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Maverick vs. Avalanche
zanegun08:
As promised, here is the photos of 3 samples of 12 images that I got from the Maverick.
Also today I got my first production order (of 5 pieces) that will go to a customer. We also have a 60 piece order in production but are waiting for a pre-production sample to arrive before that is approved.
These photos were taken on a phone. So some quick commentary, the White tee looks great, and it held up well to its first wash. The one posted is unwashed. Looks really nice.
The Grey tee, pre wash looks amazing, there is a slight discoloration from the pre-treat, but that goes away in the wash. However the black after washing fibrillated quite a bit, and to the eye (not camera) looks much more off black than in the photo. However with the vintage subject it looks great, but if that isn't the affect you are after may be possible to have the printer print more black (but not really possible when contracting).
Navy Tee, this one doesn't have enough going on, and I don't think the quality of this print looks good. The Pantone is Pantone 2995, and is lacking the opacity for a solid print. Also I'll follow up on the next post with the real issue with this one.
zanegun08:
--- Quote from: zanegun08 on November 06, 2020, 01:40:23 PM --- Also I'll follow up on the next post with the real issue with this one.
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This is what happened on the white, this is on a 100% cotton ASColour blank which is probably one of the most ideal tees to print on since they are so tightly woven.
Michelle is now working on dialing in the Maverick so hopefully this will be fixed, said it's something to do with head temperature.
However, this to me is an unsellable tee, I'm sure 80% of people would be fine with it, however wether user error, equipment error, pretreat error, whatever it is, makes me apprehensive to contract out if that is what will get sent out with no pre-samples (adding time / cost), which again makes it not so viable for small orders.
However, in reality we would just screen print this image, so I don't know if it is the best way to judge anyhow.
GraphicDisorder:
--- Quote from: zanegun08 on November 06, 2020, 01:45:33 PM ---
--- Quote from: zanegun08 on November 06, 2020, 01:40:23 PM --- Also I'll follow up on the next post with the real issue with this one.
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This is what happened on the white, this is on a 100% cotton ASColour blank which is probably one of the most ideal tees to print on since they are so tightly woven.
Michelle is now working on dialing in the Maverick so hopefully this will be fixed, said it's something to do with head temperature.
However, this to me is an unsellable tee, I'm sure 80% of people would be fine with it, however wether user error, equipment error, pretreat error, whatever it is, makes me apprehensive to contract out if that is what will get sent out with no pre-samples (adding time / cost), which again makes it not so viable for small orders.
However, in reality we would just screen print this image, so I don't know if it is the best way to judge anyhow.
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My Mlink would have out performed that print easily. On a worse shirt even. He's got something wrong going on there I suspect.
brandon:
Why did they stop the M-Link for this newer equipment does anyone know?
blue moon:
--- Quote from: brandon on November 06, 2020, 08:36:51 PM ---Why did they stop the M-Link for this newer equipment does anyone know?
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bad head design by Ricoh (?). I think those were the 4th gen heads that were really hard to keep going well long term. Can't remember exactly who made them, but i heard from another manufacturer that sold the same exact machine (they were China imports and rebranded by several companies M&R included) that it was really hard to keep them running.
pierre
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