Is there any such device that can print plasticols
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If you're not using a DTG machine you have two options. You can either screen print the transfers, or digitally print them. If you want to print on-demand for individual shirt orders, DTG is the way to go. You don't need to buy a DTG machine, you just need to contract with a reliable printer to do your printing for you.
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I will never understand this attitude. Sometimes it feels like we live in a world of Veruca Salts. "If I want it it must be possible."
If you can't afford the $12,000 machine, then you can't have the $12,000 machine.
No, there isn't a $500 machine that will do the same thing. If there was, the $12,000 machine wouldn't cost $12,000 either.
What you can buy is a standard heat press, printer, transfer paper, etc. setup - the quality of which will not even begin to approach a good DTG printer, or better yet screen printing.
What you are curious about does not exist, and if it did then the cost of entry to an already cheap industry would be shattered -- most likely making it impossible for this to actually be a viable business model.
Wishful thinking isn't going to work; try some realism instead.
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Okay first, thanks for the feedback Lewis, but you don't have to be such a **** about it... Excuse the heck out of me for having a curious imagination, and asking a simple question.
Second, comparing me to Verruca Saults... I asked if they existed, not whose bringing one to my house and why it Isn't here yet.
Third, "Wishful thinking" How do you think the DTG came about in the first place, someone "wanted it", and went out and made it happen...
Fourth, seriously who wouldn't have an application for a device of this nature... I think its a great idea, probably cheaper technology to print on transfer material than a shirt. In fact iv got half a mind to pitch the idea to M&R.
Last but certainly not least, Solmu, Iv read many of your posts over the last few months that I have been getting into screen printing, they have been very helpful and i thank you for your input on these threads.
But no one wants to hear your negativity. Next time you find a question you don't like, don't respond to it... You want to vent, write a journal...
thanks to everyone on this controversial matter of, "Direct to transfer paper" printing...
Second, comparing me to Verruca Saults... I asked if they existed, not whose bringing one to my house and why it Isn't here yet.
Third, "Wishful thinking" How do you think the DTG came about in the first place, someone "wanted it", and went out and made it happen...
Fourth, seriously who wouldn't have an application for a device of this nature... I think its a great idea, probably cheaper technology to print on transfer material than a shirt. In fact iv got half a mind to pitch the idea to M&R.
Last but certainly not least, Solmu, Iv read many of your posts over the last few months that I have been getting into screen printing, they have been very helpful and i thank you for your input on these threads.
But no one wants to hear your negativity. Next time you find a question you don't like, don't respond to it... You want to vent, write a journal...
thanks to everyone on this controversial matter of, "Direct to transfer paper" printing...
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You can also have plastisol transfers printed by a company that specializes in that. Look in the back of Printwear magazine, or do a google search. You order by size/quantity/number of colors. Needless to say, the more you order of any one design, the less expensive per piece. Get a heat press and print as orders come in. They aren't as cheap as printing yourself, but it minimizes your investment in equipment, and the worst thing is you'll be stuck with transfers of a design no one liked, but at least they'd be professionally made. Ask for some samples from any manufacturers.
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I have equipment to print my own, just dont want to have to catalog all the screens. Guess there is no other way... thanks
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DTG definitely sounds like the way to go for what you're looking to do. You can find entire DTG set ups used for under $10k. There's one on Digitsmith right now for only $7k. If you're looking to start a business and skimp on getting the appropriate equipment to produce your product, your business is going to get known very quickly for producing a sub-par product. My advice is while you're saving up to get the appropriate equipment yourself, contract out the work out to someone who already does.
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Not quite sure what you mean by having to catalog all your screens. They're transfers on paper. You keep 'em in a box until you need them.
As for starting a business built around a DTG machine, that's probably what happened to the guy selling the one for 7K. Not to be a smart ***, but the classifieds are littered with "entrepreneurs" who saw DTG machines as an easy way to knock out their own line of shirts on as needed basis. Most ended up spending a fortune in ink, cleaning solutions, new printheads, tears, frustration, and an empty wallet. Just owning a DTG machine is an ongoing maintenance proposition, whether or not you ever actually print a shirt. I wouldn't buy a DTG machine unless I was turning away customers EVERY DAY that had to have one or two shirts, or I had ESTABLISHED a line where I was fulfilling orders EVERY DAY.
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Of course there's applications for the technology, if it were to exist. That's beside the point.
Pitch...? Are you serious? Do you have any idea how many people have posted on this forum alone asking about where they can buy such a (non-existent) device? (it's at least dozens, if not hundreds). None of this is new to anybody, let alone a company like M&R.
Now if you could pitch them some engineering schematics on how they could actually produce the technology... that I'm guessing they would be interested in.
Sometimes negativity is what a person needs.
It is not helpful in life or especially in business if someone's naivety is consistently met with Pollyanna optimism from those around them. Sometimes being nice is just enabling behaviour.
If you truly seek to educate yourself and learn, you're not going to like everything you read. That doesn't mean it isn't useful.
Fortunately you have a remedy: you are just as capable of ignoring posts you don't like as I am.
I'm glad you've found other posts I've made helpful. I'm sorry they can't all be winners. Here's to the next thread, eh?
Edit: It's come to my attention that I'm being too much of a jerk in this thread. While I stand behind the facts I've stated, my tone and choice of venue is not appropriate. I'm sorry for lashing out at you for what I perceive as a tired topic. It's not your fault I've read about it so much, everything is new to somebody.
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