When it comes to heat related applications you would be surprised by the different number of products and usage they provide. You’ll be was surprised to learn that almost every T-shirt that has writing or an image on it involves the use of some form of heat transfer printing. You’ll be even more surprised to learn that you could perform some of the heat transferring techniques in the privacy of your own home.

When you are designing a T-shirt, you will need to use a variety of heat sensitive products such as heat transfer paper or dark transfer paper, and a heat transfer press. If you are custom designing your own T-shirts, you may even be able to use your own iron. However, if you need to produce more professional looking T-shirts, you will need to look into purchasing heat application products that are designed for industrial use.

Hot press machines and accessories will vary. Before you invest money in purchasing these items, you will want to make sure you have a clear understanding of your needs and how these products should be used. Heat sensitive products such as heat transfer paper have approximately 8 different types of paper you can purchase. They will differ depending on the type of machine and materials you are using. You can choose to purchase paper that will work well with an inkjet, laser lite, and laser printers. Heat transfer paper comes in a variety of sizes. You will be able to purchase sizes starting at 8.5″ x 11″ all the up to full sheets (17″ x 100 ft).

Dark transfer paper – if you are working with dark materials you will need to use dark transfer paper. This will enable the user to transfer lighter materials or images on to a dark surface. You will also be able to purchase dark transfer paper for an inkjet, laser lite and laser printers. Dark transfer paper also comes in the same variety of sizes that regular heat transfer papers come in.

Heat press machines – purchasing this heat making type of unit will take more investigating that you would think. The cost for one of these units will vary between $400.00 on the low end to approximately $45,000.00 on the high end. While the size of each machine will vary, the most salient component to take into consideration before making your final purchase is how you are going to use the machine? How often you will use the machine? What capacity will you need to use this machine in? Once you are able to answer these questions you will be able to determine which heat transfer fusing process you will want to pursue.

Source by Sanno Zaye