An update on our Epson OEM inks and Image Armor ULTRA pretreatment print on a Black 100% Polyester Sport-Tek ST340 shirt: 10 washes in and still absolutely no degradation in the image. It looks incredible with the white ink still extremely white and the reds still popping. Again, this was […]
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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 […]
WHITE INK PRINTING ON BLACK 100% POLYESTER – FLASHBACK THURSDAY Many people have been asking about white ink printing on black polyester. This is not really new as Image Armor posted this article over a year ago on our webpage. We’ve been printing white ink on black polyester for well […]
We wanted to show everyone how important it is to ensure that your DTG ink is properly cured. Figure 1 shows two different shirts with the same image printed. The garment is a 100% black polyester fabric with the Image Armor E-SERIES inks. This picture is after just one wash and […]
TIP #1: PRETREATING AND CURING THE PRETREATMENT FOR 100% BLACK POLYESTER PRINTING You will typically need MORE pretreatment than a standard 100% cotton garment. Try starting your testing with 30-40 grams of ULTRA pretreatment. This means the shirt is going to be WET! Try Hover Curing…… this will require NO […]
WHAT WE FOUND During our routine printing and testing procedures we came across something that we though should be shared with our customers in regards to shirts, pretreatment and inks. We were printing some white 100% polyester fabric shirts that were pretreated with 16g of the Image Armor LIGHT Shirt Formula. […]
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 […]
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 […]
100% POLYESTER PRINTING WITH IMAGE ARMOR Maker sure to stop by our booth at the Long Beach Printwear Show July 23-25th. 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 […]
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 […]