Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
Even if in 20 years time this magic happens.... the adoption of new tech is SUPER slow in this industry. I can't tell you how many shops ive been in with presses from the 80's and 90's. Its sad.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on July 07, 2017, 03:26:04 PMEven if in 20 years time this magic happens.... the adoption of new tech is SUPER slow in this industry. I can't tell you how many shops ive been in with presses from the 80's and 90's. Its sad.I can agree to a certain extent. I don't think the screen printing industry felt the need to advance quickly. The DTG industry has to. Also, me being on the inside, I understand the need and also see what we as a company are personally doing to change it. It's advanced incredibly in the last 10 years and I don't see the advancement stopping. But again, I imagine I'm a little biased being on the inside looking out.
10 years ago it was a full joke no matter what any one says. 20- years it might be something shops will have as common as say a heat press.... but even then I think you wont live long enough to see DTG take over the garment market.
Yes I get it. I'm just a cheap bastard lol. The depreciation on machines is pretty insane though some saving up to 50% of new but it's used and we know what can come of that.
Yes exactly frog man. I wonder if there are any unbiased tests of costs of operating/maintaining the most popular brands of dtg printers out there anywhere. My guess is no, but would be very helpful.
In DTG you don't hand a customer a source book for shirts and say pick anything you want, it just cannot work that way. So you pick shirts that work well but have a variety and let the customer choose from that. I know you say the customer wants what they want, but you wouldn't print on 100% polyester, it's simply not an option, so why offer garments that don't print well in the 100% cotton category.
I think the entry price needs to come down. An all in setup is what 30-40k for a decent machine and all the peripherals?
Additionally I have 2 CSRs and it is a major training issue to tell them and reinforce that we only DTG these specific brands of shirts. Then check every invoice to make sure they only sell the tess I told them work with DTG. What a pain, its too much information to retain and check.
Also DTG is well supplemented by a print and cut machine to round out the full color offering.
Quote from: JeridHill on July 07, 2017, 04:54:19 PMQuote from: GraphicDisorder on July 07, 2017, 03:26:04 PMEven if in 20 years time this magic happens.... the adoption of new tech is SUPER slow in this industry. I can't tell you how many shops ive been in with presses from the 80's and 90's. Its sad.I can agree to a certain extent. I don't think the screen printing industry felt the need to advance quickly. The DTG industry has to. Also, me being on the inside, I understand the need and also see what we as a company are personally doing to change it. It's advanced incredibly in the last 10 years and I don't see the advancement stopping. But again, I imagine I'm a little biased being on the inside looking out.10 years ago it was a full joke no matter what any one says. 20- years it might be something shops will have as common as say a heat press.... but even then I think you wont live long enough to see DTG take over the garment market.