calebsmith2032 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 I was wondering what the maximum work load for a p5000 is. I regularly get orders of 50-100 shirts and wanted to see if maybe 80-100 gang sheets printed in a day is possible Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 52 minutes ago, calebsmith2032 said: I was wondering what the maximum work load for a p5000 is. I regularly get orders of 50-100 shirts and wanted to see if maybe 80-100 gang sheets printed in a day is possible You can do 21 12”x12” prints an hour with the P5000. It does 19 16”x12” prints an hour. Roughly 13 13”x19” an hour from the P5000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebsmith2032 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 2 hours ago, johnson4 said: You can do 21 12”x12” prints an hour with the P5000. It does 19 16”x12” prints an hour. Roughly 13 13”x19” an hour from the P5000. I notice people don’t go over 19inches for gangsheets on the p5000. Is there a reason for this? Would fitting 2 12x12 prints on 1 sheet not make sense? I figure you’d have less waste if you can keep the artwork closer together Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, calebsmith2032 said: I notice people don’t go over 19inches for gangsheets on the p5000. Is there a reason for this? Would fitting 2 12x12 prints on 1 sheet not make sense? I figure you’d have less waste if you can keep the artwork closer together I print 10-40 foot long prints on it all the time. Not sure why there would be a perceived limitation. I think the longest run I’ve ever done on one non-stop was a bit over 100 feet. even then, you can print back to back jobs without any waste, it backfeeds and starts where it left off on the previous print. It’s a very capable machine. Edited July 25, 2023 by johnson4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) You can figure out the speed by just dividing the inches into what you need. if you do 12"- 14" wide it will do 252 inches an hour. If you do 14"-17" wide it will do 228 inches an hour. so if you did 24" long sheets it would do 10.5 sheets sized 12-14" wide X 24" long sheets an hour. The same for the 14"-17" width would be 9.5 sheets of 14"-17" X 24" an hour. I just break that down into 12" X 12" so it's a square foot and easy to calculate any which way. The P6000 will do 15 23" X 12" an hour, or 32 11" X 11" an hour, however you want to see that. The carriage pass speed is slower on the P6000 so you don't get a ton of speed increase over the P6000. Still, overall, that is 2,016 inches of 12" transfers in 8 hours on the P5000. 168 12" X 12" in a work day per machine. 1,440 inches in 8 hours on the P6000 by 23" wide. So 120 12" X 23" in a work day per machine. If you print white only, you can double that speed for both machines. The dual head i3200 24" machines can do 320 12" X 23" prints in a work day per machine for reference, given you don't get any clogging printing at the same quality as the Epson machines. Edited July 25, 2023 by johnson4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebsmith2032 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 9 minutes ago, johnson4 said: You can figure out the speed by just dividing the inches into what you need. if you do 12"- 14" wide it will do 252 inches an hour. If you do 14"-17" wide it will do 228 inches an hour. so if you did 24" long sheets it would do 10.5 sheets sized 12-14" wide X 24" long sheets an hour. The same for the 14"-17" width would be 9.5 sheets of 14"-17" X 24" an hour. I just break that down into 12" X 12" so it's a square foot and easy to calculate any which way. The P6000 will do 15 23" X 12" an hour, or 32 11" X 11" an hour, however you want to see that. The carriage pass speed is slower on the P6000 so you don't get a ton of speed increase over the P6000. Still, overall, that is 2,016 inches of 12" transfers in 8 hours on the P5000. 168 12" X 12" in a work day per machine. 1,440 inches in 8 hours on the P6000 by 23" wide. So 120 12" X 23" in a work day per machine. If you print white only, you can double that speed for both machines. The dual head i3200 24" machines can do 320 12" X 23" prints in a work day per machine for reference, given you don't get any clogging printing at the same quality as the Epson machines. Is that something I would change in my rip software or my printer directly? I have a Roland vg2 for vinyl and I change the print head speed/cutter speed via my rip software but I’m not seeing it for my dtf rip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calebsmith2032 Posted July 25, 2023 Author Share Posted July 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, johnson4 said: You can figure out the speed by just dividing the inches into what you need. if you do 12"- 14" wide it will do 252 inches an hour. If you do 14"-17" wide it will do 228 inches an hour. so if you did 24" long sheets it would do 10.5 sheets sized 12-14" wide X 24" long sheets an hour. The same for the 14"-17" width would be 9.5 sheets of 14"-17" X 24" an hour. I just break that down into 12" X 12" so it's a square foot and easy to calculate any which way. The P6000 will do 15 23" X 12" an hour, or 32 11" X 11" an hour, however you want to see that. The carriage pass speed is slower on the P6000 so you don't get a ton of speed increase over the P6000. Still, overall, that is 2,016 inches of 12" transfers in 8 hours on the P5000. 168 12" X 12" in a work day per machine. 1,440 inches in 8 hours on the P6000 by 23" wide. So 120 12" X 23" in a work day per machine. If you print white only, you can double that speed for both machines. The dual head i3200 24" machines can do 320 12" X 23" prints in a work day per machine for reference, given you don't get any clogging printing at the same quality as the Epson machines. I’m very new to dtf, I’ve got it about 5 days ago, and honestly outside of make sure this thing stays spotless I haven’t tried to get to crazy with it. I have a 60 shirt order someone just put in tho, so now it’s time to really lock in lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnson4 Posted July 25, 2023 Share Posted July 25, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, calebsmith2032 said: Is that something I would change in my rip software or my printer directly? I have a Roland vg2 for vinyl and I change the print head speed/cutter speed via my rip software but I’m not seeing it for my dtf rip It’s the size you make the artwork if you are using a gang sheet. It depends on what RIP you use, some you can make the gang sheet inside the RIP. Some rips have a pre-set print area, while others do not and base it on the image. It varies wildly depending on the RIP and version. Edited July 25, 2023 by johnson4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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