MPress High Pressure Heat Press Machine 1400W 16 x 24 Inch

A heat press is essentially a glorified iron, but allows for accurate temperature, pressure and time for applying designs onto materials

A heat press is an electrical machine which uses heat to apply designs onto substrates, using a combination of the heated upper platen and pressure onto the lower platen for a specific amount of time. Presses are mainly to apply heat transfers onto garments, such as t-shirts and hoodies, but there are also specialist presses which apply onto other products, such as caps, mugs and sports balls.

Using a heat press machine to apply heat transfers based on plastisol inks, Heat Transfer Vinyl or Printable HTV designs to fabric is now one of the most commonly used methods for printing garments. Other methods such as DTG, sublimation and silk-screen printing are also possible to apply designs onto fabric.

For tasks such as sublimation printing using sublimation paper and inks, a high pressure heat press machine isn’t usually required, so sublimation heat presses are often quite cheap. However, for transfer printing of Custom Transfers, Heat Transfer Vinyls and Heat Transfer Papers using sufficient pressure is recommended by using a high quality press.

This is an integral piece of equipment to any printing business and there are many different types of heat presses available. In addition, the budget you have available to spend on a press will also be a factor in which type you buy.