monkeyisland90

I've been screenprinting for about 8 years now and i really like it still but thinking of switching to DTG printing... been handprinting all my tshirts so the automation of the dtg is catching my eye... Is the cost of the DTG printer primary reason screen printers aren't switching? Or is it because the textile ink isn't as good as plastisol, problems with clogging etc..... or what else the reason? I mean doing 4 color prints using a manual press is quite long process while i can just print it out easily on a dtg with same design... so must be the textile ink that is questionable?

 

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alan802

There are many reasons why many screen printers haven't switched, me included. Dark shirts are an issue, production rates are extremely slow, high price for dtg printer, high ink price, techinical problems, maintenance problems. You could spend days reading all the past threads just on this board to see some of the crazy things people have done to get their machines to print. There are obvious perks for dtg, just read the sales pitches. They fill a small niche and unless you have enough small run, very colorful prints lined up, then you'll have a paper weight on your hands. I know they have enhanced many screen printers businesses and I'm not saying they can't, I'm just saying they don't deliver the sales person's promises for the majority of the people that buy them. And dtg sure as hell won't replace screen printing anytime soon, like some might have you believe.

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