


printing size 12.5x19 inches - only printer with true black and white at the same time (5 color) - price appr. printing size 12.5x19 inches - discontinued, but available used at the second hand market printing size 11.8x19 inches - price appr. OKI C711wt / Pro7411wt - maximum printing size 8.5x17 inches - price, currently at appr.Don't think your cheap heat press that you use for these applications is the same as a high quality heat press that costs $1,900 to $3,000 CAD. The requirements on a good heat press are way higher with toner transfer than with HTV or DTG or Screen Printing. You want a branded swing-away heat press (GeoKnight) good presses cost a bit more but are way more reliable.When you hear horror-stories about how heavy it feels or how bad it washes => these are majorly coming from folks that don't have or use RIP software or understand it's use.The use of correct designs and/or RIP software (search for halftoning / rasterization) will help you to create great looking, soft and good washable results (as you might have seen on shows). big solid prints with no open / empty space in the design will feel like a piece of plastic/paper and are more likely to crack.So it is more like a hobbyist and crafter-thing. It is not supported by any RIP software so far, HP does not support these printers, Ghost produces only the cartridges.

So you have to print every page twice, swap the cartridges (black out / white in and vice versa) for every job and have to create two different graphics (one for colour print, one for white) for each job. It does not support weak / light colors (which is the major reason you buy these printers) by itself. It basically doesn't "know" it has white toner and will print everything that is black in your artwork as white. These systems are considerably cheaper, but also cannot deliver the same result. Printers that are CMYK printers and you buy a white cartridge and "convert" them yourself (i.e.These are considered "professional" printing solutions. Printers that "know" they have white inside or "born" or "integrated" white toner printers (i.e.You can divide White Toner printers into 2 main-categories: White toner's major function is to support weak and light colors, so that they create a dense enough toner layer that triggers the coating / adhesive on your transfer paper.ĭoesn't make sense yet? Worry not, there is RIP software that takes care of the right amount of white toner. You need white toner regardless of the shirt color. The following answer was given by Christopher Sigmann from FOREVER Transfer Papers in Germany. Asked in a Facebook group, “What is the best and cheapest White Toner printer?”
