printing t-shirt

[roosterprint]

Does HP have a transfer paper that works with laser printer? All I could find are those made for inkjet printers, wonder if I am not looking at the right place?

I am trying to print a design to transfer onto a t-shirt. 

Thanks!

[Drakster · Accepted solution]

Hi @roosterprint,

Welcome to the HP Support Forums!

I see that you're wondering if you can use transfer paper on your HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277 Series to use on t-shirts. I would be happy to help you and please remember to return to this thread and mark 'Accept as Solution', if I have successfully helped you resolve the issue. If you wish to say 'thanks' for my effort to help, click the 'thumbs up' to give me a Kudos.

Looking at your printer's specifications, it doesn't appear to support transfer paper.

Data sheet HP Color LaserJet Pro MFP M277 Series:

Paper handling

Input 150-sheet input tray, multipurpose tray

Output 100-sheet output tray

Media type Paper (brochure, inkjet, plain), photo paper (borderless, HP premium, panoramic, plus tab), envelopes, labels, cards (greeting, index), transparencies

Media weight 52 to 163 g/m2 (Uncoated/Matte, recommended), up to 175 g/m2 Postcards, 200 g/m2 HP Matte; 60 to 163 g/m2 (Coated/Glossy, recommended), up to 175 g/m2 Postcards, 220 g/m2 HP Glossy Media sizes custom 76.2 x 127 to 215.9 x 355.6 mm (3 x 5 to 5 x 14 in)

Please respond to this post with any concerns. Have a great day!

[SHThompson]

Regular toner is not suitable for transferring to t-shirt you need specific toner designed for dye sublimation.

That toner will appear grey on the paper but only produce colors after transferring.

Your standard toner is plastic particles melted onto a sheet of paper, that doesn't work the same as ink for transfers.

[SHThompson]

I also seem to recall you have to modify the laser printer so it doesn't heat the toner as it passes through the fuser since the color is transferred through heat and the fuser operates pretty hot