Direct To Film Transfer Tips

With “On Demand” printing becoming more and more prevalent most all screen printing shops have been utilizing DTF Transfers in conjunction with screen printing. These are awesome when done right, but a lot of people keep producing thick, paper feeling garbage nobody wants to wear. They are throw away shirts! The market is flooded with options and it is overwhelming to decide whom to use to print the transfers. So much so a lot of shops are buying their own DTF Printers to get control of the work flow (not recommended…Maintaining printers is a nightmare…not to mention the adhesion powder….gross). Let me help you here with a couple tips to get those transfers working well.

Do the art correctly. Utilize the shirt color and halftone your designs. You should have a different print file for every shirt color. Otherwise you are producing a thick transfer nobody wants to wear. You can get away with it for some small designs, but still wouldn’t recommend it. You can have GraphX optimize the design for you. Or you can make it yourself in photoshop.
Do a 2nd heat press. After the design is transferred (time and temperature to manufacture recommendation) put it under the heat press a 2nd time for about 10-12 seconds with textured mat. I recommend using skate board grip tape. It will drive the ink into the fibers of the shirt better and also get rid of the paper feeling the transfer has. Making the transfer feel more like a high end screen print.

Doing just those two things will make all the difference in the world. Happy Printing. If you want to have a delicious shirt yourself hit up www.foodonshirts.com

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