DSF

http://www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk/

26th - 28th Feb at the NEC

Trophex show is coming up in just over 1 weeks time as well.

If you have a look on that site you will find various links to flatbed and dtg printer suppliers.

Birminghamis abit too far unfortunately

does anyone know where i can purchase one these primters ?

Google print and promotion wear show at nec in late February every year.

this was the exact printer, is it a garment printer or some sort of special printer?... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLBT64_bWp0

they claim the only one who prints like this in the world? i dont think so?...

i would love one of them printers!

mdr;35826 wrote:Birminghamis abit too far unfortunately

For this sort of investment a drive up to Birmingham isn't that far at all

yeah ur right if i was loaded with money it would be worth a visit but aint got alot of dolla at the min, the person on ebay said one of those printers cost around 10k! f that! lol

This is similar to many adapted Epson printers that have a modified carrier mechanism (usually home made). I have seen loads on U Tube but no retail sites as yet. Basically you pull it apart and rearrange the feeder mechanism to drive a board or sheet instead of the paper. Last year Mimaki brought out an A3 flat bed printer for hard substrates up to 50mm thick - the UJF-3042 at around £20,000. This was demo'd at sign and print and also at printwear and promotion. This seems to be the only small format printer for flat sheets. I think you'd be better off using sublimation coatings and a heat press with heat dispersion rubber mat to get a similar effect. Unless of course you want to rip old your clogged up Epson apart!

daviddeer;35981 wrote:This is similar to many adapted Epson printers that have a modified carrier mechanism (usually home made). I have seen loads on U Tube but no retail sites as yet. Basically you pull it apart and rearrange the feeder mechanism to drive a board or sheet instead of the paper. Last year Mimaki brought out an A3 flat bed printer for hard substrates up to 50mm thick - the UJF-3042 at around £20,000. This was demo'd at sign and print and also at printwear and promotion. This seems to be the only small format printer for flat sheets. I think you'd be better off using sublimation coatings and a heat press with heat dispersion rubber mat to get a similar effect. Unless of course you want to rip old your clogged up Epson apart!

yeah but the thing with sublimating using a press is ur limited on phone casees i really wanted to be able to sublimate blackberry cases aswell as iphones...

iv got an epson stlus sx200 thats not all that but may be worth pulling apart to convert it into a flatbed.... hmmm

Not every epson is ok for that. Is worth to visot t-short forum loads of info there about those printers. And quite few lads there who actualy done it so they xan answer all the question...