[Raguilar17708]

I want to purchase the mp5, but thier are a lot of 50/50 comments of it good/bad. I'm in for quality prints /color prints at tht. I ordered the tshirt anajet samples and they look great . Next it is to go in person and get a demo with my art. What do you guys think is it worth the investment?
Any experienced mp5 anajet users have good and continuous usuage of this machine. Please any current feedback is real helpfully thank you??

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

I want to purchase the mp5, but thier are a lot of 50/50 comments of it good/bad. I'm in for quality prints /color prints at tht. I ordered the tshirt anajet samples and they look great . Next it is to go in person and get a demo with my art. What do you guys think is it worth the investment?
Any experienced mp5 anajet users have good and continuous usuage of this machine. Please any current feedback is real helpfully thank you??

Mp10 is better

 

[Raguilar17708]

Do you use a mp10? If so why do you like it ? The quality?

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

I don't, most of the mp5 bugs are fixed on the 10. There are good mp5's running right now though. I know a lot of people running the 10 that are doing well with it.

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

They are workhorse machines. Fastest I've seen in this point in time and print quality is good for speed

 

[Raguilar17708]

Yea I've heard and am interested in checking out the mp series in person. Do you know about the artworks requirements like what kind of pixels or info I should know? So I could get the best quality print out of the machine. I sent in 1 artwork to anajet they did the print and it looked blurry. But it had to be quality of art trough my software

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

I have no idea but the prints will not come out like the Epson based dtg's because it has less nozzles per color. They do come out nice though. You have to keep in mind that this is a production printer and print quality will be good but not as good as an Epson based and an Epson based you will get the print quality but not speed.

 

[Raguilar17708]

Which Epson dtg have you used with your experience? I would like to here from you for example that has seen it in action? How much slower of a print is it compared to the anajet. Also with your preference which would you choose?

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

It's about 3 mins slower on a black shirt, 1 min difference on whites if pretreated and not doing a second pass. I use a Viper but that's my preference. Mod 1 is a good machine too. I really like my Viper because shirt board is big and I can do youth shirts easy and I can do oversized prints without a problem

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

I can use bulk ink too and the WIMS circulation system circulates white. The printer is a workhorse

 

[MZDEELO]

Yea I've heard and am interested in checking out the mp series in person. Do you know about the artworks requirements like what kind of pixels or info I should know? So I could get the best quality print out of the machine. I sent in 1 artwork to anajet they did the print and it looked blurry. But it had to be quality of art trough my software

300 dpi - True to size
Pref. a .png with a transparent background.

 

[ericwin]

Since the i-series mPower machines have come out (AKA "rev C" for the original mPower owners), the issues present in the original MP5 have gone away as far as I know. My MP5 has been upgraded to the "i-series" or MP5i and it is running great.

If you can afford it, the MP10i has twice as many printheads so it can print faster than the MP5i.

The MP5i will lay down just as much ink as the MP10i when printing garments but the printhead makes two passes to accomplish that. Running a nozzle check on a MP10i (6 printheads) will lay down more ink than an MP5i (3 printheads) because the printhead only makes one pass on a nozzle check but the MP5i makes up for that with the second pass when printing garments.

Eric

 

[Raguilar17708]

How do you like your mp5 quality on shirts?

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

Yeah I have seen the upgrade help out a lot

 

[ericwin]

How do you like your mp5 quality on shirts?

I'm very happy with the quality of the prints I get from my printer but like any DTG printer, there is a learning curve to get the best quality out of your printer.

• You will need to experiment with different t-shirts until you find styles that work well
• You will need to learn how to properly apply pretreatment to garments that need white ink
• You will need to learn how best to prepare your artwork in your graphics software
• You will need to learn how use the RIP software and its settings impact the final print
• You will need to learn how to clean and maintain your printer
• You will need to learn how to create a good environment for your printer (proper humidity, avoid forced air blowing over print carriage, good location for your heat press so it isn't too close to printer)

I tell you this because I get the feeling that some new DTG owners presume they can just plug in their printer and expect it to give them perfect quality and perfect reliability without educating themselves, experimenting and practicing.

Eric

 

[DTGPRINTERPARTS]

I'm very happy with the quality of the prints I get from my printer but like any DTG printer, there is a learning curve to get the best quality out of your printer.

• You will need to experiment with different t-shirts until you find styles that work well
• You will need to learn how to properly apply pretreatment to garments that need white ink
• You will need to learn how best to prepare your artwork in your graphics software
• You will need to learn how use the RIP software and its settings impact the final print
• You will need to learn how to clean and maintain your printer
• You will need to learn how to create a good environment for your printer (proper humidity, avoid forced air blowing over print carriage, good location for your heat press so it isn't too close to printer)

I tell you this because I get the feeling that some new DTG owners presume they can just plug in their printer and expect it to give them perfect quality and perfect reliability without educating themselves, experimenting and practicing.

Eric

This is great advice!

 

[GetLost]

The differences between the mp5 and mp5i are tremendous.
We started with the mp5 and had major problems with unit. A year and a half later, quarts of wasted ink and shirts, along with a receding hairline, our upgraded to mp5i is running almost flawlessly. As in, I haven't needed to call tech support at all. Actually, I did call them once. To tell them how great the machine has been since the upgrade to MP5i.

This machine still needs the utmost attention in it's required environment. Morning start up has gotten down to about 10-20 minutes.

The print quality and detail is amazing!!!

I'm blown away with every new graphic that gets laid down. except for the cheesy text stuff...

~

I'd almost wager that 95% of the people who bash Anajet have created all their own problems by not getting familiar, nor have the patience with the technology and environment requirements.

~

If this machine purchase is for a startup business, visit all the screen print shops around your area to line up work to feed the beast.

It bleeds ink when idle and is at its best when constantly, like every day, printing. When ink cartridge levels get down to less than 15%, that's when some of the problems arise.

my 2.3 cents...

~Later and good skill.

 

[ColorImageDsigns]

I'm very happy with the quality of the prints I get from my printer but like any DTG printer, there is a learning curve to get the best quality out of your printer.

• You will need to experiment with different t-shirts until you find styles that work well
• You will need to learn how to properly apply pretreatment to garments that need white ink
• You will need to learn how best to prepare your artwork in your graphics software
• You will need to learn how use the RIP software and its settings impact the final print
• You will need to learn how to clean and maintain your printer
• You will need to learn how to create a good environment for your printer (proper humidity, avoid forced air blowing over print carriage, good location for your heat press so it isn't too close to printer)

I tell you this because I get the feeling that some new DTG owners presume they can just plug in their printer and expect it to give them perfect quality and perfect reliability without educating themselves, experimenting and practicing.

Eric

Eric, You really nailed it here.