Just bought a T-jet enlighten me please

[grafixhenk]

Just bough a used fast T-jet with the white ink and just wondering what to look out for , special tips and tricks etc. Can any T-jet owners enlighten me. Like to know as much as possible before we use it in production.

Thanks in advance

 

[high impact]

Get ready for a H U G E learning curve.

 

[grafixhenk]

Ok, what do you mean by that. I am very familiar with large format printers and do my own repairs and maintenance.

 

[high impact]

That's exactly what we thought! ROFLOL

You can PM me if you want my phone number and we'll talk tmrw. ;-) I've got a breakfast meeting in morning and have to go to bed.

 

[grafixhenk]

What kind of issues have you run in to.

 

[Air Art Girl]

That's exactly what we thought! ROFLOL

You can PM me if you want my phone number and we'll talk tmrw. ;-)

Go to Mesa, Az and take the class. I think I have given April (HighImpact's wife) a class over the phone, LOL.

Is she going to the class Mark??

 

[high impact]

Yes, she is. Hasn't gone yet though. She's actually doing remarkably well with it now and we are cranking out the jobs! ;-)

 

[grafixhenk]

Go to Mesa, Az and take the class. I think I have given April (HighImpact's wife) a class over the phone, LOL.

Is she going to the class Mark??

I wish I could go to class, right now I do not even have the time to take the weekend of!!

 

[Air Art Girl]

it's well worth it. It's a one dayer cramed packed. I flew down on a friday evening, class was all day Saturday, went home Saturday evening. They have a hotel shuttle and a shuttle to the class so no need to even rent a car. You invested in the machine, invest in the training or it will take you longer to just figure it out.

 

[grafixhenk]

First let me do the stuborn guy thing( I do not need help, I can do it myself!!) If that and all the help I can get on the forum fails I will have to make time to go back to school!!

Thanks so far for all the replies and Mark I will give you a buzz in the morning.

Thanks in advance

 

[Air Art Girl]

biggest thing to maintain it is to clean around the rubber edge of the capping station at the end of the day and remove and clean it on a weekly basis. US Screen has tons of support and videos. Hopefully you got the manuals with the printer. If you know SignLab the software will be a breeze. When printing on white shirts make sure your white color is P11. (P11 will not print any color so you will not print white) . There's your first lesson.

 

[grafixhenk]

Thanks for the first lesson Air Art Girl, just send me the bill !!the cleaning of the capping station etc will be no problem. From what I have seen so far just looks like a small flatbed mutoh system!

 

[grafixhenk]

I have everything with the printer, has a brand new printhead and cable. I orderd a capping station, pump, wiper etc. Will refubish the machine before putting it to work

 

[Cadmn]

I think even in Oklahoma it's called getting the cart before the Horse, good luck

 

[grafixhenk]

Maybe it does, but better safe than sorry. It is not that bad to replace those parts and it will prevent major headaches! Learned this a while back with our Mutoh, works perfect one day major problems the next. From then on every 6 months our Mutoh has had a brand new maintenance station and the system gets flushed. No more problems!

 

[Air Art Girl]

put steel ball bearings in the white ink bottle to help mix the pigment back into the liquid. Do your head checks on a piece of clear mylar so you can easily see the white print. clean it off with alcohol and reuse it. Been using the same sheet for over a year.

 

[grafixhenk]

put steel ball bearings in the white ink bottle to help mix the pigment back into the liquid. Do your head checks on a piece of clear mylar so you can easily see the white print. clean it off with alcohol and reuse it. Been using the same sheet for over a year.

Thanks for the tips!

 

[FrankenSigns.biz]

Speaking of direct to garment printers, has anyone seen or own a DTG? I demo'd one at the Charlotte Sign show the other week and was very impressed.

 

[diirk]

We've had a DTG HM-1 about a year now and have been pretty happy with it. Like anything, regular maintenance is the key.

 

[jiarby]

US SCreens is about 25 miles away! I need to get over there and see what's going on!!