Focus on Transfer Printing & Heat Presses DAVE ROPER
Transfer printing is a popular way to decorate garments O
ne of the best presses for transfer printing, the Saturn Platinum II sets the standard for high tolerance printing in a compact press, with a level of control and quality normally found only in large, expensive presses.
The Saturn Platinum II features M&Rʼs SoftVac whisper-quiet, high-volume vacuum system. The digital keypad with alphanumeric display simplifies programming, and micro-registration with visual guides makes setup and adjustment fast and simple. But itʼs the SoftVac that is critical when it comes to transfer printing. As you are printing onto a transfer paper the vacuum is needed to keep the paper in place while you print the plastisol ink ready to transfer. M&Rʼs SureVac Vacuum Pallet System enables textile presses to print specialised products, including transfers, poster stock, and other rigid and semi-rigid flat substrates. SureVac Pallets can be retrofitted to most manual and automatic M&R carousel presses. Itʼs the fast, easy way to maximise textile press versatility. The SureVac Vacuum Pallet System includes a foot pedal and valve assembly that allows the operator to turn the vacuum on and off from the load station.
YES LTD Turn passion into profit Y
our Embroidery Services (YES Ltd) offers one of the most extensive selections of garment decoration equipment in the UK. Owing to the continuous growth of the personalisation market, the latest exciting addition to YES Ltdʼs ever- growing portfolio of products is the brand-new Print Wizard Elite range of toner based transfer printers. Creating personalised or decorated T shirts and merchandise has never been easier. This highly affordable
Saturn Platinum II
Plastisol transfers are a great choice for printing company logos, labels and text. The colours are bold and very durable, making them a popular way to decorate a garment.
Plastisol transfers are typically cold peel making them very easy for anyone to apply and are suitable for most types of garment fabric.
To print a plastisol transfer you require transfer powder, cold peel transfer paper and a plastisol ink. You screen print the design (mirrored) onto the transfer paper and scatter the powder onto the printed design. Alternatively, if using the D. Roper Transfer Powder Adhesive, you can add the powder (5%) to the plastisol ink instead. These transfers can then be stored until you want to apply them to a garment. To apply them, place the transfer face down on the garment and use a heat press or iron to apply heat in order to bond the ink to the fabric. Allow the print to cool before the paper is removed (hence cold peel). The transfer sits on the surface of the fabric giving a slightly raised feel. When cured correctly these types of print produce a strong transfer which will withstand many wash/wear cycles without degrading.
Top tip: To check if a plastisol transfer has cured; peel off the paper (once cool) and crumple the design in your hand. If the transfer cracks then itʼs over cured, if it sticks together itʼs under cured. If the transfer blooms like a flower itʼs just right.
www.daveroper.co.uk PRESSMECH
Flexible and dependable heat presses
P Print Wizard Elite
transfer printing system allows you to decorate and customise an extensive range of printable products at exceptional quality and speed. Print Wizard systems can be transferred to all kinds of material, such as textiles, wood, metal, glass, ceramics (and a whole lot more), attracting a wide range of target markets. The system offers high earning potential and quick, easy production. With no maintenance, this highly flexible and reliable product is supported by a company that is a technical expert in providing products and services to the textile decoration industry. Print to A4 or A3 foil – transfer the toner to the pressing papers – press the garment to the product using heat – itʼs that simple. Print Wizard sets a new benchmark in the transfer printing industry, and with low cost step-up, the process couldnʼt be easier or more lucrative.
www.yesltd.co.uk | 58 | May 2018
ressMECH makes the worldʼs finest heat presses in the
UK. Packed full of innovative timesaving features including a unique interchangeable platen system and free-arm that eliminates the folding, stuffing and double-handling other heat presses require. With PressMECHʼs most basic press the novice user can produce over a thousand pounds worth of heat-decorated garments per hour, while
for more serious users PressMECH offers a range of upgraded units including industrial grade machines that are capable of decorating 4,500 separate garments in an eight- hour shift.
Chosen by some of the biggest names in clothing manufacture because of the time (and injury) saving features PressMECH packs in to every machine and built to the highest industrial standards you wonʼt find a heat press as flexible and dependable as the PressMECH heat press anywhere else in the world.
www.pressmech.co.uk www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk
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