What is the maximum number of 13x19in gang sheets I can run in a day?

[calebsmith2032]

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 

[johnson4]

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. 

[calebsmith2032]

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 

[johnson4]

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

[johnson4]

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

[calebsmith2032]

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

[calebsmith2032]

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 

[johnson4]

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