How Can I Print Pictures Onto Fabric?

Cut your fabric to the optimal size for your print, taking into account the largest acceptable size for your printer, and leaving about one half of an inch on each side as a margin. If your printer is capable of taking paper from a roll, and you simply wish to print your design on as long a piece of fabric as you can, you may skip this step. As long as your printer is pigment-based (commonly called "inkjet") and not a laser printer, you should be able to print on fabrics up to the maximum accepted paper size for your printer.

Tape the edge of your fabric to a piece of card stock by running a single strip of tape down the edge that you will feed into the printer, leaving about an inch of the card stock exposed beyond the tape. This exposed edge will allow your printer to grip the fabric and feed it evenly throughout the printing process.

Feed the fabric into the sheet feeder of your printer with the exposed card stock edge on the inside and the fabric facing whichever direction your printer applies ink to. This will vary from printer to printer, so do a test run with regular paper to determine the correct orientation.

Load your image or design on your computer and begin printing.

Place your fabric on a flat, even surface to dry for about an hour before ironing the back side of the fabric at a low temperature.