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Tex, the paper is important for heat transfer, but the ink is the most important part of it. There are specific inks for Heat Transfer and you need to have a printer compatible with the available inks. The Epson Workforce series of printers is highly recommended. From talking to some folks that I know that do transfers, this is a good supplier for the inks. InkJetCarts Home
I lucked out on that end already due to my mom and the stuff that she uses for her hobby. Both paper companies I talked to also brought this up, which I was glad that I lucked out on it. We also talked about sticking with about 200-250 dpi as that is about as much ink as these shirts can handle. Even though when printing on paper it can hold more, this is the best level when working with transfers. Any more then that is actually wasted as it ups the chances of bleeding and it doesn't provide any more benefit then 250 dpi and wastes ink.
