Neenah Paper Develops Three New Heat Transfer Papers

Industry Innovation Continues with Two Self-Weeding Products for Dark Fabrics And a Dark Fabric Ink Jet Printable Transfer with a Softer Hand

Press Release -- Graphic Arts Online, 2009-11-15 18:48:18 MST

ALPHARETTA, Ga. (November 11, 2009) - Neenah Paper has delivered again on its promise of industry innovation with three new heat transfer papers, offering printers, distributors, artists and designers new options for the design, manufacture and sale of decorated t-shirts and other items. The three new heat transfer papers are IMAGE CLIP Laser Dark Heat Transfer Papers, IMAGE CLIP Koncert T's Heat Transfer Papers, and 3G JET-OPAQUE Heat Transfer Papers.

"Neenah Paper launched its first IMAGE CLIP self-weeding heat transfer paper in 2005," explains Gerry Rector, associate marketing director, Neenah Paper Inc. "Since then, our research scientists have been exploring ways to make a self-weeded and polymer window-free transfer for dark garments to meet industry needs."

IMAGE CLIP Laser Dark Heat Transfer Papers are designed for the heat transfer of true, bright, full-color images with oil or oil-less laser color copiers, or color laser printers, to dark and bright-colored items including t-shirts, handbags, mouse pads, coasters, leather items, art papers and more. The product works on most fabrics, including cotton, polyester, and 50-50 blends. There is no need for a plotter-cutter, and only two heat-press steps are required. It is self-weeding and leaves no background plastic polymer.

IMAGE CLIP Koncert T's Heat Transfer Papers are designed for the heat transfer of a white image to pastel, dark and bright-colored items including t-shirts, handbags, mouse pads, coasters, leather items, art papers and more. IMAGE CLIP Koncert T's works well on cotton, polyester, and 50-50 blends. Intricate and detailed lettering of even small print can be transferred as an image with no need to plotter cut and weed the image. It is self-weeding and leaves no background plastic polymer. It is designed for the tour schedule on concert t-shirts and is an excellent alternative to white vinyl lettering on work and team wear.

3G JET-OPAQUE Heat Transfer Papers are designed for transferring ink jet images to dark or other colored garments and substrates. Neenah Paper's third generation product for ink jet printable transfers to dark fabrics, the product offers a softer hand, better drape, and less dye migration on synthetic fabrics, combined with the same shelf-stability, reliable color reproduction, wash durability and plotter/cutter properties as the company's existing JET-OPAQUE II product. It contains an opaque layer to hide the color of the substrate and allow for photo-quality transfers and can be printed with dye and pigment-based ink jets and solvent and eco-solvent inks. This product can be cut with a cutter/plotter, die, and kiss-cut. It can be used on substrates including t-shirts, sweatshirts, mouse pads, puzzles and leather goods.

For further information on Neenah Paper's new heat transfer papers, call 800-344-5287 and press *1 for domestic customer service, Press 2 for international customer service. For further information, you can also email your request to technicalproducts@neenahpaper.com or visit www.neenah.com/technical.
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