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General Screen Printing / Stampinator for Manual presses?
« Last post by CBCB on Yesterday at 09:54:29 PM »
I heard the manual setup is faster for transfers than the new ROQ. That’s a big flex.

Much like their main product, the list of things it can do is quite long. It’s truly great at only a few of them though.

I don’t mean that in a bad way either. Not all the features are equal though. I wouldn’t wanna cure a shirt though. Maybe a neck tag actually. Might try that.
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General Screen Printing / Re: Stampinator for Manual presses?
« Last post by Admiral on Yesterday at 04:23:24 PM »
IMO it shouldn't be used to cure shirts.

It's to make a much smoother print, which helps with vibrancy by getting the fibers down.  I think of it like a smoothing screen but can also be used to flash cure the ink.  Full cure on press sounds like a terrible idea to me, any which way it's done.  I figured out how to do it but with a very unique use case and only in that case.  Luckily we didn't need to use that method, it was just if we had too much production and had to use one press without the dryer.  Would not recommend to use in this way at all.
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General Screen Printing / Re: Stampinator for Manual presses?
« Last post by zanegun08 on Yesterday at 04:11:09 PM »
I claim you can cure your shirts in your home oven and you probably already have one, and those cost less than a manual stampinator ($6500) vs a home depot oven ($500) or a heat gun ($30).  You could probably cure your inks with a magnifying glass and the sun as well, or if you print water base, the air will literally cure your inks.

In line heat press is an amazing tool for heat pressing inline, however it will never replace a conveyor dryer in terms of efficiency or getting a proper cure.  I don't really understand why they try to advertise all the gimmicks of applying transfers on press, or foil, or whatever when what inline heat press is good for is for pressing your inks inline.  Yes it can be used to par cure your under base, however I recommend using a flash before still if you have room.

You'd be better suited to buy a little buddy dryer, a infared flash, and heat press, can probably get all 3 for $6500.  If you are printing plastisol, once you heat press a shirt and then run it through the dryer, the inks tend to puff back up a little bit and don't have the same smooth finish anyhow, so where inline heat press works best is for making a super smooth base to print your colors on, or pressing out your sins (bad printing) on press, and then curing it in the dryer.

Depends on the equipment, space, electricity, but looking for a used dryer would be good, but the little buddy isn't bad it's just an infared flash in a box with a conveyer, can be ran off 110v, and are good for mobile printing or events if you end up upgrading later. (you should)

I don't think that the Manual Stampinator is a bad tool, but to go "sales guy" and say it can fully cure your prints on press is not true.  To cure water base properly takes 2+ minutes in a forced air gas dryer, the Stampinator is just a GeoKnight Heat Press element in a fancy box with a hefty price tag.

There are a lot of under cured shirts in the world though
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General Screen Printing / Stampinator for Manual presses?
« Last post by spencer_L&KC on Yesterday at 03:46:08 PM »
Has anyone tried the new Stampinator for manual presses? The company claims you can fully cure plastisol and water based prints with it, on press. They claim it can replace a conveyor dryer. Obviously there are some limitations, but still seems pretty great. Price is a bit steep though.

Anyone had a chance to work with one yet?
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Equipment / Re: Workhorse Quartz 4013 question
« Last post by spencer_L&KC on Yesterday at 03:20:13 PM »
I assume you were able to get set up. How are you liking the dryer? What inks are you running through it?

thanks
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General Screen Printing / Re: DTF and the future of screen printing
« Last post by Rob Coleman on Yesterday at 03:16:04 PM »
Interesting read here. One thing that I didn’t see mentioned with all the comparisons of DTF to DTG is the content of the substrate. Very limited in DTG; wide open for DTF. I see this as a huge deal - controlling color across a multitude of fabrics without worrying about dye sublimation or migration.

As a distributor for M&R, I can tell you the Quatro platform has been very successful since product launch in early Q4 last year. Shameless  plug but important in the world of cheap ink issues - all Quatro inks are manufactured for M&R by Nazdar at our facility in Kansas. The ability to be close to M&R physically and work with them constantly on the OEM inks is a huge advantage.


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Ink and Chemicals / Matsui Mixing Software
« Last post by CBCB on March 24, 2024, 08:29:21 PM »
at this point why are you still confused when people don't want your help? What good are you actively putting into our industry aside from just whining that no one wants your help?

As usual, your total lack of understanding about anything is shown by the messages you constantly put out.
That’s rich coming from a guy who just posted a 5+ min rant about how upset you are to be held accountable as a shitty employer.

I wasn’t confused until your post. I was pointing out that Matsui has solutions in front of them and ignores them. It doesn’t have to be me taking an hour to fix it for everyone. I thought it was just because they don’t give a crap, like I stated. Are you saying there’s more to it? Jesse was nothing but nice to me in person recently!

I’m aware that a lot of people in our industry think an idea is only good if it comes from their buddy. No confusion there. Pointing it out helps others see how others operate, but that’s not what I meant here.

Most companies in our industry are satisfied to settle with their current level of service.

You don’t see my “messaging”, you have me blocked on everything lol.
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Ink and Chemicals / Re: Matsui Mixing Software
« Last post by ericheartsu on March 23, 2024, 08:20:44 PM »
at this point why are you still confused when people don't want your help? What good are you actively putting into our industry aside from just whining that no one wants your help?

As usual, your total lack of understanding about anything is shown by the messages you constantly put out.
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Equipment / looking for a wiring diagram for NuArc Tri-Light 42x60 3k watt
« Last post by Bearded Lady on March 23, 2024, 02:32:57 PM »
I'm looking for a wiring diagram for an M&R / NuArc Tri Light. 42x60 3kw OR better yet phone pictures of a couple of spots inside the guts of an intact unit. The base portion of mine suffered a couple of injuries when taking it apart and moving it recently and some wires pulled loose. I'm pretty sure I've figured out where they go but would like to be completely sure before I plug it in and turn it on again.
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Ink and Chemicals / Matsui Mixing Software
« Last post by CBCB on March 23, 2024, 10:56:08 AM »
If it helps, all matsui colors are based off prints going through 110 screens, on white tees.
It would help if the ink company said this or showed what the ideal base on a dark shirt looks like.

Who prints a light shirts with a 110? It’s asinine.
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