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PF DTG PRINTING www.images-magazine.com 58 images SEPTEMBER 2019 YES: G4, M and QM-Series DTG Europe says its latest G4 direct- to-garment printer is incredibly fast, able to print full-colour, vibrant designs onto a white garment in only 28 seconds. “The G4 DTG was developed to be the most affordable DTG printer in its market segment, combining high speed, superb quality and ease of use all in one compact single-platen machine. It’s the perfect machine for start-ups, or small businesses looking to expand, allowing you to maximise your production and profit potential with incredibly low cost per print, whilst saving you time, money and increasing your capacity to print more, faster and for much less,” says the company. The G4 has up to 1,200dpi colour print resolution and four high speed Ricoh piezo print heads that promise “ultra-sharp results”. It also features automated ink cleaning to maintain optimal performance, as well as a magnetic quick-change platen designed to speed up production. “Whether a novice or experienced user, you’ll have the machine set up and ready in minutes,” adds DTG Europe, pointing to the G4’s intuitive large 7” colour touchscreen display. The high-speed, 10/100 base-T Ethernet and USB file transfer capabilities are designed to ensure that transferring designs is fast and straightforward. DTG Europe’s new generation of multi-bed, industrial printers – the M2, M6 and QM-series – are designed for medium- to large-scale production. Each machine features flexible platen arrangements, large ink reserves and a WIMS (white ink management system), which is said to help prevent head clogging, reduce maintenance downtime considerably and make it easier than ever to upscale your production. The DTG QM-8, for example, can produce 1,700+ prints on white T-shirts in only eight hours, adds the company. www.yesltd.co.uk Kornit Digital: Avalanche Poly Pro Kornit Digital’s latest direct-to-garment-system, the Avalanche Poly Pro, has been specifically developed for printing on polyester. The system is based on a new ink set, including a new polyester enhancer, which is designed to enable garments to be cured at a significantly lower temperature than with the company’s standard ink sets. “That way,’ says the company, “dye migration becomes a thing of the past”. Kornit says the new Avalanche offers great print quality on polyester garments, promising users “crisp prints with an opaque and contoured white, as well as photorealistic images”. The company adds that its Poly Pro technology is the first clean, digital, industrial way to print on polyester, and to avoid the typical shortfalls of common processes. “It produces short runs economically, it works on both dark and white polyester and it avoids manual, labour-intensive process steps.” www.kornit.com Kornit says its Poly Pro technology is the first clean, digital, industrial way to print on polyester The G4 DTG from DTG Europe is said to print full-colour designs onto white garments in only 28 seconds MHM: Digital V Pro The Digital V Pro from MHM offers “the perfect entry into the world of digital textile printing”, says the company. MHM adds that the digital print station is made in “proven MHM quality and also offers extremely reliable and cost-effective printing.” It reports that the printing of a logo measuring 250mm x 180mm with a resolution of 720 x 1,200dpi costs only 0.009 euros. “At the same time, the Digital Pro V is extremely fast and competes with the best in terms of production speed: the throughput is about 200 pieces per hour, depending on material and design.” The new printer has two Seiko Epson Precision Core print heads, which provide a print resolution of 720 x 1,200dpi. “The Digital Pro V is built to a very high quality and is largely insensitive to external influences, such as temperature or humidity,” MHM comments, adding that there is no need for an intermediary flash curer, with designs printed “wet-on-wet”. Print control is handled by the Caldera V11 RIP software and a Zeus V Printer Controller. www.mhmscreenprinting.com The new MHM Digital V Pro