30th Anniversary Special
The other major development was that of cut vinyl transfers which most people in the business will be familiar with. The design shape is cut into a heat transfer vinyl and then the excess is weeded to leave the required design in vinyl ready for application onto the garment.
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From experience from talking to people at exhibitions the cut vinyl type of transfer has been the most popular method for producing transfers, especially in small quantities. The simple single colour cut vinyl concept led onto the print and cut type where heat transfer vinyl material is fed through an ink jet printer where the transfer design is printed and then the shape of the design is cut on the same machine. When printed and cut the design is weeded to leave it on the vinyl sheet where it is picked up by application tape for application to the garment. Cut vinyl transfers are great for short run designs without a great deal of detail. Conversely traditional screen printed transfers can produce far greater detail than can be cut and weeded, and are usually the preferred choice for school leavers transfers or neck label transfers where detail is of paramount importance.
a photographic element, and backing up with adhesive is now being used for digitally produced transfers. The Jester transfer type using this concept is the Digital Tuftrans and by using a water-based adhesive an easy to apply eco-friendly transfer with great wash resistance can be produced. The latest development in transfer technology appears to be the direct to fi lm systems but that’s a whole new ball game which doesn’t use a screen printed ink at all.
Looking back
Geoff ’s grandson Billy, who was three or four when the picture was taken six years ago. The transfer print on the garment would have been printed around 30 years before that for sale in Woolworths
Litho printed transfers have been used for years to produce photographic or tonal designs by litho printing the actual design onto a release paper and backing up with screen printed adhesive in order to heat transfer the design into the fabric. The same concept of printing a multi-colour design, with or without
It’s really taxed an old man’s memory to think back on all the above, and I’m sure other types that I could have mentioned will occur to me but I’m going to call a halt to the exercise here.
Congratulations once again to Printwear & Promotion on their 30th anniversary, I wonder what techniques and materials will be used in the next 30 years? I’m kind of glad I worked in the industry at the time I did, I think my grandson knows more about computers than I ever will. Although the challenge of building a business using all the new technologies kind of appeals too. If only I was 30 or 40 years younger!
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