P&P LIVE! 2022 Review
Charlotte Darling, director, commented that there was a lot of interest in this new technology from visitors. There was also plenty of other new equipment on stand for visitors to explore and see demonstrated live.
If you visited the Fruit of the Loom and Russell stand you may have been surprised to see an impressive looking direct to garment printer. The new Maikuro from Aeoon was printing T shirts live for visitors to take away. The compact machine features Ricoh print heads, which enable continuous ink flow to reduce the risk of jetting failure by either clogged nozzles or trapped bubbles. The next generation Epson SureColor SC-F3000 received its exhibition debut on Xpres’ stand. This production-level machine speedily delivers up to 60 full platen dark T shirt prints per hour, alongside top of the range quality with industry low ink costs; partly due to a 9L capacity bulk ink system alongside 1.5L ink pouches.
Despite the onslaught of digital and direct to film print equipment, screen printing was still well-represented with several exhibitors showcasing new products. These exhibitors were concentrated in the top left hand side of the exhibition hall.
First on the approach on the aisle furthest to the left was first time exhibitor GIF Supplies, which was showcasing its new range of screen printing inks to the UK market. GIF Supplies is the UK distributor for Uras inks. Inks in the range include; phthalate free plastisols, water-based 100% organic inks and PVC free 100% organic plastisols. Mark Priest, business development manager, said: “As a first-time exhibitor at Printwear & Promotion LIVE!, we were very pleased with the number of contacts that we made. It was great to talk to so many garment decorators and to discuss their individual needs, with many different types of equipment and perspectives on how they print. I really enjoyed the friendly vibe of the show and how receptive everyone was. It was great to be able to interact with prosects and to get them to actually feel the softness of the garments that our inks produce.” Another first-time exhibitor was Manchester Print & Press and on stand visitors were able to take a look at the Sophia from Mismatic. The single-colour automatic screen printing machine was designed and built to satisfy the requests of Mismatic’s customers. Also on display was the Grafter range of screen print transfer machinery. The range includes LED exposure units, manual and semi-automatic printing machinery, single station, dual station and pneumatic heat presses and heat transfer consumables in the form of tried and tested inks, papers and adhesive powder.
Also catering for the screen printed heat transfer market was Global Print Solutions with the new Reggie – an automatic heat transfer screen printing machine with camera registration. This machine has a maximum print area of 400x600mm and can print up to 500 sheets an hour.
Offering a more traditional set up for screen printers was H.G. Kippax & Sons and the Thunder – an industrial-grade manual screen printing press designed to handle high-demand printing while minimising wear and tear on the user. The press is available with possible configurations
www.printwearandpromotion.co.uk A3 Linear Twin Press
of four station/ four colours, four station/ six colours, six station/ six colours, four station/ eight colours, eight station/ eight colours, 10 station/ 10 colours, and 12 station/ 12 colours.
And, for those who transfer their artwork from computer to screen, the FREEStyler 2 CTS system received its official launch at P&P LIVE! The FREEStyler 2 frees screen
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