Thermosetting resins were formulated by mixing solid epoxy components, hardener and accelerator at elevated temperature. These mixtures were ground into uncured, solid resin powders and dispensed onto carbon fibres using a powder printer prior to vacuum curing. Using accelerators reduced curing time from 8 h to 16 min. Manufactured cross-ply carbon fibre laminates (0°/90°/0°) had comparable mechanical properties to composites manufactured using a liquid resin system. Tack behaviour of solid epoxy resin formulations was investigated and results compared to a conventional liquid resin system. Master curves of the storage and loss moduli of both solid and liquid resin formulations were generated by applying time-temperature superposition to shear moduli between 1 and 100 rad/s at multiple temperatures. This approach was used to determine optimum processing parameters to enable resin tack for automated fibre placement, demonstrating the importance of temperature control with respect to deposition rates.