The introduction of reinforced thermoplastic materials for large aerospace structural applications has been a developmental effort, as the benefits they offer have been overshadowed by the more established thermoset composites. While thermoset composites require a long curing process that cannot be reversed, thermoplastic composites can be rapidly processed and reshaped multiple times without significantly degrading the material or its properties. They also offer superior toughness and resistance to environmental factors. However, the quality and processability of unidirectional prepreg material for thermoplastic composites is not well understood, leading to variability in end part quality. This paper presents research studies conducted on two different industry-wide used thermoplastic materials. Materials were examined for their prepreg qualities as well as consolidated laminate properties that were fabricated using two common out of autoclave (OOA) methods: oven consolidation and stamp forming. Key goals of this research are to understand laminate quality and processability when OOA methods are used. Standard autoclave consolidations of thermoplastics provide a reliable baseline dataset, a comparative understanding of the materials can be obtained by comparing out of autoclave processing methods with autoclave results. Out of Autoclave post processing significantly eliminates cost and time factors and assists high-rate manufacturing of composites. Industry could utilize the set of specific processing parameters provided in this paper as a guideline for novel, sustainable and efficient high-rate manufacturing techniques in hopes of assisting the current and future requirements for aerospace industry. Copyright © 2023. Used by CAMX - The Composites and Advanced Materials Expo. CAMX Conference Proceedings.