DesignSource said:
Please let us know how it goes with the Brother. Best of luck!
Hi Fred,
My Brother GT-541 was installed this past thursday and I printed some orders I had come in at my store as well as did some test.
Here is a sample of what i printed;
http://www.promotees.com/samples/mysamples.jpg
I didn't have to do any color tweaking, etc. I just said;
File>Print>
- selected the color shirt i wanted to print on
- selected the vividness I wanted usually 0-2 (from a scale of 0-4)
- selectd ink volume usually 8 (on scale of 10-0 base on thickness of garment)
Then press OK to print
When the job was ready to print I heard a bell
I looked at the display panel and it tells me "how much ink i use"
(I really loved that feature)
I press the print button and the shirts were out in between 25-38 seconds.
All except the Dirty South design cost less than 80 cents to print and they were usually 12 x 14 designs.
My jobs i had to do I was finished with them in about 15 minutes and some were back and front. I was standing there wanting to print more stuff "but didn't have any orders to fill".
So all said I think the Brother is awesome. It woud be perfect if it could print on "white" however I've lived without the ability to print on "dark shirts" this long I can wait until they release a new model with white ink.
I tried to really make the t-jet's white ink work. I know some have it licked but I admit I couldn't cut it
Anyway that's my experience so far with the machine. We had a thunder storm thursday and a tornado watch after it was installed, I got to play with it a little on friday and on saturday I had to go to a graduation. Today it's back to thundering and lightning again so not sure I will get much work done.
Of all the samples I printed B and E (are clipart/designs) I created and I didn't like them that much as the rest. I may have to start designing in a different application as my stuff came out very looking dotty instead of smooth. I think it's the application i designed in so I have to test that. But all the other stuff looked great and I love the vivid color without a lot of effort.
Anyway, take care