how long does it take to print a 10x13 solid image with white underbase on a t-jet2 ? in the tech specs 3 minutes are mentioned, but without telling the dpi and the image size. so how long do you need the do that ?
(just the printing time, without loading and unloading the shirt)
Yeah, its around that time. Can't really remember the exact time. Its been about a year and a half since I last printed with the T-2. But that was printing in unidirectional. It was the underbase that took long to print I remember and for that size of an image. But it helped having 4 T-2's and a Jumbo 2 to print with. Now I remember with the Jumbo 2 it took about 6 minutes to print. And the Blazers about almost the same.
so the production rate for a 10 x 13 gfx ,using 720x720 color and 1440 underbase, would be 6-7 shirts / hour ?
Pretty much so. You also have to remember if you are printing a solid underbase, like a 10x13 white square, than it will take longer to print because of the amount of ink being layed down. Compared to an image that just has white under the light areas of the image. Working with FastArtist will let you control that.
If you're printing in bidirectional mode, which is easy to do, a 10x13 design will take about 4-7 minutes to print. If you're printing on a shirt that's not too dark, you can get away with printing the underbase at 720x720, which can shave a minute or two off print time.
Real print time on an Epson 2200 based direct to garment printer (which the T-Jet, T-Jet 2, Kiosk and Kiosk II are) is about 2.5 - 3.5 minutes for the color layer (720 x 720 as Billy said) and twice that for the white layer (1440 x 720) - so you are looking at 7.5 - 10.5 minutes. I've printed thousands of these shirts on our Kiosk and Kiosk II models and these times are very accurate. Once clarification on Billy's description - the outer edges of the graphic are what determines the print time of the desing, not the amount of ink laid down. For instance - an empty square with a thin black outline will take the same amount of time to print as the same square in solid black (or any color) - the ink cost will vary, but not the speed.
I have also printed thousands of shirts with all models of the t-jet and there is no way to speed up the speed of the print head movement. You can only speed up the stepping of the bed or the actual unit depending on what model your using. In this case it is the bed of the T-2. Using HS print modes (bi-directional) will speed it up and should be the default way of printing.
And depending on what you are actually printing, the print time of the underbase would determine the outer edges of the underbase and not the image. Print time for color would depend on the image itself. Like I had said before, FastArtist allows you to manually control your underbase working with the strength, light areas, and dark areas. Which in combination with the print modes will let you control how much white to lay down, in return saving ink and money. If your image has dark colors like black around the image like an outline or a dark background on a photo, then you would not need to print an underbase under black which will give you a smaller print area for your underbase. Unless you want to which you have that option to do. I personally never add an underbase to black cause it makes it look like 80% or 90% instead of a true 100% black.
Combine our methods and suggestions that we have mentioned and print some shirts to find out what you can come up with and what works best for you and a particular graphic. Practice makes perfect.
Great video Alex! And being able to see it in HD on my monitor is even better. I don't care what anyone says this is still one of my favorite dtg printers. I also like the fact that I can pick this thing up and move it around.
As you can see in the real time video, print time for a 10 inch x 12 inch graphic, with white underbase pass and then a color pass, was 6 minutes. I also agree with Billy - the T-Jet 2 is still one of my favorite printers too.
thanks for the infos.
are 1800/1900 or 48xx based printers faster ?
These printers are faster which the Blazer models are based off of the 4880. The T-Jet 2 was based off the 2200 which is a slower printer. They are also different in size giving different printable areas to work with.
These printers are faster which the Blazer models are based off of the 4880. The T-Jet 2 was based off the 2200 which is a slower printer. They are also different in size giving different printable areas to work with.
how much faster prints a 48xx based printer the same 10x13 image?
printingspeed on darkshirts 
