I want to print an image for my shirt using image transfer paper or thermal iron paper…?

I want to print an image for my shirt using image transfer paper or thermal iron paper…?

Okay, so I want to print an image for my shirt using image transfer paper or thermal iron paper, as stated above. I want it to be on a black t-shirt, but that doesn’t really matter. I have a HP PSC 1350 all-in-one printer/scanner/copier. The print settings are plain and photo. I use photo, right?

Where can I buy image transfer paper or thermal iron paper? What is the best place? (A specific store, please! Don’t just tell me to go to a craft store or something!) Both image transfer paper and thermal iron paper would work, right? I just print it, and then iron it? (Don’t tell me it’ll crack, I’ll worry about that later.) Please give a store that I can drive to, not an online store. Please don’t tell me to search online. Please don’t tell me to try something else, like go to a professional to iron it on, or silk screen it, or something like that.

THANKS IN ADVANCE! EVERYONE WHO READ THE WHOLE ENTIRE THING AND ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS AND HELPED ME OUT!!!
Yeah, there’s text on the picture. Thanks!

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1 Comment for I want to print an image for my shirt using image transfer paper or thermal iron paper…?

  • 1. amybeader  |  February 15th, 2011 at 8:37 am

    You can usually find such transfer paper at almost any office supply store such as Staples, Office Max, Office Depot. What you want to do is go to the HP site and verify that your printer can handle such paper, and what the recommended paper is (of course HP will recommend their own paper). You can call whatever local office supply store is nearest to you to find out if they carry such paper. There are brands that should work in any printer (Kodak probably makes some, and I use Kodak photo papers in my Canon inkjet printer with excellent results; Kodak knows what they are doing and also has info both in the paper package and on their website showing recommended settings for each printer brand).

    Yes, you would use your photo settings to get the best colors. Do remember that images printed this way will be REVERSED, since you place the paper FACE DOWN on the shirt. So if you need the image to face a certain way, you will want to flip it in software so that when you transfer it, it comes out in the correct direction. This is of course particularly important if there is any text on the image that you want to be readable.

    Note also that using this method on a black t-shirt may not be satisfactory because the images can dull against a dark shirt. Most of these are intended for use on white or light colored shirts.

    Anyway, hope that helped, and good luck finding what you need.

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