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    Iron On Dark paper

    The guy i have bought my equipment from left me one box of A3 Iron On Dark paper. I played some days with it with a mixed result.

    Here are my impressions, having in mind it could have not been stored properly, though it's still in its cardboard original package:

    1.The Good

    -Its some kind of vinyl like material. Prints Ok and peels off OK from the backing paper. With some extra care no backing is needed. Print, peel off and apply.

    -Once applied properly is unbreakable. Not stretchy, very good feel, almost like HTV . Seems quite durable and wash resistant. When applied have a small amount of that nasty papery feel and sound, but when washed this disappears. And many people agreed it is really nice to the touch.

    2. The bad

    Impossible to cut properly with my roland GX cutter with brand new knife on slowest speed and lowest tuned pressure. The top surface layer scratches and "dusts" . See picture. With scissors is ok, so no problem there. My roland is in like new shape and cuts perfectly whatever material i throw at it, so the problem is in the outermost layer of the paper.

    3. Conclusion

    It would have been an ideal material as advertised for dark cotton T shirts, if it was able to cut without rough edges. Basically i could say its good for logos or whatever, if you print borders same color as material and cut over them. And handle it with care.

    So for the price its good for occasional use to save a situation, but i would not buy it or invest in it. Definitely good if you like ugly A4 patches on T shirts or if the design could be cut with scissors.

    So its overpriced amateurish crap. Having in mind the price per sheet and the shady result.




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    Looks like cheap, fibrous paper to me.

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    I am a bit confused as to why you are cutting this paper with your cutter? surely with iron on transfer paper it is designed to have 1 or 2 designs printed onto it, cut (better tear) around the image and apply. or am i missing something ?
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    mrs maggot, I believe it's just inkjet heat transfer paper. With the 'dark' variety you have to trim it very closely as it transfers the white bits of the image as well as other colours.

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    think you have too much blade showing from your cutter, - and probably too much force.
    maybe slow down your cut too?
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    Maybe even a new blade!

    Always good to see reviews but unless I missed something......no manufacturers name for the paper??
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    cant see the image.

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    Just uploaded the image.

    I am cutting it with brand new cutter blade on a Roland GX that cuts very well anything else. And yes, as slowest as possible and as light as cut as possible. 60g down force and the blade is perfectly set at half credit card. I cut thick flock at 120g, so i dont think problem is there.

    I am trying to cut it as for example i would like to use it for printed logos and letters, not ugly bulky square pictures, for which obviously it works. In fact its a vinyl, not paper exactly. But the thing is it have a very funny outer layer that maybe is the layer that accepts the ink. So said layer will not cut but rather tear.

    Is there another paper that could cut correctly and could be inkjet printed??? And no, this paper is not a cheap paper, its Iron On Dark paper at 2euro per sheet.



    Visually to explain what i wanted to do with it

    Not that:



    but rather that:



    and that:





    and mainly that and on a finer scale:







    But not to cut it with scissors but use the bloody 2000 euro vinyl cutter that i have bought

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    It does look very strange. I was able to cut any paper on my gx. Is your artwork a proper vector with clean lines? Or auto traced? Autotrace is not great with lines and sometimes put more then one cut line one under the other And this will cause cut in same spot few times.

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    Also this look like you cut through your backing paper?

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