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PrintingWhiteInkon aT-Jet
Why buya T-Jet fromU.S.Screen?
White Ink Overview
Printing white ink on an inkjet printer is VERY HARD. In fact,
we spent over one year trying to develop the proper ink. The
problem is that inkjet nozzles print very thin deposits of ink
that islike water. It is certainlyNOT the same as a thick tradi-
tional screen print plastisol. In fact, it really should not work.
And, white ink tends to settle if not used properly.The only
real wayto print white is to find a way to keep the pigment
setting on top of the garment.
Pretreating Garment
In traditional inkjet printing on textiles (bed sheets, shower
curtains, gaming tables, carpet, etc.), a pretreatment is used
to make the fabric inkjet ink receptive and to keep the pig-
menton top. This is the same method we use to create
STUNNING black shirt prints.
Software is part of the magic
Even with the ink and pretreatment, software is needed to tell
the printer how much white to print out of what ink cartridges,
AND, how to print a grayscale underbase of the image (only a
novice prints solid white). And.... a great black shirt print
needs a highlight white to boost the white where it needs it.
This is what give “US” the edge. Over the years we have
become known as black shirt printing and underbase experts.
Our FastFILMS color separation program for screen printing
is used on most black shirts that are screen printed around
the world. We were able to transfer these years of knowledge
and experience to FastARTISTand FastRIP.
We are the market leaders
As the market gets crowded with competitors the obvious question
is “whyshould you buy a printer from U.S. Screen?” If you are new
to the industry you may not know who we are.
U.S. Screen Print & Inkjet Technology has been around since 1979,
and company founders, Scott and Pat Fresener, have been in the
industry since 1970. You will be dealing with one of the most
respected and reputable companies in the industry.
But, what does this mean? It means thatwe stand behind our prod-
ucts; they are manufactured to exacting standards; the Freseners
bring their screen print and garment printing knowledge and apply it
to inkjet printing;they offer the best support in the industry; they
have sold more machines than any other manufacture; AND, they
have the brightest colors and best white ink in the industry!
It means you will not be dealing with an “agent” for a foreign manu-
facture who will “have to get back with you” for support. It means we
talk your language and are here with live body support even after
hours!
What more can you ask for? Do not buy on price alone. There
is much more to an expensive purchase than that.
A Word About the Competition
We do not try to sell byspending all of our time talking about the
competition. We feel the way to sell products is to talk about what
benefits we can give you and how our products will help you make
more money and have a successful business.
But, we feel it important that you not be swayed by comments from
our competitors. Make sure to get names of actual users and to
see shirtsamples. Ask for real production rates and ink costs and
demand that you get the real numbers. Anyone can generalize at
production rates. Get the facts.
As for white ink, do NOTbuy a printer based on the promise that
“white is coming.” It took usover a year to develop white ink and
we knowwe are on the leading edge. Make sure when you buy a
printer to print white ink that it really prints WHITE ink. One well
known company offers “discharge printing” as “white” when in fact
discharge is an old screen print technique to bleach the dye from
the garment. It gives you the natural shirt color and not white.
Again, get samples.
Whencompetitors have to spend all their time talking about us
there must be some reason they don’t talk about themselves!
1. Create theimage in yourfavorite graphicpro-
gram or inFastARTIST. Or, use customer supplied
art. FastARTIST createsanunderbase and high-
light file. Print directly from FastARTIST.
3. Load a shirt in the printer and print from
FastARTIST. Most prints will need two passesof
whiteinkto get good coverage. Medium colored
shirts may only need one pass of white.
5. Cure the print in aheat transferpress (rec-
ommended)or through a conveyor dryer. Dark shirt
prints look great and hold up throughrepeated
washings.
4. The last passis for the colors of CMYK. This
pass also prints a highlight white ink that boosts the
white ink even moremaking it lookbetter than
screen printing!
2. Spray a light mist of pretreatment on the gar-
ment and dry it quickly ina heat transfer press or
conveyor dryer. Aheat press worksbetter because
it mats downthe garment fibers.
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