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PRINTING 100% POLYESTER WITH THE EPSON F2100 We just got our new Epson F2100 DTG printer in for testing and wanted to show you what you can do with the Image Armor DTG pretreatment products. We are excited to report our first tests and we started with 100% Black polyester […]
There were some exciting new developments that were unveiled at the 2019 Printing United (formerly known as SGIA) in Dallas during the October 23rd-25th 2019 show. M&R showcased their newest Direct To Garment printer the Maverick. This new DTG printer had some very unique and new additions that would appear […]
Direct To Garment printing should be easy, right? Just load the graphic, the shirt, and press the PRINT button. But anyone who has ever done DTG printing knows that there is a LOT more to it than just that. Even though there are a lot of moving parameters in DTG […]
The Pretreatment Dance – What is the Right Amount of DTG Pretreatment? A very often asked question in Direct To Garment printing is “How much pretreatment do I need to apply to the shirt?”. For the new DTG printer (and those who’ve printed for a while) this is a very […]
100% Red Polyester Printing with Image Armor ULTRA PRINTING 100% POLYESTER WITH IMAGE ARMOR ULTRA We’ve been hearing a lot lately about this pretreatment, this ink, etc. that will allow us to print on polyester fabrics. For the last 4 years Image Armor pretreatments have allowed this to be accomplished. […]
Direct To Garment Tips & Tricks – Pretreatment Tube Holder Most people just open their pretreatment container, stick the supply tube for the PT machine into the container and forget about it. But often times these tubes are curled and will want to “pop” or flop out of the pretreatment […]
What do these two items have in common? Vanilla Frosting and a DTG print? The answer might surprise you. 9 Million metric tons of it are produced each year (estimated) It can be found in hydro-thermal veins It is odorless The exterior of the Saturn V rocket was covered in […]
We wanted to show you EXACTLY why you want to use the RTP Apparel garments that utilize our Image Armor pretreatment technology. This is especially true for a white T-Shirt. We’ve heard from many DTG’ers the question – “Why pay more, or a premium, for a white T-Shirt when you can purchase […]
Over the past several months we have been testing the Image Armor ULTRA with Brother’s white OEM ink. We wanted to present our findings with the industry. In the past, we really did not effectively endorse using our Image Armor ULTRA dark shirt pretreatment with Brother OEM inks. However, in our […]