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One pass does it all
Users of DTG direct to product ink jet printers will have an advantage over their competitors with the launch of One Pass Fast. This new development has achieved what was previously thought impossible - to print white and CMYK inks during the same pass.
Traditionally, before you can print a coloured t-shirt using ink jet equipment, you must first put down a layer of white ink, just like with screen printing. The software decides where the white ink should be and, on the first run, prints only the white ink onto the shirt. On the second run, or pass, the CMYK ink is laid down and the coloured image is produced. With One Pass Fast these two passes are combined into one, effectively halving the print time.
Distributor for UK and Ireland, Your Embroidery Services (YES), is delighted with this addition to its DTG catalogue. A spokesman said: “Our technicians together with those from DTG have been quietly working away in the background on this. Most people in the industry never imagined that it would be possible to print white and CYMK inks at the same time, but it goes to show what can be achieved when you have management and technical staff that are never satisfied with what they have got.”
Together, DTG and YES seem always to be looking for the next development that will give their customers the edge. With One Pass Fast they aim to offer a gigantic leap in both technology and production. In effect DTG users will be able to produce up to double that of other similar printers or, to put it another way, halve the unit cost. Apart from the effect this will have on the immediate market, it could also have a ripple effect on other industries due to increased competitiveness. One Pass Fast is patent pending so the technology will remain in the sole domain of DTG users.
Since it first appeared, ink jet technology has been the subject of disbelief. Putting ink directly onto cotton, developing a white ink suitable for ink jet printers, curing the white ink without using heat and without moving it from the printer have all been met with disbelief. With this latest advance YES and DTG have once again come through for their customers.
One thing is true it seems: printers who want to be up there with the leaders in this type of technology and compete at the highest level will have to use DTG One Pass Fast because its creators believe nothing else on the market can keep up with the level of production that it can achieve.
