Transfer sheet for use in printing operations and having compensation for dimensional instability

In a transfer sheet formed of a single sheet of dimensionally unstable material having first and second opposite edges and a plurality of registration apertures, and on which transfer sheet is formed a plurality of patterns, each pattern for transfer to a precisely preselected position on a workpiece surface while in surface contact herewith responsive to application of at least one of heat and pressure, and each said pattern initially in a precisely preselected position with respect to at least two registration apertures, said workpiece surface in a precisely preselected position with respect to a plurality of registration pins whose locations correspond to the registration apertures of the transfer sheet, an improvement in the transfer sheet for accommodating changes in the position of patterns on the transfer sheet with respect to the registration apertures due to dimensional instability of the transfer sheet, comprising in the transfer sheet a realignment area having a plurality of slits substantially transverse to a preselected dimension of the transfer sheet, the realignment area extending between the first and the second opposite edges and defining two individual pattern areas each bordering the realignment area, each pattern area containing a plurality of patterns, wherein the realignment area includes at least one slit intersecting each of the first and second transfer sheet edges, each area of the transfer sheet bordering the realignment area having at least one registration aperture by which the area can be positioned accurately with respect to the workpiece.