"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
the only way to make films nearly as fast as this would be to have a printer that punches alignment holes in them as they print and those would fit into a jig on the expo unit.
not fully...unless the tri-loc will somehow allow you to have a better image...I doubt it. we would sometimes get moire at 55lpi on a 230...i have yet to see it with the i-image...at all.The detail is so much better...
I think some would be very surprised at just how well our modified triloc works. I get a passionate about the benefits of that thing like I do thin thread mesh because it's an unbelievable tool for us. I can see how some are skeptical but I've never said it's better than a CTS system, but it can't be beat when it comes to ROI here at our shop. Maybe if we could get an STE II for cheap would it beat out our regi system as an investment but that's not reality. I just think that for us it has had such a huge impact that I can't not talk about it with some vigor.
This has been the foundation of my stance on why SRI won't see as big of an increase in throughput as the shop that spends 30 minutes setting up a 6 color job. I haven't a clue how other shops are doing with their setups with a modified triloc, but if anyone wants to see how ours works the doors are always open. The longest I've gone without needing to touch a micro is about 20 screens. On the average 6 color setup, there is one touch of the micro and 2 test prints and we're rolling. And of course we can't duplicate a CTS's image detail and would have never claimed to, but the only time we see moire is when I get stupid and try to put a 55lpi halftoned image on a 150 or 180. It's been years since we saw moire on anything above a 205. But we've got nice film and a great light source which is the key for us. A CTS'd screen and a new MH bulb will blow our stuff out of the water, but we're printing on T-shirts and you reach the point of diminishing returns due to the ability of the fibers of the shirt to hold only so much detail. I guess if we could output everything at 80lpi on 330/30's it would be neat, but I don't know that we'd ever need that unless I wanted to start trying to win some awards. Which I do have an interest in doing some day and once we get a CTS I'll look further into doing that. I think some would be very surprised at just how well our modified triloc works. I get a passionate about the benefits of that thing like I do thin thread mesh because it's an unbelievable tool for us. I can see how some are skeptical but I've never said it's better than a CTS system, but it can't be beat when it comes to ROI here at our shop. Maybe if we could get an STE II for cheap would it beat out our regi system as an investment but that's not reality. I just think that for us it has had such a huge impact that I can't not talk about it with some vigor.