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blairrev2003 · July 9th, 2005

Many companies are starting to come out with those ink-jet t-shirt printers. SWF has one out. I don't think they would do good in a mall but in a amusment park where kids get the airbrushed hats and such. Even in a shop in a high tourist area (Stone Harbor, NJ I'm real close to there) There's no setup or screens to burn. No emulsion either. The only problem is they only print on lights preferably white. When they figure out how to print on black it will be cool. What do you think?

jdr8271 · July 9th, 2005

I have never tried one, but I love the idea. Im saving up for one myself!

blairrev2003 · July 10th, 2005

Yea I'm serioiusly thinking about getting one.

Twinge · July 10th, 2005

They're way too expensive to be worth it IMO; Heat transfer is MUCH cheaper for nearly the same quality.

blairrev2003 · July 10th, 2005

You do have a point there.

jdr8271 · July 10th, 2005

Theyre expensive, but my hope is that they will go down in price when their not such a hot new invention anymore....like the dvd player did.

Adam · July 11th, 2005

Have you got any links to these please? Keen to see one

blairrev2003 · July 11th, 2005

http://www.swfeast.com/screen_printi...printer_1.html

SWF's "T-Jet"

Adam · July 11th, 2005

I want one! That must be what CP have just invested in. I wonder how long it takes to set up as time is money is this business!

blairrev2003 · July 11th, 2005

A guy selling the Brother T-Shirt Printer made me a shirt at the Atlantic Ciry ISS show it was like 5-10 minutes he also already had the design. Of course the T-Shirt said Brother Garment Printer good sample though what you do is you load the t shirt then after its done printing you put it under a heat press for a few seconds to dry the ink. Long enough to dry short enough to not scorch the shirt. The best part is that there is no hard artwork and no more printouts. Well of course you're going to print it out on plain white Paper for sizing but at least white paper is much cheaper then 1 dollar velum. The one claims it can print on darks don't remember who though.

TJLewis · July 26th, 2005

These machines look great. I notice we have a distributor here in the UK so I'm going to take a look asap.
I've used sublimation for some time now, gave up printing onto T-Shirts due to inaceptable results. Are these machines really as good as they look?
Justin

CK · August 7th, 2005

I am really interested in finding informtion about what printers are available and what they can and can't do. If anyone has any info or links please advise.

Monterey Bay Embroidery
Thanks
CK

Twinge · August 8th, 2005

Personally, I'd say wait until they drop to a more reasonable price and possibly until they can do more. As it is, they can't do much more than regular heat transfer methods and cost a LOT more.

Bougie · August 8th, 2005

The bottom line is can you make more money with this thing than other methods?
Does it have any advantage that makes it worth spending $11,000 on?

Twinge · August 8th, 2005

Well I don't know much about it, but I imagine you can at least A> save money on buying transfer paper and B> save time printing directly. You supposedly can also do dark_er_ shirts, but still nothing past a medium shade AFAIK.

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