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sjaguar13 · September 4th, 2009

I am looking to get a DTG printer. I did a few dye sub shirts for a guy who complained. He showed me some shirts he had done with a DTG printer, and my dye sub stuff definitely was inferior. I would like the ability to print on dark shirts, so I am thinking about going with a DTG Kiosk II.

With Fast T-Jet going bankrupt, it looks like DTG is emerging as the most popular and the Kiosk II being a cheap enough printer where I can afford it, but still having the white ink for black printing.

Is there any downfall to the Kiosk II, or is there any better option?

princessracer · September 4th, 2009

I went with the HM1 simply because there was no fine tuning by hand.. such as raising and lowering and it has the optical eye..

Also, its faster than the kiosk. There were a couple of other things, I just cant remember them off the top of my head.

tfalk · September 4th, 2009

I believe the only Kiosk's you can find now are used and/or refurbs? I'm sure Don will probably chime in as well as other owners.

We've gotten ours to print decently. Getting the shirts to hold up to repeated washings is another story... I haven't done enough yet to definitively say if it's us or the ink yet. We did a couple at the training session we attended and the prints are coming apart on them as well after 5-10 washes so I have my doubts.

Don-SWF East · September 8th, 2009

Ted is correct about Kiosk II"s only being available in used/refurb units. They are a good machine for the money, with nearly 2000 sold, parts are easy to source for them and they print a good white layer. I would consider them a good first machine if your main driving force is pricing.

Titchimp · September 9th, 2009

Kiosk 3 is on its way

LucindaG. · September 10th, 2009

We purchases an HM1 two weeks ago I LOVE IT !!! This thing is awesome my customers are freakin out I'm freakin out. We are so slammed with orders I stopped advertising to catch up

not a bad problem to have

djnorton · September 30th, 2009

oh my..i would not purchase a DTG of any kind....you will sink all kinds of money into the maintenance of the machine...trust me i just got rid of mine...was not worth it at all..i would recommend the tjet or the brother...
good luck

ctcpool · September 30th, 2009

I would tend to agree with djnorton since I have had numerous problems with the Kiosk and likely out of business because I tried to build around an inconsistent piece of machinery. I may have a minority experience but the results have been devastating. I also had some tech support issues as well. You may want to read my post " You may want to record conversations with the Tech Support."

When working properly, seems to work pretty good and quality is decent. My problem has been that I only got 2 months of quality from it out of the 9 months that I've been operating it.

SoCalShirts · September 30th, 2009

I spent probably hundreds of hours trying to decide if I should buy an HM1. It was extremely frustrating but I finally decided to take the plunge.

Now my machine is now over 2 years old and still prints great. If you see my other post I am having problems with it right now...but I think it was my fault. DTG Mesa always takes great care of us. The machine is not a money pit either. I have been horrible with doing the maintenance since day 1 but it never caused any issues.

If you are looking for a brand new printer, I would highly recommend the HM1

Tshirtguy · September 30th, 2009

I had a Kiosk II for about 6 months. I probably did around 1200 prints on it and it worked great. I still have some shirts that my kids wear and they look great after many washings. I eventually sold mine and went back to heat transfer just because for me it seemed just as well. I only really print on white.

Brian-R · October 2nd, 2009

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Originally Posted by LucindaG.


	We purchases an HM1 two weeks ago I LOVE IT !!! This thing is awesome my customers are freakin out I'm freakin out. We are so slammed with orders I stopped advertising to catch up not a bad problem to have

I would love to have the problem of too much work. What kind of advertising have you done to get that kind of response?

Brian

anewbeginning · October 7th, 2009

I've got the Kiosk, bought it off ebay for half price.
Had quite a few issues with it but have worked through the bugs and got it working consistently now...(with the help of some scotch tape and loose parts[dont ask])
My first supplier of tees tended to peel quite alot thus fading the print relatively quickly. However, I've just sourced a new supplier whose prints hold up remarkably well.