Epson D22 printer

[ady347]

i have seen this transfer paper on ebay i was going to try?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/5-x-T-Shirt-Trans ... 58893d4b46

and fruit of the loom t shirts. i was looking at doing them for stag do's, hen parties, team shirts (robot wars competitions i compete in)

i am looking to produce an ok finish but starting on a budget, i dont want to spend £££ and it doesnt work for me.

could you give us more info on a cutter. for cutting out image, what i should be buying etc...

please treat me as a complete novice lol, i want to get into this as a hobby/little earner, if it seems to go well i will invest into better equipment from their. i work nights so have alot of spare time in the day when the wife is at work, its something for me to do.

thanks for your advice so far.

[bms]

If you are happy with straight edges then a standard guillotine will be sufficient but if you want curved cut lines then you can either use a pair of scissors which will keep the costs low or use a smaller cutter such as a Craft ROBO, but this will be a reasonable investment of £200+.

I don't know too much about that paper on Ebay - perhpas others can comment...

[mrs maggot]

ady, have a read though the sections on here, you really will learn a lot from 20 mins reading through the forum, on the robocutter and others, and the quality from different papers - most of the info is here, you just need to have a read though the different sections you will be moving in to. £3 for 5 sheets, if your doing it as a hobby fine, you might want to look at buying a pack of paper from a supplier, rather than 5 sheets from ebay.

but this is moving away from this post which is about the printer

[ady347]

hi, i have been trying to read through different threads before i post, i try and do this before i post. im finding on here that people talk about stuff but in a way they know about, and as a novice i find it hard to follow or understand it lol, im doing my best! think this forum needs a complete novice section or describing the basics lol, i am researching alot on google and learning slowly. i still cant find out whats the difference between transfer paper and flex? is it the same thing?

it was a old thread i found with a link to ebay on that paper and that person said they found it fine to use, so thought i would give it a try.

[mrs maggot]

transfer paper - you print, using special inks, to press onto the t shirt

flex/vinyl - one colour you cut using a special cutter(as per your new post) then you press onto garments. can be layered using different colours, 1 colour per press