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Image Armor Customer Testimonial – Git Branded

October 20, 2015: We wanted to thank everyone who stopped by our booth in Ft. Worth at the 2015 Imprinted Sportswear Show to talk to us about the Image Armor Inks and Pretreatments. A big thanks to George Git from Git Branded who talks about his experience with Image Armor in his printer.

How Much More Money Can You Put Into Your Pocket By Switching To Image Armor Inks?

October 20, 2015: NEW SPREADSHEET SHOWS YOU HOW MUCH EXTRA YOU CAN PUT INTO YOUR POCKET JUST BY USING IMAGE ARMOR INKS We thought this would be a great little spreadsheet to help everyone understand how much more money that they can put into their pocket over the course of a year simply by switching to Image Armor Inks. This [...]

The DTG Revolution has Begun

September 20, 2015: The American Revolution began in 1765 as the result of the King of England imposing taxes upon them without any representation. Through a very tumultuous time from 1765-1783, the American people fought for their freedom to be the Captains of their own destiny. They shook off the chains that held them down – the bondage of high [...]

Zenith DTG is Now Carrying Image Armor Inks in the UK

September 19, 2015: Zenith DTG is proud to be appointed as a new UK distributor for the Image Armor products. Located in the South West, this family based company with many years experience within the garment printing industry and DTG refurbishments are soon to unveil their own DTG printer the Apex along with the newly developed Sprajet pretreatment machine. According to [...]

Image Armor Inks Go Down Under

September 10, 2015: Image Armor is proud to announce that ASTECH SOLUTIONS of Sydney, Australia is now carrying the complete line of Image Armor pretreatments products as well as the new and popular E-SERIES DTG inks. The E-SERIES inks boast a true 35 second white ink cure time for dark shirts instead of the standard 120-180 second cure [...]

White Ink and WIMs Filter Change Over Notice

September 6, 2015: For any users who use are looking to switch to the Image Armor E-SERIES DTG inks and are utilizing a WIMs (White Ink Management) system to recirculate their white inks, or a printer that utilizes a standard filter like the one seen to the left (usually they are inline somewhere – sometimes before the ink [...]

Simple Green as a DTG Printer Cleaner

August 20, 2015: I have recently been told by several people that Simple Green cleaner is being recommended by printer manufacturers to flush their DTG printer. While Simple Green is a great general cleaner for a variety of surfaces you definitely DO NOT want to use this in your DTG printer. One person who reported this to Image [...]

What Happened Over the Weekend?

July 20, 2015: I thought this would be prudent to post for people to understand the physics of the inks, especially after a long weekend or several days of no white ink printing. The photo to the left shows what I saw this morning after 2 1/2 days of no printing. I shook the ink in the bottles and the [...]

Image Armor Inks Take the UK by Storm

July 19, 2015: J&B Sewing of Newport are now carrying the new Image Armor E-SERIES DTG inks for Epson re-purposed printers in the United Kingdom. The new E-SERIES inks are designed with incredible wash fastness and ease of use within the multitude of printers available on the market. Business owners will come to love the true 35 second white [...]

100% Polyester Printing with Image Armor LIGHT Shirt Formula on Brother GT3

July 17, 2015: 100% Polyester & Pretreating REALLY Does Make A Difference Maker sure to stop by our booth at the Long Beach Printwear Show July 23-25th, 2015. Image Armor will be in Booth #932 on the end aisle and you can check out this incredible print in person. We printed this on a 100% white polyester shirt and [...]

A DTG Industry First – White Ink on Black 100% Polyester

June 21, 2015: Updated 3:10 p, 9/3/15 2:08p 9/8/15 Image Armor, LLC is proud to announce that in an industry first for Epson re-purposed printers we have achieved white ink printing with superior wash fastness on black 100% polyester fabrics. Previously there were serious dye migration and wash issues associated with trying to print white ink on black polyester fabrics. [...]

Spectra DTG Ships New Image Armor E-SERIES with All New Printers Sold

June 20, 2015: Image Armor, LLC is proud to announce that Spectra DTG which produces the cost effective Spectra 3000 Direct to Garment printer is now exclusively shipping all new printers with the Image Armor E-SERIES™ DTG Inks. The new E-SERIES™ inks designed with a 35 second white ink cure time and improved wash fastness combined with the [...]

What NOT TO Do When Changing to Image Armor E-SERIES Inks

June 20, 2015: When you are changing from one ink set to another you want this process to go as smoothly as possible. You don’t need any issues or complications but often in the race to save a few dollars you might end up costing yourself hundreds of dollars in repairs. The process of cleaning your printer out is not difficult, [...]

The Beatles Said It Best…

June 20, 2015: SHAKE IT UP BABY The Beatles said it best in their song “Twist and Shout” that you should “Shake It Up Baby”. This applies not just to keep your body in shape (and have a good time) but to all White DTG inks on the market. White inks are formulated to help hide the shirt [...]

100% Polyester Printing and White Ink

June 16, 2015: Image Armor Has Done it Again 100% Polyester Printing with Regular Dupont Inks Doing the IMPOSSIBLE is what we’ve always strived to bring to our customers. Products that improve the DTG printing experience is what drives us to constantly improve the direct to garment printing process. Up until today, polyester printing with DTG has been [...]