Trim Free

[HDN 95]

https://www.jotopaper.com/store/product/paropy-cl-trimfree_dark

 

Any thoughts or comments on the above product ?

 

Many Thanks

David

[joker 618]

Seems to be pretty expensive for a 50 pack of paper...

[bikemike 711]

And check the price of the white toner printer shown below that.

[HDN 95]

At this point in time I am not to concerned about cost. I am looking for info on the performance of the product.

 

Thanks

David

[HDN 95]

Just did a quick check on toner life and pulled the following info for one of their printers. If I am reading that correctly that is one hell of  a life span 

 

Supplies

Toner Cartridges and Image Drums:  Separate White, Cyan, Magenta and Yellow
Toner Cartridge Life:  11,500 pages Cyan, Magenta and Yellow; 6,000 pages White   (CMY toner life based on ISO 19798; White toner life based on
5% coverage. Printer ships with 4,000-page CMY and
2,300-page White “starter” toner cartridges. )
Image Drum Life: Approximately 20,000 pages Cyan, Yellow and Magenta; 6,000 pages White ( Estimated life, based on 3 pages per job.)

[jarrotto 78]

I don't know anything about the Joto papers, but, I read on t-shirt forums someone had tried a bunch of different brands and had been having decent success with Rhinotec SunAngel papers. That might give you more variety in your search...

[OWJones 1,981]

At this point in time I am not to concerned about cost. I am looking for info on the performance of the product.

 

You said, and I quote:

 

Any thoughts or comments on the above product ?

 

You don't get to come back and then say "Those aren't the kind of comments I'm looking for".

 

Having said that, in order to use this product you need a color laser printer with white toner, which are not very common, nor inexpensive.   Note that the usage numbers you quote above are based on 5% page coverage.  When you fill half a page with simple, small un-bold text, that's about 5% page coverage.  Most designs, like the one they use as an example use substantially more than 5% coverage, so don't expect to get those kinds of page counts with real world conditions.

So, you're going to need an expensive color laser printer, plus expensive paper ($5 per sheet for tabloid size) AND you can't use a low end heat press, if you read their fine print:

 

"Joto will only support this product when used with a Manual/Automatic Swing-Away type heat press. Inexpensive clamshell design heat presses are not recommended"

 

Based on all of that, it does NOT seem like a cost effective way to get into making t-shirts.

[HDN 95]

I can say that.. And I did. GRIN..

 

OW with all being said the page counts in your professional opinion would be

Does the product work ?

Is there a better way to print on black other then Screen Printing ?

 

Cost is not yet in this equation first I need to find out if it works

 

Many Thanks