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4 Color Waterbased Print on a Beach Towel

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Thought I would post a print that I was pretty happy about. This is a 30 X 60 inch beach towel. Printed 4 colors with custom made water based inks. It was printed on an 8 color Mitex belt printer with metal rod squeegees. 156 mesh count and art output at 25 LPI. This was just a test print.
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wncprinter
That's amazing.

Happen to have a pic of your belt printer? Would love to see it.
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This is the belt I used to print that job. It is a Mitex 125. It is interesting because it doesn't use rubber squeegees, it uses magnets under the belt to roll a metal rod across the screen. Different diameter rods change how much ink is laid down. They are very effective machines for large production runs.

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Great job! That looks awesome!
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wncprinter
Never heard of one until now. Very very cool.
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Awesome job! That looks great. I love looking at large format imaging equipment. The tech behind how it functions and performs baffles me with delight. I could watch that baby image stuff all day :)
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splathead
From a registration standpoint, How do you keep the towel in place on the belt? Adhesive?

Would love to see a short video of the printer in action if you ever get a chance.
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splathead said:
From a registration standpoint, How do you keep the towel in place on the belt? Adhesive?
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Yes, the belt is coated with a waterbased adhesive to keep the towel in place while printing. There is also a belt washer that has brushes and squeegees that can clean the belt as it's printing. Most of the time I just clean the belt after an hour or so, to get the lint off and have a fresh surface to print on.

This is an older video of the machine printing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CLJhnyOkNA
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Awesome Sauce!

Thanks for sharing.
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