I bought mine from Visual Communications (_www.visual-color.com_ (http://www.visual-color.com) ) about 6 years ago and it works great. It is called The Magic Touch and has a swinging arm...which is important so it moves out of the way so you won't get burned. I am sure there are others similar. Down time to learn it is about nil....very easy. Biggest situation is the transfer papers. Kinkos will run on only special transfer papers available at TranferMagic.com. 100 sheets are $42. Visual Communications has SS600 papers that will run on a Ricoh color copier. Copies at Kinkos (you provide the paper) is 89 cents each. T-shirts run from about $2+ - white high quality for $3+ for colored high-quality at San Mar here in the Seattle area. If you want transfer papers for hard surfaces, you will have to get a different paper and will need a rubber pad to do the imprint. I am doing some dye sub ink myself to do the hard surfaces on a separate printer I have. All in all the transfer paper is almost instant gratification and a lot of fun to do. I have also purchased supplies from TR Distributors (_www.trdistributors.net_ (http://www.trdistributors.net) ). Hope this helps. Beverly Hanson Beebop Productions