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screen printing => Equipment => Topic started by: GaryG on December 23, 2014, 04:48:04 PM

Title: Youth Plattens
Post by: GaryG on December 23, 2014, 04:48:04 PM

For automatic Youth Pallets, which size do you have or would you get?
Width - 10" 12" or other.

Thanks!

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: sqslabs on December 23, 2014, 05:28:02 PM

12" all day.

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: kingscreen on December 23, 2014, 06:41:57 PM

12"

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: Parker 1 on December 23, 2014, 06:59:12 PM

We got 10" and should have gotten 12"

Chris

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: GaryG on December 23, 2014, 08:21:46 PM

Thank you kindly~
Merry Christmas!!

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: jvanick on December 26, 2014, 05:06:02 PM

Agreed on the 12"...

I might want to get a set of 14" too, we'll see how things go, but you can fit most youth sizes on a 14" and still have a 13" wide print for the adult sizes.  had 14" on our old Javelin, and our reps talked us out of getting a set of 14" to start on the new sporty.

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: Baron265 on December 28, 2014, 12:53:28 PM

Most people buy 12" youth pallets when they understand that image size will change with a 10" pallet. If your customer wants youth and adult shirts in a run, they rarely want to pay for 2 screen charges. With a 10" pallet, you're limited to a 10" image. A 10" wide image is noticeably small for the larger adult shirts. The down side of 12" youth pallets is that the smallest youth sizes are snug or don't fit.

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: GKitson on December 28, 2014, 01:57:44 PM

Quote from: GaryG on December 23, 2014, 04:48:04 PM

For automatic Youth Pallets, which size do you have or would you get?
Width - 10" 12" or other.

Thanks!

I would agree that the 12" is the most versatile, however for a slightly different reason.  Girlie shirts of all kinds often print better on a 12" than a standard adult 16 or 18".



~Kitson

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: Shanarchy on December 29, 2014, 10:01:12 PM

12". I got 10" boards for doing totes on. I'm going to get some 12"s too. Exact reason Greg mentioned. Small girly tees. If you're loading them on the 10" boards, you're really limiting your image size:

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: tonypep on December 30, 2014, 06:39:34 AM

I'll second the 14" with one footnote: Not good for many yth x-smalls. Upside is that many adult graphics fit on these so less platen changeover

Title: Re: Youth Plattens
Post by: ole jobe on December 30, 2014, 11:55:08 AM

I always cut my platens to 13½"/ Youth XS will fit, but a little snug.