Tacky paper for rotary heat press (calender) or not?

[p_vassilis]

Hello all,

would you reccomend to use tacky paper with a rotary heat press? From what I understand it is meant for flat presses to anoid ghosting mostly but what is the case when it comes to sublimate elastic textiles? Wouldn't it help to avoid, wrinkles for example, on a rotary heat press also?

thank you in advance

Vassilis P.

 

[TrustMoore_TN]

Reach out to BestBlanks.com which is a merchant member on Signs101. We have a 126" rotary heat press and use sublimation paper running between Direct Printed fabric to heat set the print, but it's not tacky. BestBlanks could probably advise you though.

 

[TrustMoore_TN]

Just found this for you... I'm sure you'd be able to find a comparable product somewhere in Europe. Good Luck!
http://www.beaverpaper.com/pdfs/2015/TexBak_SpecSheet_2-19-15.pdf

 

[SubliTWILL]

Hello all,

would you reccomend to use tacky paper with a rotary heat press? From what I understand it is meant for flat presses to anoid ghosting mostly but what is the case when it comes to sublimate elastic textiles? Wouldn't it help to avoid, wrinkles for example, on a rotary heat press also?

thank you in advance

Vassilis P.

Using SIHL Sport Tacky 90 here, best paper I've used in my 9 years of business. I run it on my rotary and flat presses. I prefer buying one type of paper and having the safety net of tacky when running on the rotary. #noghosting #nowrinkles

 

[p_vassilis]

Thank you very much for your input guys...

 

[eastyltd]

Generally, there's no need to use sticky paper for rotary heat press, and you can use for roll to piece production to make sure exact transfer.

For elastic fabric, we usually advise our client to add an electric feeding device