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Yinkash100:
first attempt not successfull. D artwork didn't transfer to d mesh, nd d mesh didn't clean with water

You clean with jik and water. first pour the jik and spread it around the mesh area and put lite poly nylon on it. leave it like 5 to 10 mins then wash off with water. you said your artwork didn't transfer, how did you do it? how many minutes/seconds did you leave it to transfer in the sun?

Yinkash100:
teacher Onismate, i've almost completed ma homework. Got all d materials for less tham three k. With ma sister's drier

. hmmmmmm... congrats man .. Best of luck

LOUIS6:
Cc : Onismate

Well marketing is a great deal. Let me give you a great tip. People will customize shirts this period more than any other because we are in the season. You get more clients this period. I could remember when my former boss hired me with the little pay. As a graduate i was so different with the way i think, turning things around with great marketing strategies. so I will advise you as a beginner, this period is an opportunity for you to shoot up. Buy as many T-SHIRTS as you can and print on them, say "MERRY CHRISTMAS' with colourful designs. Then give the T-shirts to family and friends as gift . I bet you, you are having customers and telling them that you do that kind of business.
so many companies and schools print their emblem, logos on T-Shirts, print their logos and give it as Christmas gift to them. All of them are business strategies. if you want me to help you market it online which am also into online marketing, I go charge you small money oo lolz

greens:
if we are printing 50 t-shirts, 6pages of 6 images on each will make only 36 images. So this will not be enough to print 50 t-shirts.

Thank you .. you are right. This NYSC orientation camp wey I still dey, doing many things in a rush. well, 9 pages will cover all.

2ndking:
Will you use each image for a t-shirt?
As in, if you have to print on 50 t-shirt, you will have to produce 50 images as well?

yes but for the pocket size you are printing is 6 pages and splitting it.

greens:
You have 6 pics on the a4 paper. Are you using new pics for each t-shirt?

in that page paper, there are 6 pictures in that paper so you cut the pictures into the 6 image sizes

It seems we have too many teachers in this class. Abeg make sure una no scatter my students head ooo. I own this class. Every one might have their style of doing their own work which works for them but how many will last longer !

emmafizzy:
Thanks OP and to those that contributed on this wonderful thread. I am interested in this biz but don't have the capital to start big.I would prefer starting small using the screen printing type and with a pressing iron.Please I will be glad if someone can briefly explain to me on how to use pressing iron in printing on shirt,anticipating for your response, thanks.

geebehn has answered your question

geebehn:
Just go back and read through Onismate's post for the process involved in the digital printing. Now once you get to the stage where you'll transfer ur image onto the shirts, you now make use of ur pressing iron instead of the heat transfer machine.
Before Ironing, Make sure you cover your already designed heat transfer paper with a Silicon paper so as to prevent the ink from your heat transfer paper from jumping onto your iron. You know it can spoil your iron and aswell as ur design.

Thank you very much for the answer

geebehn:
Let me try, you just make the 3d design on your computer, then print it on the opaque transfer paper, then on to ur t shirt.

OK that's great. Thanks. would try it

AdesinaOlajide:
Hello Onismate...good work you're doing here,pls about how much does the heat transfer machine cost?
God bless

from the man that supplied my former boss, its between 80k to 120k

LOUIS6:
Thank you so much.... and May God continue to bless you for this wonderful tutorial

How much do you charge for the digital printing per t-shirt ?


And also, how much do you charge for a work that requires both screen printing and digital printing?

Thank you... charges for the work that involves screen and digital printing depends on the number of T-SHIRTS and sizes Of the the impressions. Say 50 T-shirt of the mama ngbaku I gave example is N120 per 1 clothe

It is not must that you must start your heattransfer business with the heat transfer machine. Many people use electrical iron to heat their images. And it works perfectlyfor them. You can as well determine the price tag for your work.My dear, I love this job and don’t joke with it. I have come across so many ladies, infact very beautiful ones doing this kind of job. They inspired me. I often times tell people that this kind of job, you don’t needto shy about it. na real big man work. Feel free to ask your questions if you have.
Feel free to visit my website www.hovabuzz.com .Read amazing stories that will touch your heart..
Tutorial don finish so you can now ask your questions. For those of us that have questions, ask.......

After raising the cover of the heat transfer, you know say you don already print on your cloth

After covering it with the white cloth, then I brought down the cover of the machine and heat for 20 seconds and lift up the cover. I removed the white cloth. And I have printed on the cloth. Please note that the textile, texture of the cloth you are printing on determines the amount of time you are going to leave it to heat.

