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option to launch a white label website for on-demand orders using a DecoNetwork platform specifically designed for direct to film printing.
Life changing
The first machine in the UK was installed at Manchester-based Identity Printing in March, a mere six months after Nathan began modifying an Epson desktop printer. “They’ve told me that this machine has changed their lives,” says Colin. And since then, installations of the machine have been non-stop.
TheMagicTouch and Resolute DTG are currently installing the machines at a rate of six a week in the UK and have enough orders on their books to take them through to the beginning of next year. Sales have taken off that much, that Colin says he has had to open a second unit to house a bigger showroom, allowing for more storage in the original Resolute HQ where the pre-delivery inspection testing is performed. “We are completely snowed under with orders and are recruiting extra inkjet technician’s and additional members in our consumables team to cope with demand,” says Colin.
Jim agrees: “We have sold a machine to everyone who has seen it. The only exception being those whose building we cannot physically get the machine into because of its size.”
The footprint for the R-Jet Pro and the automatic finishing unit is approximately 4x2m. The printer including the stand is 150kgs and the finishing unit is 270kgs. For those with tight corners and doorways, this machine is definitely not an option as a minimum of 1m door clearance is required for installation.
Hannah Benson of Signature Printing with the R-Jet Pro DTF printer
Users of the DTF system can set up a white label website
Jim continues: “This machine is worth its weight in gold and some of the comments we have received from customers are unbelievable. Some have even cancelled their orders for DTG printers on the phone right in front of us, after seeing a demo of the DTF printer.” Both men agree that this is a very exciting time for the garment
Pre-COVID Signature Printing was the biggest seller of personalised gifts on eBay, which gives an indication of the size of the business and the output that the team are capable of producing on a daily basis. The team have just been through one of their busiest periods with the back to school season and the R-Jet Pro DTF printer has coped with the demand. Two team members can comfortably print 2,000 jobs in a day. And the beauty of DTF is that you can produce transfers in advance and decide what product to apply them to later on. “We were actually quite shocked at how good the printer actually is. It is hands
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decoration market and predict that in time, the DTF process will become quicker, smaller and cheaper to open up the technology to even more decorators.
• You can see this machine in action at Printwear & Promotion LIVE! in February
down the best printer we have ever owned. Even our customers have noticed the difference in the quality of the prints. Quality isn’t lost in the prints, even with tiny writing on neck labels. It’s game changing,” says Hannah.
Hannah would love to have a second system installed in due course. And with the R-Jet Pro DTF printer she says that bigger and better things are planned for Signature Printing in the next 12 months. Hannah even has plans to regain her top spot on eBay as the number one seller of promotional gifts, after the pandemic affected sales in the last 18 months.
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