DTG - Any Regrets or Good News stories?

[logobear]

We have been facinated by the idea of dtg for many years now, but have heard many stories of poor support, or know of companies where their expensive machine sits unused for long periods, - because it is not working or something .....
DTG would appear to streamline the production process, and I know that kit is available from 5k to over 50k, plus pre-treat etc
We are happy with our range of transfere based services, but keep hoping that dtg is cracked and the silver bullet to take Logobear to the next level.
Love to hear your experiences.

[WePrintForYou]

Your welcome to pop along to see our Resolute R5 Machine

[Scotty@BMS]

I have a friend who has a DTG machine, I think it was around 15K plus the cost of the pre-treatment booth. He is currently in the process of looking into taking legal action against his supplier and has experienced a myriad of problems. One of the many problems he's encountered is with the pre-treat. The nozzle puts down more liquid in the middle than the edges, rather than dispersing in a uniform layer. As a result you get too much pre-treat in the middle and just the right amount on the edges, OR the right amount in the middle and too little on the edges. End result? An image which breaks down and washes out after two machine cycles!

Don't get me wrong, the print looks absolutely fantastic initially and I know there are companies producing great new machines, Brother for instance and many are now not needing pre-treat, so it's definitely a great and expanding avenue. But I can only give the feedback of a very frustrated mate who's had a nightmare. Sorry to put a downer on ya LogoBear!

[WePrintForYou]

Pretreatment machines generally do put down slightly more in the middle, this depends on the atomiser nozzle you are using. We have no problems with this, We got my pretreatment machine 'free' with my purchase. You don't have to use it, you can do it manually with a gun if you prefer.

There are some machines that can achieve a print without pretreatment, but this is not economical for doing one off, only for runs. Our machine will have this ability as an add-on soon.

[Paul]

I work on R jEt 5 and is a great machine. good support from resolute and they are happy to answer every phone call.

[logobear]

scott - any clue what brand your friend is frustrated with?

[Scotty@BMS]

scott - any clue what brand your friend is frustrated with?

I can certainly ask him.

[Scotty@BMS]

I should also add, that the sample they've sent him claiming to be perfect didn't last a single machine wash. I saw that one with my own eyes.

[derek]

Hi

I have been printing with DTG and have had absolutely no problems what so ever with mine on whites or on blacks, I have now printed hundreds and have had no returns from customers and only get repeat orders and prise for the great results.

DTG is not the easiest of printing techniques to master but once you have you will never want to go back to other methods, or I certainly wont be.

But may be I have just been lucky, and after the initial cost of the printer and inks the price per print can't be beaten.

[Earl Smith]

I recently made contact with a similar shop to ours in Switzerland. ( I bought my Merrow from him). He has the Brother one platten printer with the pretreatment machine.
In one year, he says, he has printed over 5,000 pieces on it and for the big jobs he has bought a screen printing setup.
He really rates the Brother, apparently it uses different heads to the Epson setups and does not requier so much maintenance.
There are offers for the printer and pretreatment machines here. 17,000€ for both.