Discuss the various aspects of direct to garment printing. DTG printers include Brother, T-Jet, Flexi-Jet, DTG Kiosk, Kornit, Mimaki, Tex-Jet and others! Discuss and learn about this up and coming printing technology.
hello,
I will be meeting with a dtg Hm1 rep.. what format do I take him to sample my artwork... newbie.. I wanted to see my artwork sample from that machine.. please help.. or can someone tell me where I can download a free artwork to have him sample it. digital format??
I would just bring a jpeg that is at lease 300 dpi, you should not have a problem with that type of file. You can go to this link Screenprinting and Digital Garment Printing University and download a test file that has alot of different elements to see how they look. hope this helps
The best thing is to bring a couple of different types of artwork files (flatten file, layer file,...) that you would most likely get from your potential customers. If you have a customer already in mind for dtg printing, ask them for some artwork. This way the sample you get printed can be shown to them. Ultimately, they are going to have to like the finished product in order for you to get paid.
The link to the file on SPU is a good graphic to use. The one type of file that dtg printing excels at compared to other printing methods is digital photos. Thus, a picture straight from your camera is also a good test. Screen printing a photo is not easy to do. So, this will help separate your business from the local printers.
thanks guys,
this is gonna sound stupid..please be nice.. but.. I am doing serious research since that cant hurt my pocket book. exactly how do I take my camera pictures and give to him? I know, I know. another newbie. but really. I'm just researching and very new to this. I do plan on taking a class in january. but for now can someone kinda walk me threw this.. take a picture of my car for example.. then what.. sorry so many questions and thanks for the quick response.
I would just bring a jpeg that is at lease 300 dpi, you should not have a problem with that type of file. You can go to this link Screenprinting and Digital Garment Printing University and download a test file that has alot of different elements to see how they look. hope this helps
hey thanks alot.. I just checked it out. that art sample.. thank you!!!
Most digital cameras will save a picture to a memory card. Just give the memory card to the person doing the demo and they will not what to do. Some camera's will save it to a hard drive in the camera. If so, you will need the cord to connect the camera to the computer. Pretty simple task.
mark,
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Most digital cameras will save a picture to a memory card. Just give the memory card to the person doing the demo and they will not what to do. Some camera's will save it to a hard drive in the camera. If so, you will need the cord to connect the camera to the computer. Pretty simple task.
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sorry.. I thought thats how you would do it. just making sure. thanks again!
not a problem. Have fun and make sure that you write all your questions down in advance. The SPU site as a list of items you can compare between machines. But the real key is knowing how each individual one (and its RIP) works. Best wishes.
I would just bring a jpeg that is at lease 300 dpi, you should not have a problem with that type of file. You can go to this link Screenprinting and Digital Garment Printing University and download a test file that has alot of different elements to see how they look. hope this helps
hello Bobbie & to other HM1 owners,
I came back from a demo of the HM1 and used this sample art from SPU which was a great sample which in the artwork had a little of everything. Gave him the disk he said all I can print you is the white shirt. But said he couldnt print me the black. I thought it being 300 dpi it would be ok? Why do you think he didnt print in front of me? anyone know why??
the white t-shirt looked ok a little faded.. where the $100 bill was it was awsome. detail with the little boy looked good. where the box of the color chart was on the right side looked a little faded.
He should have been able to print it with a white underbase. Did he print any black shirt for you? The dpi as long as at least 300 would have had nothing to do with it.
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He should have been able to print it with a white underbase. Did he print any black shirt for you? The dpi as long as at least 300 would have had nothing to do with it.
hi bobbie,
yes he did print a black sample for me. but it was that same fish he sent me. He was printing samples of the same black t-shirt. I guess for other clients. He kinda looked like he didnt really want to print that sample art from SPU. he had no problem doing it in the white. But he knew that Im a newbie he went around it. saying " my artwork sample is only set up for white t-shirts" I said "hmmm I have been on the forum and they recommend that art sample and its ready to go" but he didnt. as a matter a fact. I left my cd with my art sample in his computer. why do you think he didnt want to print it for me? I know it was able to print a black shirt?
Maybe he just didnt want to mess with it because he didnt want to have to figure out the density of the white underbase and color so it would look best. It sounds like he just didnt want to take the time. Did you go to anahiem? was it juan?
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I went to sacramento. stood there like 3hrs. I really wished he would printed it. I dont him to print it now while I'm not infront of him. that was the whole point. me seeing it done in person. Now if he does it for me I dont know how many tries an passes he really did. you know? another thing bobbie, I asked him why didnt he have anything there as for as thick hoodie sweatshirts. say extra large thick sweatshirts. do you or can the HM1 print hoodies?
I went to sacramento. stood there like 3hrs. I really wished he would printed it. I dont him to print it now while I'm not infront of him. that was the whole point. me seeing it done in person. Now if he does it for me I dont know how many tries an passes he really did. you know? another thing bobbie, I asked him why didnt he have anything there as for as thick hoodie sweatshirts. say extra large thick sweatshirts. do you or can the HM1 print hoodies?
I think that is probably why he didnt print it , because sometimes you have to tweak your settings to get a good print, once you have it done though it is the same everytime, but he probably just did not want to take the time.
You can print on hoodies, the best are the ones that have 100% cotton facing. They probably dont have them there because they are more expensive than t-shirts to do test prints on. I know I only buy them when I have orders for them as they do cost more money.
I would bring the file to the show if you are going and ask Amy to have them print it for you. She should be able to help you out.
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Always do right; this will gratify some people and astonish the rest. ~~~Mark Twain BobbieLee
[quote]I would bring the file to the show if you are going and ask Amy to have them print it for you. She should be able to help you out.[/QUOTE
cool. thanks. and amy is from the anahiem location? \
also, I really liked the little rhinestone manual machine. it adds a nice detail to the print. Have you seen one? used one?
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