HP C6049A Iron-on Transfers

I used this for a project at church and was delighted with the results. I have since bought two more packages

These transfers are superb. All you need is an inkjet printer, a bit of time, a T-shirt, a hot iron and a hard surface to iron on (not your ironing board) and you are set.

There are a few things to watch out for, but the results are fantastic. I used white T-shirts to print a photo transfer onto. It may seem obvious in hindsight, but the quality of the print is more down to what you print and the quality of the printer you use. The transfer will transfer anything you print onto it.

The documentation says to print whatever you want in reverse, which makes sense as ironing it onto the T-shirt will reverse whatever is printed. Having dutifully reversed the print and tested the print on blank paper I was ready for my first Transfer - be warned though - I used a Canon Pixma printer which has a very clever Paper Type option of "Iron on Transfers" and which reverses the print for you, so my image was changed back so I wasted a T-shirt! If your printer has a paper type of Iron on Transfer, you might want to do a test print on this setting using plain paper to see if it reverses it for you.

When you iron, you need the iron really hot and to press hard to fuse the transfer onto the T-shirt. If the iron isn't hot or you don't press hard enough, the transfer will not fuse properly and just peel off.

Unless your ironing board is solid, don't use it. Most boards use a mesh to allow steam to blow through and if you use an ironing board the transfer will only fuse where the pattern is solid. I used a block of wood with a cloth over it, then with some paper over the top of the Transfer so that the T-shirt wouldn't scorch as I ironed it. You'll need to iron it for a few minutes for the transfer to fuse properly. I started in the middle, pressing hard and working out to the edges. You can see when it has worked as you can see what looks like small bead of clear melted plastic oozing out from under the transfer paper.

The results are great. Enjoy.

I was very pleased to get the transfers, they came quickly,and were at the best price I could find, locally or otherwise. I had used the brand before , and they were just as anticipated. Love it!

These iron on transfers were awesome! This was my first time attempting to do iron on's so I was a little hesitate about the whole thing. I made the design on the computer, then printed it out on the iron on's. It was very easy to do and as long as you follow the instructions, your iron on's will come out correctly and I saved money by doing it myself.

I followed the instructions to the letter and my first white cotton T-shirt transfer was perfect. The shirt's been through the wash once so far with no fading.