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PF DIGITAL PRINTING www.images-magazine.com 90 images APRIL 2019 Brother: Brother GTX Brother reports that its Brother GTX DTG printer, which is equipped with industrial print heads developed by Brother for garment printing, is easy to maintain and uses the manufacturer‘s Oeko-Tex certified inks. With “a very high print speed“ and several additional features aimed at garment printing, the Brother GTX DTG printer “is the best solution for high volume and small productions“, says the company. It offers tools such as Envision, a projector system, and a Brother-made camera system, Acculine, to ensure “100% accuracy“ when placing designs and to reduce misprints. In addition, several software solutions for automated processes are available that can either be used with an existing production set-up or to help a customer create a unique workflow for their own start-up. There are a wide variety of easy-to-change platens on offer to enable printing on different types of garments such as shoes, caps, over the zips of hoodies, baby clothing and jeans. “This flexibility combined with its high speed and production features makes the GTX one of the most sold DTG printers in the last years,“ says the company. www.brother-industrial.com The Envision [L] and Acculine [R] systems for Brother GTX According to Hybrid Services, Mimaki’s TS55-1800 dye sublimation transfer printer “is shaking up the textile printing industry“. The company comments: “With a newly developed print head capable of achieving vibrant colours even at the highest speeds, alongside Mimaki’s digital textile printing heritage, the 1.9m wide TS55 enjoyed its first UK and Irish public showing at this year’s Sign & Digital UK exhibition at the NEC i n Birmingham in April.” “The release of the TS55-1800 is an important one for Mimaki and the textile printing sector,” confirms Brett Newman, chief operations manager for Hybrid, Mimaki’s UK and Ireland distributor. “It’s ideally suited to companies producing soft signage, retail graphics, fashion and sportswear, and benefits from a winning combination of low running costs and high productivity.“ He continues: “The response to Mimaki’s new TS55-1800 has been incredibly positive, empowering designers, fashion houses and clothing producers to deliver short runs of print faster, at a lower cost and with a simpler workflow than ever before.” www.hybridservices.co.uk The Mimaki TS55-1800 dye sublimation transfer printer Hybrid: Mimaki TS55- 1800 Dye Sublimation Transfer Printer