Thanks guys,  should have said tajima..

Im taking the back off and check wires too. Talked to Pinpoint, if I need a new screen, send them control panel and $900 bucks.

If CPU board (but he said normally thats a white screen) $5-$6K or more..

All 3 of our old single heads have the CPU boards with intermittent issues, we replaced one of them for the upgraded unit for $7K a couple of years ago.  The other 2 work most of the time and come back often enough we are not going to spend $7K each on a machine worth 7K.

Your display is different than our full whitescreen though.  These are X-16 controllers that have failed us, on all 3 of our first embroidery machines.  We did not get good support from Hirsch/Tajima on a real fix unfortunately.  Refurb X-16s are about $2500 and probably going to fail again.  X-21 is the controller to update too but too expensive.

We just had a Velox installed yesterday and the very first test prints were very impressive. Using canvas for the second press completely changed the feel. We'll be doing some testing today with different percentages of white. We have several contract printers using other DTF companies that have already placed order with us. It's a bit to early to tell but I really feel this will be a great compliment to screen printing with a much higher margin.

Canvas? Do tell please. Any particular type?

When you think you have it right, id like a sample. Happy to pay.

We just had a Velox installed yesterday and the very first test prints were very impressive. Using canvas for the second press completely changed the feel. We'll be doing some testing today with different percentages of white. We have several contract printers using other DTF companies that have already placed order with us. It's a bit to early to tell but I really feel this will be a great compliment to screen printing with a much higher margin.

Will do. I do expect it to be at least a few weeks. We have a crap ton of testing and tweaking to do. I am headed to Minnesaota next week for a 2 day training seminar and I'm hoping that jump starts things. I can tell you that color reproduction is pretty spot on.

whats the initial investment needed? we outsource right now and I am happy with that but I see the need growing cause we deal with a lot of schools and the clubs are all 10-15 kids.

We just had a Velox installed yesterday and the very first test prints were very impressive. Using canvas for the second press completely changed the feel. We'll be doing some testing today with different percentages of white. We have several contract printers using other DTF companies that have already placed order with us. It's a bit to early to tell but I really feel this will be a great compliment to screen printing with a much higher margin.