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Fleetee:
I am doing some DTG research on the side. Any videos, blogs, articles, or anything at all that you guys can recommend to someone as new as me? What made you make your decision on which DTG printer to purchase, what are the important things I should REALLY be considering.
Pretty much, what would you have told yourself when you first started looking into DTG with the knowledge you have now?

GraphicDisorder:
Don't just look at machine costs, which is what a lot of people focus on and that is a mistake.

You have to consider:
Machine Costs
Ink Costs
Maintenance Costs/Time involved to complete.
Actual print quality
Print speed
Availability of support

mk162:
Look at the hidden costs....like maintenance.  I think M&R has the best maintenance system and their inks are about the cheapest.

I wouldn't go with the Epson, I think it's slightly above consumer grade.  I also wouldn't buy the previous gen Brother, the GT-3 series.  The white ink maintenance will about kill you.

I've heard good things about the new Brother GTX, but I haven't seen one.

If I was buying one now, I would probably go M&R.  But I would also check out the Brother.  The Anajet has come a long way as well.

I would avoid any sort of modified Epson printer.

GraphicDisorder:
I agree. Absolutely stay way from epson based machines. Heard a zillion stories.

mimosatexas:
We got one of the new Epson 2100 in the shop about a month ago and so far so good. Wouldn't have been my first choice, but it's what we ended up with and it's working well. I would definitely stay away from any of the Epson mods though. We were using two of those before this upgrade and had constant issues. Ink is cheaper than brother, but still not "bulk" rates.  At our volume though (hundreds of prints a day) we needed cheap redundancy and the epson fit the bill for now (we will likely be getting 3 to 5 more once we are sure it works for our needs). I have to admit we were definitely scared away from the m&r being discontinued even though i know they will continue to support it for a while...

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