Printing a heat transfer printing film with a latex inks should be as easy as printing a pressure sensitive vinyl. In fact, if you use the SEF Tatoo printable polyurethane film, your job should be more trouble-free. One reason is that the carrier for... morePrinting a heat transfer printing film with a latex inks should be as easy as printing a pressure sensitive vinyl. In fact, if you use the SEF Tatoo printable polyurethane film, your job should be more trouble-free. One reason is that the carrier for Tatoo is a polyester film, which is much more stable when exposed to heat than a paper liner.
When we first tested the printability of the SEF Tatoo polyurethane film using the HP Designjet L25500 latex printer, we used a generic ‘heat transfer media’ profile. Printing a low resolution image of the Indian Motorcycle maiden from the internet our results with this stock profile were phenomenal.
Make sure that you print on the polyurethane film and not on the polyester carrier. Both sides of the film are very similar in appearance. The polyurethane side of the films has a matte finish. The carrier has a smoother finish. If you are still confused which side is which, scrape a corner of the film with an Xacto® blade. The white polyurethane film is... less