Printable iron on is primarily used on fabric while printable vinyl sticker paper is best for smooth surfaces like glass plastic metal notebook covers and even paper.
Silhouette printing on iron on vinyl.
You can use any design you want as long as your silhouette can cut it out.
Printable vinyl and sticker paper applies more like a sticker whereas you ll need a heat source like an iron cricut easypress or heat press for printable iron on vinyl as shown in this post.
Tips for using an iron for heat transfer vinyl htv this was a previous facebook live on silhouette school blog s facebook page like video tutorials.
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Turn on the iron increasing the temperature to the highest level and turn off the steam.
The plastic backing should face up.
Use the silhouette software to design your custom iron on transfer just as you would for any project.
Once you re done with that step place your material on the project.
And when you load your heat transfer vinyl into the machine make sure you load it shiny side down and adjust the blade and settings in the software accordingly.
The silhouette hook can help you in weeding out small pieces of the vinyl.
But before cutting make sure to mirror your image.