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PF DTG PRINTING www.images-magazine.com 60 images SEPTEMBER 2019 The BT-12 prints directly onto cotton up to the size of an A4 print Roland DG: BT-12 DTG Printer New for 2019, the BT-12 direct-to-garment printer from Roland DG offers a compact and user- friendly DTG option that will print directly onto cotton up to the size of an A4 print. Roland says the BT-12 is a perfect entry-level printer as it can be operated in a small space and doesn’t demand a high level of expertise from the user. “It’s so user-friendly, it’s possible to start customising T-shirts or tote bags within an hour of installation.” Kai Perry, Roland’s application engineer, adds: “It’s fast, it’s really easy to use and the print quality is unbelievable. You don’t even need RIP software; the interface is the same as an office printer. If you buy it, you won’t be able to stop playing with it!” Every BT-12 unit is also sold with an Original Warranty, which covers the user against the most common faults and technical issues. www.rolanddg.co.uk GS UK: Brother GTX The latest generation of Brother direct-to-garment printer, the Brother GTX, is capable of printing 1,200 x 1,200dpi prints in a single pass at mass production speeds, reports UK distributor GS UK. A new white ink circulation system keeps the white ink in suspension and the machine’s wet capping station helps to prevent the ink from drying on the bottom of the nozzle plate. This results in reduced maintenance costs and downtime, says GS UK. The GTX uses the new Brother Innobella inks, which Brother says offer a wider colour gamut that provides users with more vibrancy and depth to their colour printing. Demonstrations of the Brother GTX can be arranged via GS UK. www.gs-uk.com The Brother GTX features a new generation of industrial print heads that promise faster printing speeds Vastex International: LittleRed X1D Vastex International has introduced the “world’s smallest conveyor dryer”, the LittleRed X1D, which is suitable for use with prints output from Anajet, Brother, Epson, Polyprint and other DuPont-based DTG printing systems, depending on model size and image saturation. The new compact dryer measures 46 x 122cm, (the dimensions of its conveyor belt), and is said to be the first dryer with a heater that spans the entire belt width. Vastex says the dryer can cure up to 27 garments DTG-printed with digital white ink per hour, as well as screen-printed garments at rates up to 81 pieces per hour for water-based ink or discharge, and 162 per hour for plastisols. Mark Vasilantone, president of Vastex, comments: “This is an extremely dense machine engineered to meet the space, budget and performance needs of DTG shops using the most popular inkjets on the market.” The dryer is also typically employed to dry the pretreatment, relegating the heat press to flattening of raised fibres prior to printing with a one-second ‘touch’ per garment, he adds. www.vastex.com The LittleRed X1D is said to be the first dryer with a heater that spans the entire belt width