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eighty screens in eighty minutes (DTS cons and pros)

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Inkworks:
That gives you 1 minute and 50 seconds to find each piece of film and get it to the screen room, so for a 4 colour job that means almost 7.5 minutes, and that doesn't take into consideration the time it takes to find, access, open and print rip the seps to the DTS on the computer.

I've often wondered the actual RTO numbers on DTS, I think somebody was going to post theirs a while back but i must have missed it. Maybe I'll do a search....

inkman996:
Does any one take into consideration the amount of money they have invested in films at the time they purchase a CTS? For a shop our size even we have thousands probably invested in stored films. I am sure a shop like Tony's the number would be mind boggling.

DannyGruninger:
I will be doing a review in a couple weeks for everyone that wants info on our new DTS machine from Lawson.......The unit is basically the same as the new M&R i image st using the same printhead and software technology.


My shop currently only runs around 20-50 screens a day so it was a difficult decision to make but after using the DTS I will say it has helped us tremendously. If your a shop that has very good press operators that can register jobs super fast then you probably won't see as noticeable of a difference then a shop without....For instance I had a 10 color job that I timed last week for lining up on the press....... I had all the screens taped and ready to go, clean squeegees and all the ink colors on a staging cart. From the time I loaded the very first screen on the press to the time I had the first shirt test printed in registration I was at 13 minutes...... This was on a press without pneumatic squeegee/floodbar clamps so I could have saved a couple minutes there. This was one of my main reasons to get a direct to screen machine as well as speed up other steps. Here's a couple basic facts -


- By eliminating film our exposer time decreased over 60%...... We are exposing the same mesh/emulsion in less then half the time then we used to.
- Our DTS can print the same image over double the speed then our epson 4800 could print
- We now have no pin holes to worry about
- Press registration is more then double the speed


Basically the first full day we were doing everything on DTS we saved nearly 2 hours in our work day. Between imaging the screens, saving time in the exposer, not having to tape pin holes, faster press setup, etc all added up to nearly 2 hours.... To me that was huge....


We have had some issues but lawson has been trying to work through those.... I know once we get this machine dialed in to it's full potential it will be the BEST investment I've ever made, period. Now that we have gone DTS we will never go back. I'll quit this business if I ever have to print another film again..... That's how strongly I feel about the technology.



Danny hates film Gruninger

tonypep:
Believe me I'm all about whatever works for you. It's all about making informed decisions. I hate film too Danny!

Socalfmf:
Danny...

I have a ton written down, but the naysayers here have curbed what I am willing to share...

but to touch on what you said about set up and time savings is where the DTS really works...

are you still printing regi marks?  we stopped and now we save on average 5 min per job set up....4-6 set ups a day now you are talking real time by the end of the week - end of the month and end of the year...

sam

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