What a concept! Printing on a T without a heat press to cure the ink. Ink is UV cured.
The test is always white ink on black cotton. Printing result not impressive but what one would expect when printing in preview, draft or high volume mode. It was sellable.
But after the first wash the white ink blew up like a dandelion in a hurricane.
White cotton and synthetics looked good after one wash and the smell 99% gone.
What do you suspect failed in the white on black cotton?
1. 1st generation technology needs time to work out the bugs?
2. You found pre-treatment and pre-pressing solved the problem? This does negate one perceived advantage of UV printing on t-shirts.
3. An ink-set other than F6T worked in your application?
4. No one will buy t's printed with UV cured ink. It is a mission doomed to fail.
Share what you did to succeed in printing UV cured ink on t's, such as production modification, substrate limitation (no black cotton), specialized pre-treatment or process.
The test is always white ink on black cotton. Printing result not impressive but what one would expect when printing in preview, draft or high volume mode. It was sellable.
But after the first wash the white ink blew up like a dandelion in a hurricane.
White cotton and synthetics looked good after one wash and the smell 99% gone.
What do you suspect failed in the white on black cotton?
1. 1st generation technology needs time to work out the bugs?
2. You found pre-treatment and pre-pressing solved the problem? This does negate one perceived advantage of UV printing on t-shirts.
3. An ink-set other than F6T worked in your application?
4. No one will buy t's printed with UV cured ink. It is a mission doomed to fail.
Share what you did to succeed in printing UV cured ink on t's, such as production modification, substrate limitation (no black cotton), specialized pre-treatment or process.