When it gets to 200 limit from the reading, I place the t-shirt on the transfer machine board, then place the image I extracted from the paper. I place the image at the pocket area of the t-shirt. I cover it with the white cloth. (the white cloth comes with the machine. It prevents the front cover heater of the machine from touching your image extract. photo below...

After removing the layers, switch on your heat transfer machine. My own transfer machine was set to 200. So I leave it (the green light) to read up to 200 set of red light. (But I don’t normally leave my own to get to 200. I use my initiative to understand when best to heat.

Lalasticlala and Seun please do the needful. Take this thread to front-page so many people can learn more and participate. This thread is very educative and enlightening .

bvc:
Printing per work for digital printing. How much do the owners of the printer charge per paper?
Thanks!

N50 per A4 paper size

After that, remove the image layer from the paper. So we don’t need the paper. So the one that has the image is the one we need.
photos below....

After printing, I split and divide the paper into sizes (recall that the printed image was 6 images of mama Ngbaku in 1 A4 size paper). So that means we are getting 6 images from 1 A4 size after splitting

Print it out.....

Tutorial continues......

Procedures...
After making your design on corel draw. Say as the late mama Ngbaku has died. We have printed on the back of there T-shirts using screen printing. There family still want us to print their late mom’s image as a pocket size on the front pocket of the T-shirt. So after designing it. I then print it out with my EPSON photo printer. (Make sure)you are printing it out with a transfer paper. photo below...

bvc:
Thank you so much for your prompt response!

-pls where can I get screen printing materials?

-How much do they charge to print a work?

-Does anybody know where I can get authentic round neck t-shirts of different colours that I can print on?

Thanks once again

This is easy nah. Getting a round T-shirt, Ogbogonogo market is there for you or you can as well go to Onitsha. Materials! go to that plaza close to bishop'court in Asaba, there shop is there.
printing per work! I don't know if its screen printing or digital printing?

bvc:
Wow! You are a blessing!!! I'm in Asaba, please where can I get the materials for the screen printing? Also, where can I get heat printing silicon paper, I intend to start with pressing iron first.

Also, can one start with an ordinary printer? Until a proper printer is purchased

Thanks in anticipation. GOD bless you sir!

Since you said you are in Asaba, I will advise you to get the heat transfer paper at a store close to eso filling station after ogbogonogo market. I believe you know a street close to fine angel super market , there is a store that sells those papers. Am sorry you can't just use any printer for the work because the paper might not pass through the printer. Rather there is a shop close to that eso filling station, they have that kind of printer and deals in commercial printing. You can print your work there.

geebehn:
I think Iron+Silicon paper is still manageable in absence of heat transfer machine. Am I right boss?

Yes I have heard about pressing iron doing the job but I haven't tried it. Though I was told many people in Onitsha do use it.

Babs612000:
what is the size of your heat transfer machine and is it only the heat transfer machine that cost 95k. What about the plate,cup and cap heat transfer machine.

this particular heat transfer machine I uploaded is for T-SHIRTS . they have the ones for cups and plates too.

for the transfer paper, sorry because I don't have pictures of them and presently am still in NYSC orientation camp but the one we use alot is opaque because its very good and brings out a nice job . Opaque is N150 for white and for coloured is N200. The price depends on the location. but its far cheaper in Onitsha, Lagos and some other states. Please note that if you use a bad heat transfer paper, it can damage your printer.. Another thing you have to note about the paper is that the one for white that is N150 is meant for white clothes and coloured (dark) for coloured clothes.
And if you are going to get an ink jet epson printer now, please don't go for epson r230, go for the higher ones like the epson work force . All these machines are far cheaper abroad from N25k and N50k. But here in Naija, they will be telling you N120k.

As I said earlier, Epson printers are the most popular worldwide and that is what we used. the Epson r230 costs my Oga 120k

prices for the products varies from where you buy it but if think buying them online is far more cheaper. According to my Oga, he bought his heat transfer machine for 95k..

Materials needed for digital printing:-

Heat transfer machine, inkjet printing machine, heat transfer paper, paper cutter, scissors.
. Please Note:-that you don’t use any kind of printer for this job. This job has its own special printer and paper. And the paper required for it is heat transfer paper. The printer I use is EPSON R230 printer.Note:- You don’t need to be a corel draw guru to do this job. After all, am not that proficient in the application though I know the basics but when it comes to core designing, I no sabi all those things. I just give the work to one of my friends who majors in designing. She does it and sends me the soft copy. Also, note that its not only corel draw that one can use. You can use any other applications ooo.

thank you chizin . Tutorial continues..