"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I really think, alot has to do with training and maintenance. Most people think it's like buying a regular printer that they use at home or office for printing color day to day paper prints. If most of the economical DTG's of today are epson base, they are basically the same as far as the main functionality goes. Rips may vary, most if not all DTG inks are made by 1 company, Dupont and then relabeled, so it boils down to the user. Like saying an Acer pc is a pos vs a dell. If both have seagate Hd's, Pny memory, Asus mother boards, and intel processors, Windows 7, the rest is a power source, and a housing, and the most important variable, THE USER. I hear good and bad about every single machine out there, including the Kornit, which is un-dboubtlably the most sophisticated DTG out there. Even Brother users, some love, others sell to go with something else. I think what we are going to do, is go with something used, 2 years old or so, smaller format, to learn more about it and not get under a heavy lease or investing 20 plus thousand. Build our market and integrate into our current business plan. I see a future with DTG for us, but I'm not willing to look into a 5 year payment for it yet. There are some good deals on used DTG brand, and T-jet brand, which besides the companies selling them and the outer housing, are basically the same machines in the guts of it. I'm sure when I find the deal I'm looking for, I will be posting all sorts of stuff. The white WIMS that DTG has come up with, with the circulation pump and all looks cool, not sure if it's necessary since I know others that don't use anything like it and never have issues with white as long as they continuously run their machine. I would like more info on the Resolute inks, if they really do have less issues ect. Chime in guys with experience with their machines, epson based, or not. I do have my eyes on the DTG Viper possibly in the future, although, the Brother 782 looks like a solid monster, but either of those would be at least 1-2 years off.Mike
I am in the market for another used T2. Will install a new print head, bulk ink system and complete cleaning. Put the good ink in and I am up and running for about a grand.
Quote from: Coyote71 on January 24, 2012, 10:33:45 PMI am in the market for another used T2. Will install a new print head, bulk ink system and complete cleaning. Put the good ink in and I am up and running for about a grand. Sell me one of your refurbd T2s!