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Originally Posted by billyb56 |  | | | | | | | | | Looking to get into DTG. I like the Brother G541 however I have some concerns. 1) only can really print on about 6 colors unless you're printing black on semi-darker shirts. Screenprinters next to us print about 90% of all t-shirts on darker colors. 2) are you going to mainly get orders of 1-6 meaning very small orders? 3) Everyone says ink is about $1/shirt but a distributer ran a sample for me was 300cc which is about $3! 4) no white ink, lots of t's seem to have white in them. My point is you seem so limited compared to screen printing is this an add on business for screenprinters or can you make a business out of this? | |  | |  | |
Of course you can make a business out of
DTG. There are many on this board that are doing it, and have been doing it.
There are pro's and con's to both
DTG and screenprinting. If want to compete with the screen guys that print on dark shirts, you need to go with something other than the Brother. (look @
DTG brand) Of course you're going to be limited if you can only print light shirts.. $3 for printing without white seems pretty high. Most of my designs (sometimes 12x17) are WAY under $1 without using underbase.
Can you really make $$$ with DTG 
