Poll

What is your max # of colors and press type?

1 color manual
0 (0%)
4 color manual
1 (2.2%)
6 color manual
11 (23.9%)
8 color manual
5 (10.9%)
6 color AUTO
7 (15.2%)
8 color AUTO
12 (26.1%)
10 color AUTO
6 (13%)
12 color  AUTO
2 (4.3%)
14 color AUTO
0 (0%)
ABOVE 14 auto
2 (4.3%)

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Offline Dottonedan

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Press type and color count
« on: June 23, 2011, 03:49:53 PM »
NOt that it matters much, but I wanted to get an idea of the numbers from our press owners here on this forum.

Press type (manual or Auto) and color count.  It makes no difference on the poll if you have 1 or 10 autos.
You may change your vote on this poll over time should your press change.
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #1 on: June 23, 2011, 04:23:10 PM »
manual: Vastex V2000 6-6
auto: Anatol Horizon mini 8/7
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #2 on: June 23, 2011, 05:01:14 PM »
Dan just curious did you mean for the poll options to be how many color machine versus how many stations?
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #3 on: June 23, 2011, 05:02:51 PM »
Quote from: Inkman996 on June 23, 2011, 05:01:14 PM
Dan just curious did you mean for the poll options to be how many color machine versus how many stations?

that's funny, I did not even read, just answered "colors" as it is asking in the header!
So Dan, which one is it?????
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #4 on: June 23, 2011, 05:13:02 PM »
MHM 10/12, Rototex 8/4, M & R Gauntlet 6/8...
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #5 on: June 23, 2011, 05:50:51 PM »
Quote from: Inkman996 on June 23, 2011, 05:01:14 PM
Dan just curious did you mean for the poll options to be how many color machine versus how many stations?


Not sure I understand the questions. I don't know. It's been a while since I've been in looking at a 14 color press but don't you have an option to take out the flash and print 14 color on a 14 station press?

14 stations and 14 colors?

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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #6 on: June 23, 2011, 06:01:23 PM »
No Dan you need an open station or else you would be loading and unloading on a print head lol.

Stations means how many tables the press has then how many colors, you could have two more stations than colors one for loader and one for unlaoder, or some small single operator shops only have one station over colors they load and unlaod all them selves.

My auto is six colors with 8 stations (not to be named)

We also have a four color supertex manual made by AWT before GPI took over.
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2011, 06:03:41 PM »
An artist should want to know how many colors they could figure on, more than the number of stations the press person has to put shirts upon.

And, btw, I only run three stations on my six color workhorse.
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2011, 06:04:49 PM »
Quote from: Dottonedan on June 23, 2011, 05:50:51 PM
Quote from: Inkman996 on June 23, 2011, 05:01:14 PM
Dan just curious did you mean for the poll options to be how many color machine versus how many stations?


Not sure I understand the questions. I don't know. It's been a while since I've been in looking at a 14 color press but don't you have an option to take out the flash and print 14 color on a 14 station press?

14 stations and 14 colors?

most presses have a loading and an offloading stations so they are 8/10 (8 colors/ 10 stations)
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2011, 06:07:41 PM »
Quote from: blue moon on June 23, 2011, 06:04:49 PM

most presses have a loading and an offloading stations so they are 8/10 (8 colors/ 10 stations)

Yep, otherwise dodging those screens would be a bitch!
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2011, 06:16:27 PM »
10 color RPM Revolution, 4 color/4 station Vastex V2000HD

Who has the 12 color autos here?
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2011, 06:23:15 PM »
Quote from: Inkman996 on June 23, 2011, 06:01:23 PM
No Dan you need an open station or else you would be loading and unloading on a print head lol.

Stations means how many tables the press has then how many colors, you could have two more stations than colors one for loader and one for unlaoder, or some small single operator shops only have one station over colors they load and unlaod all them selves.

My auto is six colors with 8 stations (not to be named)

We also have a four color supertex manual made by AWT before GPI took over.


We had 14 color presses with 18 stations and a 16 color/24 stations oval.  Faster unloading production and we used them for extra cool down stations after a flash as well...but you could always ad a color in that spot as well. You could flash on a specific head that the artist requested or you could run strait colors 1 thru 16 on light color garments.

Heads, colors, stations, pallets, cool downs, they are all available interchangeable spots to me that are used or not used as a color location. It always confused me a little.

A station is your work area. If you have a 16 color press with 20 stations... and you can only load/unload from 4 areas/stations than they should call that press a 16 color (4 station press).  You have 20 pallets to load shirts on....not 20 work stations.
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2011, 07:02:54 PM »
6/8 DiamondBack
4/4 old school Hopkins
1/1 Odyssey tabletop which I would like to get rid of.
4/1 Ryonet Silver press that I would like to get rid of.
1/1 CAPS hat press that I would like to get rid of.
Brown Slider Number press that I probably SHOULD get rid of.

...Jeez, looking at this, I may be a screenprinting equipment hoarder.  ::)

...Is there a classified section here yet?    :P
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #13 on: June 23, 2011, 07:11:55 PM »
Quote from: Mr Tees!! on June 23, 2011, 07:02:54 PM
6/8 DiamondBack
4/4 old school Hopkins
1/1 Odyssey tabletop which I would like to get rid of.
4/1 Ryonet Silver press that I would like to get rid of.
1/1 CAPS hat press that I would like to get rid of.
Brown Slider Number press that I probably SHOULD get rid of.

...Jeez, looking at this, I may be a screenprinting equipment hoarder.  ::)

...Is there a classified section here yet?    :P


Right there at the bottom, under the word, "Classifieds"!   ???
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Re: Press type and color count
« Reply #14 on: June 23, 2011, 07:22:30 PM »
Crap. Now I have no excuse.

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