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PRINTWEAR & PROMOTION EXHIBITION
Together at last
White and CMYK ink delivered together? If only! Well dream no longer because now you can achieve,
what was, the impossible using the DTG One Pass Fast system which will be launched at this year's
Printwear & Promotion Show. The development means that you can now print non-white T shirts in
one go by delivering the white and the CMYK ink in the same pass.
D
irect to product ink jet printing opened up a Now let’s look at the new
whole new market when it was introduced method:
only a few years ago. Up until then it was 1. Pre-treat shirt
just not economical to print small numbers of full 2. Mount onto platen
colour prints but companies like DTG and Your 3. Load design
Embroidery Services Ltd were among the first to 4. Print white and CMYK ink
introduce us to this new technology which, at last, 5. Cure shirt
made the uneconomical affordable.
Initially the printing was reserved for white (or very There is only one process less
light coloured) T shirts but the industry soon in the new system and the
wanted more. They wanted, and to a degree cynical amongst you may now
needed, to be able to print onto dark shirts be having doubts about how
especially black but to do this, as with screen important this development
print, a white ink would need to be laid down really is. But remember that the
first. The white ink was duly developed together missing process accounts for
with a method of not only delivering it but also about half of the actual
curing it without removing the platen from the printing time. The current
machine. The one thing that could not be done, method for all machines of this
until now, was to print the white and the colours type requires the printer to
at the same time. Even in screen print this is make one pass for the white ink and a second one amazing effect on production but when you
something that still cannot be done. The concept for the CMYK effectively making two prints combine this with the new PreJet, which
of delivering the two together, knowing that the whereas the One Pass Fast only needs one pass automates the pre-treat process, then the
white ink must be cured (at least to a degree) for both prints – printing time halved! competitive bar raises even higher.
before the colour is laid down, seemed impossible, The reduction in print time will redefine the You still have to pre-treat the shirt but the PreJet
until now. profitability of the machine and, of course, the unit does it quicker and with more accuracy and
cost per print improving dramatically the consistency ready for the one pass print that is
To understand just how ground breaking DTG One competitiveness of the machines. It will make it now possible.
Pass Fast is let’s first look at the current processes more viable to handle the larger orders that Roy Burton, MD of YES Ltd, said: “The One Pass
used in printing a black T shirt: previously the machines could not compete with - Fast is just unbelievable and something that all in
1. Pre-treat shirt screen printing for instance. It will also affect other the industry thought to be impossible. The massive
2. Mount onto platen industries as it competes at a much higher level. increase in production will put our customers light-
3. Load design The system is patent pending ensuring that it years ahead. It’s good to know as well that, as it is
4. Print white ink remains the sole property of DTG with only its subject to patent pending, this system will be
5. Print CMYK ink customers gaining the advantage. exclusive to them.”
6. Cure shirt Using One Pass Fast on its own will have an DTG One Pass Fast is a breakthrough but it is the
magnitude of the breakthrough that will amaze
most on-lookers, according to YES Ltd.
Roy Burton continued: "The original technology for
CMYK
this style of printing only came into being a few
years ago and yet DTG and Your Embroidery
Services Ltd have taken hold of it and defined it in
new ways. Even before One Pass Fast DTG were
seen as the defining company where this
technology is concerned but with this latest
introduction they have established themselves as
unique in this field not only in what they have
WHITE
developed but also in their approach to the
industry. DTG constantly strive for the next
breakthrough which will give their customers an
advantage in this competitive market."
Current machines offering the single pass system
are The Viper and The K3 but it is likely that others
White & CMYK
will follow in the near future.
Delivered Together
For further information visit
www.yesltd.co.uk
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