Resolution for iron-on transfer

[Eva Deck]

I would like to make a T-shirt for my granddaughter with her picture on it. Her mother sent me a photo taken with her digital camera. It came in .jpg format with 180 ppi resolution. I will work with it, adding some text, etc. Can someone tell me the best resolution for printing on the transfer?

Thanks. Eva

[Beth Haney]

There should be some instructions in the package if I remember right. I made some a couple of years ago, and I think I probably printed at around 300ppi, although I don't remember now. And don't forget to change the JPEG to a non-lossy format before you work with it. 180ppi is just barely enough resolution as it is, you don't want to risk losing any more quality.

[W Bobrowski]

Consider that the fabric (and the transfer paper) you are transferring the image to cannot support 'photo-quality' settings. I've done T-shirt transfers at 150PPI with fine results. The trick is to adjust your printer settings, not the image resolution. Perform a test at 'med' quality and 'photo quality' printer settings, which is really varying the amount of available ink for the fabric.

Best regards
Walt