Printing on fabric
 

Hello,
I am starting a new quilt project and I want to print my own fabric panel. I have an Epson Workforce 520 printer. I want to buy a new printer but not sure what to buy. Any suggestions?

Mary

What type of fabric are you using? Are you planning to do sublimation printing? If so, you will need a high percentage, polyester blend fabric and a printer that takes sublimation inks. I've used an Epsom for this before, but I wasn't crazy about the printer. It was very temperamental.

You might also want to check out Spoonflower, http://www.spoonflower.com/welcome . they do individual printing projects on fabric. I haven't tried them yet myself, but others on the QB have and they had good results with them.

~Cindy

If you're buying fabric sheets set up for printing,, You'll want to know how the ink is set before buying any prepared fabric. I bought some that had to be dry cleaned to keep the printing from fading.

I think for the best results you want Pigment ink cartridges. I'm pretty sure Epson is the one that has those. So look at the cartridges before you select a printer if that is what you are looking to do with it.