New to Sublimation - Help?

[hicksracing123]

Hello,
I apologize if this is the incorrect place to post this.
I recently bought this machine:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Heat-Press-12x ... 2749.l2649

I have a regular inkjet printer and I bought sublimation paper. I want to use a personal logo to put on a tshirt by printing it onto the sublimation paper and then using the heat press. What programs do I use to size and print my image correctly, also any beginner's tips? I'm using this just for myself and don't plan on selling, etc. Thank you in advance!

[Mrteajunkie]

A standard inkjet printer will not work.
You need a sublimation printer or compatible printer with sublimation inks.

see inkexperts for options.

[hicksracing123]

Even though the paper and machine say I can use with a regular inkjet?

[JMugs]

Sit back with a huge mug of tea and start learning. All the information is in this forum. Your comment implies you have done very little research. The good news is you are in the right place to do that research. Search the forums explore, learn things you didn't know you needed to learn. Once you have grasped the basics, try and try again. Once again you will learn things you didn't know you didn't know!
Not the answer you perhaps wanted, but it is the answer that will give you a great foundation.

Janners

[stevew]

Hi
After messing about with iron t shirt transfers, my wife and I decided to get a transfer press and look into sublimation printing feet first of course.
With a lot of help from reading this helpful forum, we have successfully printed t-shirts ( mostly for me ) mugs, slates and now chromalux aluminium panels.
We have had fun learning and ruining prints, I'm sure this will carry on.
Using a standard Epson 342 home printer, with sub inks, sub paper, we thought it was a reasonable start up.
Enjoy