mikeeman2000

11 minutes ago, johnson4 said:

I feel this post is a giant advertisement for yourself, and I disagree with most of your statements. 

I have screen printed for 6+ years, used DTG for around 3 years and DTF for about 6 months. Your figures are incorrect and an opinion of yourself. For the most part,  I have experience that several things you have said are NOT TRUE. 
 

all you are doing is trying to convince others of your “marketing” convictions to try and sway opinions by throwing in a few well known facts, mixed with lies. 

anyone reading this post, again this is one persons opinion(who mind you is looking for financial benefits). I highly recommended taking this post with a grain of salt, doing your own research and not falling for the traps. 
 

I’m not going to argue on key points here, it’s a waste of my time and anyone else who will be reading it. If you are truly interested in the truth, do your own research people. All three methods are great, but come with their own downfalls. You can do many things this post says you can’t. Personally, I utilize all three methods, when it’s appropriate. No “ single” method is best. 
 

good luck and happy printing!

Preach!!

4 hours ago, johnson4 said:

I also forgot to mention, every few months you’ll need to remove the head and flush the ink lines, if it has them. Settling will occur, no matter what. It just depends on you on how quickly it happens. 
 

I don’t recommend flushing the lines through the printhead, remove it and manually flush the lines, reattach and do one more ink charge- then reload your ink. I do this when I start to see it soft clog, which is always around 2-4 months, depending on how long it sits. Some people just replace the ink bay, that’s up to you. If it’s directly on the head( no dampers, or ink lines) then this isn’t necessary.
 

the one time I did a flush with cleaning carts, it pushed all that crap through the head and ruined it, so I’d avoid that if possible. 

damn good advice! 

2 hours ago, Andy - Admin said:

The more I use this I see that it has some pros and cons but is in no way a "revolutionary" technique that will disrupt the industry but be an add on. 

The ideal situation will be to get this working with DTG inks so you can print DTG and DTF with the same inkset and broaden the range of items you can print with DTG equipment

This is my thought exactly.

Isn't the process super tedious? Don't you have to use an oven and heat the transfer after the powder has been applied? Seems like it would take way longer than DTG and the feel is different.