It's not the $10 of film, $2 of ink or 50 cents of adhesive you wasted, it the time to go back and do it rightĪs my Grandfather, a great carpenter taught me, "Measure twice, cut once!" Yes, consumables in the DTF world aren't as expensive as in the DTG arena, however, errors cost money - reduce your errors and your bottom line will improve. Goal: Produce more per shift with the same costs - producing more absorbs your hourly/daily cost Time spent preparing saves changeover time later In wide format roll-to-roll printing, it is best to gang your art and simplly allow the printer to run 6,7,8 hours consistently. Most businesses are more interested in UTILIZATION of each person and machineĭon't just figure what you are producing hourly, figure what you are losing when the machine is not in operation Operator, Supervisor, Office staff, Daily costs to run the business When calculating a TRUE ROI, you must cosider all areas of your business - the five most important are ROI calculations can get very complicated when you take into consideration what exactly happens at your business. Ten different customers may give you ten different answers on how they look at their return on investment when they purchase machinery - the Color Drop DTF customer is no different. Resolution, identified by NPI of the print head, should be used to analyze the image quality.ĭPI and resolution are both elements that make up a high-quality image, and are often used side by side to produce print media, but resolution is all that matters when it comes to digital media. DPI does not simply or seamlessly transfer to digital media. Many people still believe that DPI is the ideal measure for digital printing, it simply is not. Inkjet printheads are distinguished by their nozzles per inch (NPI) or the rectangular grid of possible printable dots defined by the nozzle distance along the axis of the printhead, and by the speed and frequency along the axis of the media motion. Printing directly to film and transferring the image to a garment allows for the best resolution. Printing directly to garments reduces the resolution and contrast of the image. Many factors contribute to the overall performance of a printhead: Drop size, Nozzles per inch, Drop volume consistency, Accuracy of drop placement, and the systems overall integration. The level of sharpness or contrast, a component of the drop size. There are two major factors that influence print resolution:Ģ. Print resolution is the ability of a printing system to reproduce image detail. Versus screen printing - print and apply nearly immediately, less set up, less people, less messĪLL IN ALL - DTF costs less to get into, costs less to produce and is much easier Versus DTF - we have solved the polyester problem 100% - we have yet to print on a product that we couldn't get to work - even hard goods such as wood and coffee mugs - though we sell DTF for those applicationsĤ. You can control the output and the density of the ink at any time and on any image.ģ. Then why Color Drop - we take EVERYTHING to the next level - our head boards are the best available, we have ink filters and circulation systems and ink stirring systems and the BEST ICC profiles available.
We have competitors, and we believe that our competitors printers work - hey, they are just digital printers and digital printers have been around for many years
While others may mock their "home-made" converted printers, Color Drop watches what they are doing and we see those people as future customersĢ. THEN we saw the videos, received the samples and WOW, here we are 18 months later - an authorized EPSON dealer, having Pitney Bowes as our service team and the self-proclaimed leader in DTF sales in the United States and Canada - we've even sold 2 printers to Trinidad!ġ. Now, they have 20 years in sublimation printer experience, and I thought we would dip our toe into that over-saturated business, but DTF is much better, with more upside.
In late July 2020 we were approached by previous overseas colleagues and were asked to be the North American arm of their new Direct to Film printer and dryer - at first, we thought, "Well, just transfers," and, were not immediately interested.
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