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.
I know a lot of people have talked about Harry at Equipment Zone (www.equipmentzone.com). You can also look at going to the actual manufacturers of the printers as well. Occassionally, you can find a good deal on one from a leasing company that had to repo the printer from another company and it still has a warranty. Hope that helps.
No there is a SWF west in anahiem, that is who I bought my hm1 from. Mesa is in texas. There is both a swf east and a swf west.
It is my understanding that SWF East has all the territory east of the Mississippi River and SWF Mesa has the territory west of the river. So the office that is in Texas is the headquarters and the office in CA reports to Texas. They might call the office SWF West, but it is really part of SWF Mesa. This is why Mesa is listed as exhibiting in the Printwear Long Beach Show. Just my understanding, but I could be wrong.
Nope, you nailed it Mark. Mesa Distributors is the exclusive SWF and DTG distributor for the western US. The Anahiem office is one of the satellite locations, corporate is in Garland, TX.
I purchased my Refurbished T-Jet2 from Equipment Zone. Eventhough I'm in the Rockies, the relationship has worked out well. I've had little to no problems with my machine, and Harry has given me plenty of recommendations on helping my prints turn out great.
Yep...got mine from Equiptment Zone and it has worked great. And, they have great support!!
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Yeah I Agree. Though I wasn't happy with our T-jet and had to return it I will say this, Harry runs his business fair and I can't remember a bad moment. When I was frustrated at my most he gave a me solution and I moved on not having a bad impression of him. For this if I ever buy a t-jet again and I'm getting pretty close to purchasing another machine soon to accompany my Brother, I would rather buy from Harry even though I have a dealer the next town over. His knowledge of the machine is definitely an asset. I've actually boiled it down to the Blazer or HM1. I'm kinda holding out cause I'm waiting to see if DTG America releases a new machine plus for the price of a HM1 it seems better to have a 4800 based machine than a 2400. Problem is DTG America has a better reputation. AAAAAAAARGH I'm getting confused again lol.
Actually, I'm sitting on the sidelines also. We had 2 Tjet 3's in a span of 90 days last summer, both failed & were returned, and finally got our money back from US Screen after waiting over 2 months. I plan on attending SGIA in October to see if there's anything new, but for right now, just watching the industry & trying to figure out if 1. We really do need a DTG printer for our business 2. Which system would be the best for our business.
I really like the idea of a few systems that are white ink upgradeable, starting out w/ dual CMYK, and then moving up to white ink when I'm ready. Perhaps there will be something new & exciting at SGIA.
Refurbished DTG's 
I know SWF sells refurbed kiosks and hm1's. I would definetely contact the distiributors for each machine as most have refurb programs.
