Choosing Your Transfer Type: DTF or InkTra?

If you're not choosing the correct heat transfer type for each job, you could be spending more money than you need to. Reduced production costs mean increased business profits. So getting the production phase of every job correct, is integral to pricing and profit.

First of all, we need to look at the qualities you require for your job.

Ask yourself: 

• Do you require single colour? Or full colour?
• Are you working in low quantities of 1-5?
• Do you need bulk pricing?
• Are you Pantone-matching for your client?

DTF (Direct To Film heat transfers) exploded onto the UK scene in 2021 with the launch of Stahls' UltraColour Max Heat Transfers. Custom heat transfers had never been so easy and so accessible before. UltraColour Max DTF Heat Transfers are a low quantity, full colour, hot peel and quick solution for full-colour heat transfer orders.

Over the years, this heat transfer type from Stahls' has only improved in its efficiency. These days, you can order just 1 sheet, order all sizes from tiny to 1 metre, and get same day despatch making it the number 1 choice in the UK for last-minute rushed heat transfer orders.

But putting aside all its incredible convenience features, is this heat transfer right for your job?

InkTra Heat Transfers have transformed the Plastisol Screen Print Transfer industry with the introduction of a clear carrier and enhanced feel. Not only has it revolutionised the process of applying screen print transfers and improved the feel but they're also an extremely economical choice for your business.

So if your answers to the above questions are:

• I require single colour
• I require a high quantity
• I would like bulk pricing
• The option to Pantone-match is appreciated

Then, as appealing as the convenience of DTF transfers seems, you don't need them and the hefty price tag that comes with ordering them in bulk. You actually need InkTra heat transfers. And don't worry, they're just as easy to order and use.

Similarly to DTF, InkTra is a hot peel clear carrier heat transfer. It applies in 10 seconds and you can order it online in seconds. Thanks to the price breaks from Stahls', it's an extremely profitable premium heat transfer solution for your business.

For orders of 500 sheets*, InkTra is the more profitably priced heat transfer choice for your business. For large jobs, you could be looking at prices of just 24p per heat transfer sheet! Check out our pricing table to the right hand side.

*Pricing refers to Size A7 sheets