Basics to Use Heat Transfer Water-Based Ink

Basics: The Heat Transfer Process

Screen printers and T-shirt producers are widely using heat transfer technology. Although the procedure adds phase to the screen printing process, it has a lot of benefits when quality heat transfer water-based ink is used.

The textile printing ink is transferred using specially prepared paper as a medium. The picture is usually printed rather than a T-shirt or other item, and the paper then moves the entire image to the final product in a second process using heat.

The printing process is split into two sites, which is one of the most significant advantages. Ink spills and the typical mess of the printing facility are less likely to impact the items.

Transferring irregular, instead of flat, surfaces is quicker than wiring a screen to form around these features. If difficulties arise during the screen printing, they can be resolved without affecting any of the clothing or items that are scheduled to be printed.

What is a Transfer Paper?

A streamlined paper is transfer paper. Smooth paper allows for a smoother and more precise picture to be applied. The graphic will duplicate without the defects generated by a rough surface because the paper is clean.

In addition, because there is no need to adjust for the roughness of the surface, the screen printing itself uses less ink. It is essential to have a thinner silicone ink surface. 

Words of Cautions

One consideration when printing on transfer paper is that a layer does not take up a preceding layer when printing. The paper is meant to transfer the heat transfer water-based ink onto the other surface, and the screen may take up fragments of the preceding layer while printing successive layers. If this happens, lower the strain on the screen's surface and apply significantly less textile printing ink in the next sessions.