Discussion, tips, pictures, reviews and peer to peer support for current and future owners of Belquette manufactured machines, including the MOD-1 DTG machine and the Flexi-Jet set series of printers.
At this time there is no Flexi dealer in Canada. I know that Mark is actively looking for one but hasn't established anyone yet. I think that he realizes that he's losing business by not having a dealer in Canada so he's probably going to change that pretty soon. That was one of the main reasons that I went with the T-jet because there is support etc. in Canada as there is with the Brother. But I wanted a printer that printed on dark shirts so T-jet really was my only alternative.
Thanks for the replies Tom and Macjaney.How is everything going with your new T-Jet and business MacJaney? I'm out in Vancouver and looking at setting up a small business as well, I am keen to learn how things are going for you and any other new T-Jet owners.
Thanks for asking. It's going well I think. We have been busy since we started up. No big jobs yet but we've had some challenging shirts and it's nice to get the opportunity to ease in slowly. I really don't think that we'll have a problem keeping busy - my real concern is that we get too busy because with one operator and one printer there's only so much work you can get done. We've got a few orders out there that will be repeat orders I think and we're hoping to do some summer fairs etc. I'm just putting together a marketing plan. I think that our timing was good. We have just enough time to get our act together before the summer, which I expect to be busy.
The Flexi-jet is another kind of Direct-to-Garment printer. It's a very good one developed by a Canadian but he now lives in Florida and has no distributor in Canada. I wasn't comfortable with having support so far away and with having to fight with customs every time I ordered a shipment of ink etc., so I decided not to consider a Flexi-jet when I purchased my DTG printer.
I wasn't comfortable with having support so far away and with having to fight with customs every time I ordered a shipment of ink etc., so I decided not to consider a Flexi-jet when I purchased my DTG printer.
That's a big factor for me as well with whatever printer I choose to go with. Looks like I'm down to 3 different machines available in Canada that are white capable. DTG,T-Jet, and Sawgrass.It's too bad there isn't a flexi dealer in Canada, as that appears to be a very good machine.
Isn't the Sawgrass a sublimation printer? I briefly looked at the information but it seemed to me that it was for submlimation - which I would like to get into next. I think DTG and sublimation work together very well.
Actually - i just looked at the webstie again. It's not sublimation because it prints on cotton too. So it looks like it's a heat transfer process. A lot less expensive than DTG though. Interesting
Actually - i just looked at the webstie again. It's not sublimation because it prints on cotton too. So it looks like it's a heat transfer process. A lot less expensive than DTG though. Interesting
It's the Sawgrass Direct Advantage DTG printer I was referring to.
How's that T-jet 2 working so far?
You know I really s/b touching wood but it's awesome. Last night we were printing a bunch of shirts for a few different orders and it's seamless. We have two large plattens and my son (who actually does all the work) just kept going from one to the next. A bunch were printed on 2 sides, he just kept going and got a lot done. It's pretty easy. He can't understand how everyone talks about a learning curve but then he went to school for Digital Media and is pretty comfortable around the software. It's not extremely fast but our business isn't that big (yet)! So far we can keep up. We have an order for 150 shirts in a few weeks so we'll see how that comes together.
Flexi in Canada? 
