UK and Eire digital picture switch tools provider The Magic Contact has added the Mutoh/STS VJ-628D desktop modular system to its ‘DTF Magic’ direct-to-film (DTF) portfolio.
Displayed at Fespa in October, the collaborative Mutoh/STS VJ-628D system combines the STS VJ-628D, which is predicated on Mutoh’s Valuejet 628 eight-channel printer chassis with Epson industrial printhead expertise and the STS switch and curing expertise.
Priced at £9,000 for the system, that is an entry-level possibility for these trying to get into the customized attire market, stated The Magic Contact managing director, Jim Nicol. He highlighted the system’s cost-per-transfer function which may produce work for as little as 4p per switch.
“That is the primary main producer that has put one thing collectively like this and it presents folks a incredible alternative. Curiosity has been phenomenal as a result of with the ability to produce transfers at such a low price is actually engaging and may help printers appeal to new clients.
“The personalisation of clothes and workwear is simply getting larger and greater yearly, there may be nice repeat potential in it as nicely,” he added.
“It’s good for many who beforehand might have tried DTG however have been restricted with the pre-treatment and the restricted gadgets that may very well be adorned and in addition industrial printers who wish to provide personalised workwear to their current clients,” he added.
The 630mm-wide VJ-628D printer can be utilized on a desk high or a rolling stand and as a part of the modular system the CMYK plus double hit white machine prints on to STS coated PET movie utilizing water-based inks from STS.
The printed picture then has a powder adhesive utilized utilizing an computerized ‘Shake and Bake’ unit or alternatively, for auto cut-sheet or roll-to-sheet prints, the movie will be cured at as much as 95°C in a desktop curing oven.
DTF is suited to each white or darkish textiles, providing a matt or gloss end with no pre-treatment, reducing or weeding, or superior technical information required therefore its suitability to new market entrants.
In line with Nicol, the important thing benefit of DTF over DTG (direct-to-garment) is its compatibility with a wider vary of supplies similar to non-treated cotton, silk, polyester, denim, nylon, leather-based and 50/50 blends, whereas DTG is suited to a extra restricted vary.
The printer is pushed by a bespoke RIP and presents a pre-production ‘cost-per-transfer’ function enabling customers to cost every switch to a precise price.
“Having thought-about over the previous 12 months the nice response and uptake of DTF expertise, mixed with the success of these now utilizing the method in manufacturing environments, we should guarantee we’re in a position to provide the suitable answer for particular buyer wants,” stated Nicol.
“The prevailing DTF600 printer is really incredible and presents actual switch manufacturing capabilities as much as 15sqm/hr, however we strongly really feel the dimensions and area requirement is restrictive for a lot of potential customers. This new desktop possibility is ideal regardless of the slower manufacturing pace,” he added.
With inventory of the brand new system anticipated to be out there from The Magic Contact in mid-January, demonstrations through Zoom or in-person from its Dunstable showroom are at present out there on request.