How to Use Printable HTV on a T-shirt
Tools
Materials
- T-shirt
Instructions
Cricut Design Space Preparations
- Open Cricut Design Space and Click "New Project" in the top right corner.
- Click "Upload Image" and click "Browse".
- Click "Open", "Continue" & "Apply & Continue".Select "Flat Graphic" and click "Continue".
- Give your image a name, place it in a folder (optional) & finally click "Upload".
- Click on the image, then click "Offset". In this case choosing 0.55 worked well. Click "Apply".
- If your image has unnecessary holes in it, change the "Offset" operation temporarily to "Basic Cut".
- Click "Contour" and then click "Hide All Contours".
- Change the operation on the offset back to print then cut. "Then change the color of the offset to the color you prefer.
- Select the image and the offset and choose "Flatten".
- To add this to a adult T-shirt I recommend using the largest size possible to print on paper. To do that, click on the exclamation mark in the layers panel and choose "Auto-Resize Image".For child sizes, measure the T-shirt, and decide the size depending on that.
Print Then Cut
- Click make.
- Select your material size (paper size).
- Load your paper in the printer then click "Send to Printer".If you want to make adjustments on your end, choose "Use System Dialog".In the settings you can typically reduce the speed, opt for higher quality and choose the paper type you are using.
- Wait for it to print and click done.
- Choose the paper type you are using.
- Place the printable HTV on your cutting mat, load the fine-point blade in the machine and click the "load/unload" button.
- Press "Go" and let your Cricut machine cut your printable HTV.
- Click unload, remove the printable HTV from the mat.
- Weed around the design.
- Carefully remove the design from the backing paper.
Press
- Set the Cricut EasyPress to 315 F.
- Lint roll the T-shirt to avoid any dust.
- Preheat the T-shirt for 5 seconds.
- Place the design and the paper that came with the printable HTV on the T-shirt.You can use a T-shirt ruler to help you place the design in the middle of the T-shirt.
- Gently press the EasyPress over the printable HTV for about 30 seconds. If it hasn't adhered, repeat for 15 seconds .
- Your personalized T-shirt is finished!
