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Offline ericheartsu

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Sleeve Prints
« on: October 16, 2018, 08:25:18 PM »
What's the max width of a sleeve print you can do? We tend to max out around 3" wide on a sportsman, but i've always wondered how others are doing them wider!
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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #1 on: October 16, 2018, 08:53:29 PM »
We print up to 4” wide max and 16” max length.  We’ve done a few that were maxed out. Not sure how wide our sleeve pallets are. They look to be 5” with a half inch on each side, standard M&R sleeve pallets.
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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #2 on: October 16, 2018, 09:06:56 PM »
I have 4" plattens and we do 3.75... Probably could do more but we just keep it safe as far as too close to edges.
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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #3 on: October 16, 2018, 09:54:01 PM »
Typically shops will print to within 1/8th of an inch of the platen width.  This allows you a tiny bit of wiggle room and good contact for your squeegee blade.

So:

3 3/4" on a 4 inch board
4 3/4" on a 5 inch board etc.
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Offline brandon

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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #4 on: October 16, 2018, 10:43:30 PM »
The question should be is when will a press come out that you can load long sleeves and especially small long sleeves fast and easy! And settle down internet cowboy, I know someone out there can do 8,000 smalls an hour by themselves but for the rest of us I want to know.
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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2018, 10:52:00 PM »
Quote from: brandon on October 16, 2018, 10:43:30 PM
... And settle down internet cowboy, I know someone out there can do 8,000 smalls an hour by themselves but for the rest of us I want to know.

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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2018, 09:26:17 AM »
4-4.5" on a 5" wide platen and up to 18" tall. MHM E-Tye has pretty thin arms so it works reasonably well. XS are a pain, but the rest are OK.
'was talking to Colin about the new ROQ platens coming out and will probably give that a shot. 'would really like to get rid of the MHM and replace it with another ROQ. . .

we also flash the sleeves. It costs next to nothing and it makes things easier.

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Re: Sleeve Prints
« Reply #7 on: October 17, 2018, 02:37:44 PM »
I guess I am an image width conservative.  We try to allow 2" larger platen to image size where possible.  1" will suffice.  We round our squeegee corners is the primary reason.

Eric, did yinz keep an M&R in the shop just for sleeves?  We almost did just that and once in a while we have a shift where we wish we did honestly.
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