• I want to thank all the members that have upgraded your accounts. I truly appreciate your support of the site monetarily. Supporting the site keeps this site up and running as a lot of work daily goes on behind the scenes. Click to Support Signs101 ...

Search results

  1. Sublimation help

    adhesion promoter is for UV printing only, not for sublimation
  2. Sublimation help

    Your time and temp are likely just off on the steel. Some of the coatings on the steel cups definitely aren't as bright but it should be a lot better than that. Either: -the blank is bad -time and temp are off (would put money on this one) -possibly and issue with the way you're wrapping the...
  3. Instead of Banner Tape

    I have no good ideas but carpet tape isn't very strong at all and it's a removable tape. I can't imagine it working for that splice.
  4. Wholesale DTG printer?

    we've used samedaytees before and they were okay, not great but I think we got a lemon batch as other people seem to love them. This was before we bought our own Kornit and now everything is in house (I'm in Hawaii so way to far...)
  5. How much do you pay your Graphics Guy?

    we pay $23 an hour for our full time guy. Pretty much exactly like what you’re looking for. He also helps with production as well when he’s not designing
  6. JV33 -DX5 printhead differences

    Contact solventinkjet.com Good pricing and they will make sure you get the correct head. They often have the heads without the memory board which is cheaper
  7. Drying transfers

    No, if your printer is operating correctly you don’t need to dry them
  8. Which Solvent printer to get? Mimaki JV100-160 or Epson S40/S60

    the epsons are much more locked down than your mimaki was and it’s harder to get individual parts. You should probably try to fact check this though as our epsons haven’t really had any issues. The only thing we’ve had was Our 6370 blew a main board right after we got it and an epson tech came...
  9. Which Solvent printer to get? Mimaki JV100-160 or Epson S40/S60

    We have a s60 and love it. It’s got a few quirks such as the fact that there is no automatic sheet cutting and we actually have a hard time running 54+” banner without head strikes. Maintenance is so minimal it’s almost a little weird and ink cost is competitive. We’re coming from a history...
  10. Can I make T-shirts with a OKI E-64s?

    I second colorprint easy as it’s a great product . We order from coastal business products. You’ll also need the matching clear transfer tape. This isn’t as thin as dtf but you can do it on a solvent printer and it works very well. You can’t print direct to film on your printer. Honestly...
  11. eCommerce Website

    We were really impressed by the demos of onprintshop as well and everyone has positive things to say about them. Sales people were friendly as well. Cost wasn’t that bad either. The only thing we didn’t like was that 50% of our bus is apparel and it doesn’t cross over well into that but for...
  12. Splicing Mesh Banner

    mesh is pretty strong so you may not have to reinforce the edges but I would if you're worried at all. We usually just use regular banner tape to splice the seam (we do a 2" overlap) and fold the edges (we weld most of banners now but used to tape them and it worked great). It should be easy...
  13. Suggestions Sublimation

    there isn’t really any spec but in really low humidity you might get more head clogs. Generally dye sub printers are fairly low maintenance
  14. T-Shirts

    we're hoping to purchase a system in the next month or two. You basically have: home built type systems which you can find online and convert an office/home Epson too but don't expect the print heads to last long and they are sloooooow Systems from China that are resold by US companies which...
  15. T-Shirts

    oh geez, I saw that last week too and am hoping something changes this week. Have three large orders for NL 3600 Heather grey and have been searching for two weeks. Ordered district perfect weight instead but the color is a weird olive Heather grey… hopefully they restock soon so we can both...
  16. T-Shirts

    hi, just curious. If you have time could you explain what you meant by this comment below? Are you setting the gradients up as halftone dots so it’s not a solid texture? NOTE we have found to get a better texture / feel with DTF to treat like a screen set up with gradients
  17. T-Shirts

    We could help but we’re in Hawai’i so I’d look somewhere else As others mentioned DTF is a great alternative. A good dtg print(we have a massive and scarily expensive kornit system) will feel better than any dtf but sometimes for small logos dtf actually looks nicer and we combine the two all...
  18. Solvent Printable Holographic Vinyl

    just a note, pretty much everyone seems to be selling the same holographic so there's a good chance that you're just buying the same vinyl under a different name.
  19. Equipment Grants?

    We’ve gotten grants to update interior lighting to LED, upgrade to more efficient air conditioning etc. Got a grant during the pandemic that covered some digital marketing and a new sublimation printer but it was being in the right time right place and it was a lot of paperwork but definitely...
  20. Which Vinyl for outdoor Backlit Polycarbonate/Acrylic sign?

    btw wet mount your vinyl with soap and water if you don’t have a laminator
Top