5 Ways To Make Your DTF Prints Better
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 มี.ค. 2024
- Direct to Film Heat Transfers (DTF) are changing the game for apparel decorators for their versatility, durability and vibrant, saturated colors. They simplify low runs, one-offs, personalization and so much more, all for an affordable price and easy applications.
While DTF Is cool, are you getting the most out of your custom Direct to film prints? In this video, Dave covers the top 5 ways to make your Direct To Film Heat Transfers better!
While DTF allows at-home t-shirt businesses and big commercial print shops the same quality, there's a few misconceptions about how to get a quality t-shirt print with your heat press.
Three years in to this technology, there's some 'love-it' or 'hate-it' for direct to film transfers, and many of those dissatisfied with DTF prints likely are making one of the mistakes we're going to cover here in this video today.
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Ive watched countless photoshop tutorials and this was the first ttime Ive heard about anti aliasing! Thankyou! :)
Hey Yaan, I'm so glad we could help out! Anti-Aliasing is definitely dives a little bit deeper into the saving settings, and typically only comes into play when designing t-shirts for printing (like DTF here) as well as screen printing.
Typically for screen printed orders our art department will adjust the file so it prints nice and crisp (spot color printing helps too) but with the digital printing process for DTF it can lead to some unintended results- coupled with low resolution files it's VERY noticeable.
Great tutorial, as always! I'm having issues with creasing on my DTF line work, so unless the garment is ironed, it looks wrinkled. I've tried thicker garments, and thicker lines, but can't pinpoint why its happening - any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
That's a great question! To help out best, we'd need a little more information:
1. What DTF transfer are you using? Some low quality adhesives and inks can have less than desirable finishes when laundered. Sometimes they'll feel thick and 'paper-like' to the touch and present wrinkles and creases quite easily.
2. Application settings: If DTF is underapplied or applied with too high of a temperature, the adhesive may not hold into the fibers of the garment. Pressure can be a culprit for this as well, it may appear to apply fine, but one cycle in the wash and it doesn't look the same. Double check your application process and ensure it's correct:
3. What fabric type are you printing on? Carded, 100% unshrunk cotton (commonly the VERY inexpensive t-shirts) can shrink, buckling the prints and introducing a wrinkled effect. Try printing on a higher quality, 50/50 or 100% polyester garment to test if the issue is still present.
4. Artwork: Depending on how fine of lines you have, it may be under the minimum threshold for line weight and not receiving enough powdered adhesive in the production process to properly adhere to the garment and move and flex with the fabric. Possibly leading to the issues you're having. The industry standard is right around .02"
Another tip: Always vectorize your design
Great tip JV! Using vector files are certainly the preferred file type, but sometimes with complex images or photos a raster image is needed (something DTF is great for too!).
my customer sends me a vector image, I import this into coreldraw to make a 300dpi multiple copy gang sheet, but then have to export this as png file becasue this is what my dtf transfer printing company needs. The png is raster even though the image starts out as a vector, so does thie mean raster images are also ok for dtf transfers?
DTF can print raster images as well, but vector allows for easy resizing and sharp edges. That artwork process you describe seems like a little bit of a hassle though- Most custom DTF printers (us included) allow for per-image ordering as well as gang sheets to simplify your ordering process and save money.
Have you tried using Easy View Online designer to create your gang sheets? Or if it's the same artwork we'll handle the gang sheeting for you so you're not paying for any of the blank carrier. www.transferexpress.com/designer
How do you get them not to feel like plastic? I have tried 3 suppliers and have yet to find one that does not feel like a hefty trash bag on a shirt.
Ahhh, yes, we hear that out in the industry quite a bit- So much we made it the first tip of this video: Use a Quality DTF Heat Transfer. With many lower-cost inks being less pigmented than higher-quality inks they require more ink to be printed so the finished results are more vibrant and representative of the colors in the file. It's also quite common for Cold peel transfer to have a "crunch" to them too.
Have you tried our UltraColor Max DTF Transfers yet? These are the best of the best, We'll send you samples at zero cost: www.transferexpress.com/marketing-tools/free-samples
While DTF is great, and the end of the day it's still ink. We also laid out another way to avoid that 'plastic' feeling in the second tip of this video that's all about using negative space in your file. That part starts right at 02:46 and shows some ways you can help your designs wear much better.
The minimum line weight stated here is “.021” however on your website it’s .018 for Ultracolor Max and .014 for Ultracolor pro?
You are correct Steve, Great attention to detail! The minimums have been updated to the new standards to achieve even finer detail at 0.018" for UltraColor Max Direct To Film Transfers.
What software program can knock out black in a design, i want to print on black Tee's and don't want black ink printed.
I use coreldraw 6
Thanks
If you're ordering prints from us at Transferexpress.com, it's really easy- Just upload a PDF exported from Corel and select any areas of black and just change the ink color to "no ink" which will create negative space and knock it out the garment. This video shows how easy it is: th-cam.com/video/H9twLaGs-mM/w-d-xo.htmlsi=AzSWalqu0X4INrMK
Alternatively, you can expand any shapes and use the pathfinder tool to divide, then delete any of the black objects/shapes before printing.
How do you get the white layer in your artwork?
Great question! We try to make it as easy as possible for artwork setup- If you're designing artwork in our designer, just select white ink in the color dropdown in the edit menu on the left side. Background colors can be adjusted with the little box in the bottom left that is labelled "Apparel Color", this is for visuals only and will not print.
If you're designing files yourself, we make it really easy: You can save any areas printing white as white in your file, no need to setup any complicated spot color layers. If you save the file as a pdf, psd or png with a transparent background when you upload your artwork, the system will automatically recognize it and we will print as it appears on screen.
Sir,what is your email address?I would like to send our catalogue of DTF PET films for your reference.We are manufacturer in China ❤
Sorry, we use our own proprietary formulas for inks and film to ensure consistent quality with the unreliable supply chains that are a challenge in the DTF printing industry. We ensure our customers only receive a quality product that they can count on being consistent in application and print quality from order to order. We appreciate the offer though.