Everyone knows you can go to the store and buy clothes
whenever you want, but more and more people are finding it just as
easy to make their own digital photo printing on tee shirts. It's
not completely all simplicity, but it is rather easy to do if you
know what you are doing.
Digital photo printing on T Shirts is a process you can do with most
inkjet printers using an iron-on transfer. Printer companies
including Lexmark, Epson, Canon and Hewlett Packard can print to the
special coated paper you need that allows you to put whatever design
or photo you choose on a variety of fabrics, not just cotton.
You can find all the necessary tools to do your own digital photo
printing on a tee shirt at many local stores such as Wal-Mart or
Target, etc. You will need to have transfer paper. While there are
many kinds of these, expensive and cheap, the kind you buy is
completely up to you. Whatever you think will work best.
When choosing your shirt, you want to be sure it is clean and
wrinkle free so that the photo comes out clean and smooth with no
lines or dirty smudges. Cotton and poly/cotton blend are the best
materials to use for this, but you can use whatever fabric you
choose.
After you have everything ready, you need to get the image you want
to put on the shirt ready. If you want to adjust or alter your
picture before putting it on the tee shirt, do so now and get it
ready to print out.
The main key you want to remember about this part is you must mirror
the image before printing it or it will be reversed on the tee
shirt! If you do not know how to do this, look in the booklet about
your program.
When you are ready to finish your digital photo printing on your T
shirt and have your image printed out you want to apply the image
face down on the shirt of your choice. You can press it using your
iron with no steam or moisture.
Be sure to use a solid surface to transfer your digital photo
printing on your tee shirt. Based on what kind of transfer paper you
are using, you can check to see how long to hold the iron on.
Digital photo printing on a tee shirt leaves a smooth print surface
on your shirt. You cannot feel the image on the inside of your shirt
and the ink does not bleed through.
The advantages of doing your own digital photo printing on a tee
shirt are being able to choose whatever photos or pictures you want,
no worrying about if they are 'acceptable', etc. and most of all, it
doesn't cost you a penny!
Some disadvantages of doing your own digital photo printing would be
that the colors are more than likely going to fade over time and you
cannot change the color content. Most people would agree this would
be worth that in the long run.
How many of our expensive clothes' shirt graphics last that long
anyway? No shirt lasts forever completely intact as it was when you
bought it unless it's in a glass case somewhere. That would be the
only chance of it never fading.
Take care of your custom tee shirts like you do your store bought
ones. Enjoy knowing you made them and have fun making many more!
