poor colour apparently.
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