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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.

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...

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

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.

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