Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work. - Thomas Edison
wouldn't the key to understanding the ink cost be something like:I've printed X 'square inches' of prints on the M&R until the 'ink ran out'-and-I've printed Y 'square inches' of prints on the Brother until the 'ink ran out' this would be easier on the brother since it'll tell you when the cartridge is empty... on the M&R you'd likely have to figure out how many CC's are left in the bulk containers but still totally do-able.this would tell you some average 'cost per square inch' numbers for each machine.
if you wanted to take it one step further, measure the amount of waste in the waste tanks as well, as then you could find out the waste cost per square inch as well...
Something else that I'm trying to understand... if the ink chemistry is truly similar... why is brandt having such issues on monday morning with the ink drying? I can understand that the M&R machine keeps the ink moving in the tubes, but is it really keeping the ink running into the print head as well? or does it just do a quick 'cleaning-cycle' every X hours to make sure that there's absolutely no chance of it drying? -- if this is the case, wouldn't the M&R waste tank be filling more as well?
We're still a decent time from needing/wanting a DTG machine, but issues like this will be something that I'll be curious to watch as time goes on...I'm also interested in wash-tests... how are these garments holding up.. if you print one side on the brother and one side on the M&R and then throw it in your weekly wash, how do they look.
Brandt, when you are heat pressing the garments are you getting a shine or are you knocking it down with parchment paper or something?
I stumbled upon this:http://www.lawsonsp.com/screen-printing-equipment/digital-equipment/express-jet-printers/diamond-jet-dtgAnd couldn't help but notice the similarities.Is the M&R and Lawson made by the same people and rebranded?
Yeah if you guys watch that youtube video posted somewhere in this thread where the guy filming asks a million questions about the Mlink, they mention it's rebranded technology with M&R spending time and money on the RIP side to optimize the results.
We heat press them prior to printing with Teflon. Which is was Brother tech directed us to do as well as M&R.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on December 30, 2015, 09:56:10 AMWe heat press them prior to printing with Teflon. Which is was Brother tech directed us to do as well as M&R. I mean after you print, I'm assuming you are heat pressing them again to cure. I've noticed with the teflon when I press the print is shiny/glossy after pressing. Parchment paper seems to knock the shine down some, I'm trying to get it down more. Talking more about white. Colors don't seem too bad.Just wondering if you have experienced the same.
Correct after print we use a parchment style paper. Not sure exactly what its called. I would not call them "shinny" after that really. But they do have a slight shine compared to screen print I would say.
Quote from: GraphicDisorder on December 30, 2015, 10:22:21 AMCorrect after print we use a parchment style paper. Not sure exactly what its called. I would not call them "shinny" after that really. But they do have a slight shine compared to screen print I would say.Yeah, slight shine I guess you could call it. I'm trying to get to an almost flat. During my demos they achieved a darn near flat finish.
Quote from: bulldog on December 30, 2015, 09:51:06 AMI stumbled upon this:http://www.lawsonsp.com/screen-printing-equipment/digital-equipment/express-jet-printers/diamond-jet-dtgAnd couldn't help but notice the similarities.Is the M&R and Lawson made by the same people and rebranded?M&R can chime in more if they want but I asked them about this just now. Reply was: "We use a different drive, different RIP, Firmware, actually only visually similar." He also mentioned he didn't think Lawson sells it anymore.