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INDUSTRY NEWS www.images-magazine.com 10 images MARCH 2021 PRINT SHOP POOCHES Fittingly for a chairman, there is a mural of Jimmy at Essential’s offices # 64 Jimmy Whether it’s pedigree pups or mangy mutts, decorators’ dogs are valued members of staff at embroidery and print shops from Barking to Furness. This month we have Jimmy from Essential Embroidery Design in Dunstable, Bedfordshire Full names: Jimmy Georgiou Breed: Pug Age: Eight years old Time at company: Eight years! Job title: Chairman Job description: To be cute and keep everyone upbeat and sane! Special skills: Puppy eyes that make anyone give him some of their food. Favourite colours: 165c, 219c and 3275c – Essential’s brand colours, of course! www.eed-uk.com Pigment.inc BV Europe to distribute Kodak direct-to-garment printing inks Pigment.inc B.V. Europe has partnered with Eastman Kodak Company to distribute Kodacolor RDTG Series direct- to-garment inks. The new inks were specifically developed for direct-to-fabric printing on cotton, cotton blends and polyester fabrics, and are also ideal for printing directly onto finished garments as well as roll fabrics. “The water-based ink system is designed to work in digital printers that employ piezo-electric print heads, and operate at a very high level of nozzle performance among print heads requiring mid-to-high viscosity inks,” explained Kodak. “Although designed for use in production printing, these inks are also suitable for high- quality sampling and strike-offs.” imagesmag.uk/Kodak-Pigment-DTG Check out our daily industry updates on Twitter: @imagesmaguk Resolute launches new R-Jet Pro DTG printer New from Resolute DTG, the R-Jet Pro is the latest addition to its series of ‘Green Button’ DTG systems. It has dual print head technology and is designed to print a dark shirt with an A4-sized image in just under 90 seconds at 2,400dpi in a single pass. The printer also benefits from a push button, horse-shoe platen system with optical height limit switch, including three sizes of interchangeable platens. The R-Jet Pro has an industrial-sized bulk ink system that holds one-litre of each colour, including white. The intelligent white ink control system (iWICS) system circulates the white ink through the printer and back into an automatically agitating storage tank. “Driven by Resolute RIP and running on Resolute Premium Inks, the R-Jet Pro is a powerful combination. It’s designed to be walk-up ready without using ink when on standby – this is a unique feature made possible by the properties of Resolute Premium Inks combined with our tried-and-tested intelligent white ink control system,” commented Colin Marsh, managing director of Resolute DTG. “The R-Jet Pro looks after itself when not in use, with nothing to shake and without using ink,” he added. The R-Jet Pro printer includes the new Resolute RIP software, as well as mainland UK delivery, installation, training and a 12-months on-site warranty. imagesmag.uk/R-JetPro The new R-Jet Pro DTG printer features dual print head technology The new Kodacolor RDTG inks are suitable for cotton, cotton blends and polyester fabrics