How to Make Sticker Rolls with the iColor 250 - Video Tutorial

If you want to level up your sticker business, delivering them on a professional roll is a total game-changer for your customers!

Making the switch from sheets to rolls can be a little confusing.

Remove the Shirt Color from Designs in Silhouette Studio

If you're making heat transfers - whether with HTV, DTF, printable heat transfer material, sublimation or white toner transfers - you should be knocking out the shirt color. 

Save material or ink and make better transfers by letting the shirt do some of the work.  Let me show you exactly how to knockout the shirt color in Silhouette Studio.

White Toner Printer: 5 Surprising Things You Can Make (And Sell) with a Uninet iColor 560

A white toner printer makes creating ready to press full color transfers fast and easy to make.  There's no cutting or weeding and you can put the decals on any color and type of garment. It's one of the reason I love my Uninet iColor 560.  But if that's all you're printing...you're missing out and undervaluing the printer! 

What I've found, in the six months since I've added it to my office, is that cut-free, weed-free transfers are only the tip of the iceberg for the Uninet iColor 560 White Toner printer.  

With the price point close to $3600, the more you can do with this printer - the more the price is worth it for small businesses. Let's look at five surprising things you can make with the iColor that you will expand what you can make and sell! 

6 Reasons THIS is the Best Transfer Paper for Acrylic..It's NOT What You Think!

If you're looking to customize clear acrylic the best transfer paper for acrylic is probably not what you think. 

There's no UV Printer involved. There's not sublimation needed. Instead the trick is actually using a White Toner Printer with hard surface paper.   Read on for my top 6 reasons why iColor Hard Surface Paper is the best for printing on clear acrylic!

Sublimation vs White Toner Transfers for T Shirts: Pros and Cons of Each

When it comes to making full color t shirt transfers there are a few different ways you can do it - it all depends on the equipment you have and the t shirt itself. 

Let's take a look at the differences between sublimation vs white toner transfers and the pros and cons of each when it comes to making t-shirts specifically. 

How to Add Distressing to White Toner Transfers for Softer and Better Quality Transfers

One of the easiest ways to improve the quality of White Toner transfers is by adding natural breaks to the artwork also known as rasterizing.

This can be done by removing the shirt color, adding holes or lines or adding a vintage-looking distress filter. Uninet recently released a new update to iColor ProRip Essentials that offers a built in distressing feature. In this tutorial I'll show you just how easy it is to use. 

What is Rasterization and Why Is it So Important for DTF and White Toner Transfers?

The best way to avoid cracks and thick heavy t shirt transfers is by preparing the artwork before you even print your transfer.

Rasterization is the process of adding breaks to the transfer to allow it to breath, increase stretchability and softness, and limit cracking and wrinkling which can happen when transfer has large solid areas of ink.

Rasterization is particularly important with certain types of heat transfers like White Toner and even direct to film.  But how do you do this while keeping the artwork looking good at the same time? 

Fix! iColor White Toner Printer Printing Blue Instead of Black? Do This!

If your iColor 560 White Toner printer is printing blue instead of black - there's a quick and easy fix in ProRip Essentials. 

The fix is the same for the iColor 650 and 800w in iColor ProRip. 

Faux Engraving on Glitter Acrylic: Laser Engraving Hack!

Engraving on glitter acrylic doesn't always come out the way I wish it would. It's often more subtle than what I'd like due to the glitter itself.  And in some lights it's nearly impossible to see. 

But this faux engraving hack..that's actually not engraving at all is one of my favorites! 

Heat Press on Acrylic! The Trick to Avoid Warping, Bending, and Curling

Yes you can heat press on acrylic..but the real question is how to you stop the heated acrylic from curling and warping?!

I have a little hack that I use that will keep the acrylic flat when you're trying to sublimate on acrylic or apply white toner transfers and the acrylic has to be heated.

How to Cut a Sweatshirt to Make it Off the Shoulder

It's easy and fast to make a DIY off the shoulder sweatshirt, but I understand it can be intimidating to know exactly where to cut. 

In this tutorial I'll be sharing my tips on how to cut a sweatshirt to make it off the shoulder - a question I get asked a surprising amount. 

The No Powder DTF Printer That Requires No Maintenance and Never Clogs

If DTF powder and the maintenance of DTF printers have scared you off, there is a lesser known t shirt transfer printer out there.  You can consider the White Toner printer a no powder DTF printer with no maintenance. 

The iColor 560 White Toner printer doesn't use ink at all so it doesn't get clogged up and powder is not required to create an adhesive. Read on to learn more about the iColor 560 White Toner Printer. 

Print On Clear Acrylic Sheets! No UV Printer Needed!

Have you been wondering if you can print on clear acrylic without a UV printer? Oh yes you can!

The trick to printing acrylic without a UV printer is to use a white toner printer like the iColor 560!

Design Trick! Using Glass Can Wraps as Patterns for Printing

If you want to get more out of the designs you own - use them in other ways! Glass can wraps become printed patterns or vertical sign designs are perfect for a sleeve or pant leg. 

Here's my secret for turning glass can wraps into digital patterns I can print! 

The T Shirt Transfer Printer You Don't have to Print on Every Day

Don't want to deal with printer maintenance but you want to print white? This printer is for you!

If you are not printing on your transfer printer everyday and don't want to have to deal with maintenance a white toner transfer printer is a perfect choice.

What Can't an iColor White Toner Printer Do? (And an Epic Giveaway)

If you're considering getting a transfer printer for cutless, weedless transfers you have a few choices: a white toner printer or a direct to film printer. 

I have both...and while white toner transfer printers don't get nearly as much recognition, don't sleep on them because they can do a lot more than what you probably realize AND there's no maintenance. Two HUGE advantages over DTF printing. 

A recent price drop on material means white toner transfers are even cheaper to print! 

My Uninet white toner printer is one of the most versatile printers in my office with the ability to print white on everything from dark to clear paper (and stickers), create transfers for any color shirt, print sublimation transfers, print vinyl decals, transfers for hard goods and even create foil transfers! Uninet likes to say that for $3995 you can get a business in a box...and given all you can do with it with varying combination of toners and materials, I agree. 

And the best part..I love the iColor 560 so much I've partnered with Uninet and Swing Design to give one away! 

Read on to learn 5 ways to use an iColor 560 that no body is talking about...plus details on how to enter to win one! 

What Is a White Toner Printer...and What Can It Do?

If you've been looking for an alternative to sublimation or DTF, a white toner printer could be the answer! 

But what is a white toner printer and what are the benefits over direct to film and sublimation - both of which also print weedless, cutless transfers?  

How to Print to Laser Printer from Silhouette Studio (MAC)

You can print to any printer from Silhouette Studio which means you can print to a laser printer from Silhouette Studio. 

Laser printers open up even more options for creating custom items due to the toner cartridges which have easy maintenance, play well with things like foil, and no cut, no weed laser printer transfer paper. Read on for how to print to a laser printer from Silhouette Studio. 

How to Make Stickers with White Text (When Your Printer Doesn't Print White)

If you want to make stickers with white text, but your printer doesn't print white, no problem at all. 

You can simply use the white of the sticker paper to "print" white text. Let's design these in Silhouette Studio so you can print and cut your stickers. 

How to Print Chalkboard Signs on Black Paper

If you've been wondering how to print white ink on black paper to print those popular chalkboard signs...I'm going to share the secret today!

I love that the Uninet iColor 560 White Toner Printer gives me the ability to print white on black paper. The best part is I do all of my designing in Silhouette Studio then export for the final step before printing.