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From: mpogue@applelink.apple.com (Mike Pogue)
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Subject: Re: Printing on fabrics - how?
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Date: 21 Jun 91 00:45:33 GMT
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There are two methods that I have tried:
   1) Use a "transfer glue" on a photocopy to pick up the image (along 
with some paper)
            and glue it to the T-shirt.  There is an alternate method 
which also works, involving
            using the glue to make a sort-of decal, that can be glued onto 
a T-shirt.  However,
            the decal also has a thin paper background, and so appears 
white on the T-shirt.
            Both methods have high detail, and work with B/W and color 
photocopies (and
            according to the bottle, also works on Christmas cards, etc.).
   2) There is a company called Black Lightning, that makes a fusible 
transfer toner for 
            laser printers, in Black, Red, Blue, Green, among other 
colors.  Load the toner
            cartridge into your favorite laser printer, send your bitmap 
out (reversed), and
            iron the paper onto your T-shirt.  The colors appear upon 
ironing.  Saturation is good,
            but the method really works best on polyester T-shirts (also 
there is spray-on gook
            that you can buy for 100% cotton T-shirts.)

Speaking for myself alone....