DTF Printing Tools and Guides
Calculators, reference sheets and troubleshooting guides for DTF print shops. All of it is free to use with no account or signup, except the ebook and the equipment review.
Calculators and tools
DTF Printer Payback Calculator
How many months until the printer, press and oven pay for themselves, based on your volume, price per transfer and costs.
DTF Cost Simulator
Cost per print from ink, film and powder, then your gross margin and profit per 1,000 prints at the price you charge.
DPI Checker
Upload an image or enter pixel dimensions and see the real print resolution at the size you want. Includes DTF placement presets.
DTF White Halo Choker
Shrink the white underbase mask inside the color edge to remove white fringing. Proof the cut, then download a transparent white mask.
DTF Transfer Placement Guide
Where to put the transfer on the garment, with size ranges for left chest, full front, sleeves and youth sizes.
DTF Gang Sheet Yield Math
How much of a gang sheet you actually sell, and what the leftover space costs you.
Cost and pricing
The Real Cost of DTF Printing
Every cost line behind a transfer: film, ink, powder, labor, maintenance, energy and waste.
DTF Printing Cost Per Transfer
Cost per transfer worked out from ink, film and powder usage.
How to Price DTF Transfers
Pricing from your real cost, not from what the shop down the road charges.
Troubleshooting
White Ink Clogging in DTF Printers
Why white ink settles and clogs heads, and what to change in your routine.
DTF Powder Not Sticking
The usual causes when powder will not hold to the printed film.
DTF Humidity and Temperature Control
Room conditions that affect ink, powder and curing.
Hot Peel vs. Cold Peel DTF Transfers
Which peel type fits which film, and what goes wrong when you mix them up.
Buying and basics
What Is DTF Printing?
The process from film to garment, in the right layer order.
10 Questions Before Buying a DTF Printer
What to ask the seller before you sign.
DTF Equipment Review
Paid service from Kjell Karlsson, from $490. A written three-year cost model of your printer quote before you sign. No vendor commissions.
DTF vs. DTG Printing
Where each process wins on cost, quality and run length.
State of DTF Printing 2026
Where the DTF market stands this year.
DTF Directory
Printer brands and suppliers in one vendor-neutral list.
Free downloads and the ebook
Printing TLDR Monthly
Once a month: what mattered in large format and DTF printing, with analysis and no vendor marketing.
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