Hi Allan, first of all you don’t ramble, everything you say is valuable. Even though I’m not in the market for getting a dtf printer, I’ve watched every last second. I don’t want to miss anything you say. Thank you for sharing .
I just purchased my first DTF printer, I'm waiting on the delivery of it ATM. I wanted to maximize my time so I got the powder shaker and baker too. It just makes sense if you're bulk printing. Thanks for your video :)
ive watched a lot of vids about this dtf printer... and this is the only video that made me make my final decision. thank you so much for this video, you have shown us in real time how long it takes to print a full page print. def got my subscribe. keep up the good work!
A-Dubb always enjoy what you share with us…..it’s not super longggg…an hr an 59 minutes not THATS long LoL….I am NOT skipping past….I’m watching the whole video. You’re doing great. Thanks for your content…. There are those of us who like to watch it and it’s entirety because we learn so you’re doing great.
Thanks for this video! I'm seriously thinking about getting the Prestige over other models and this was one of my questions regarding the time it takes for it to print a design out! Very helpful!
I just want to let you know that your honesty and transparency is very much appreciated because that is what is needed in today's world but that is not what a lot of people give in today's world, a lot of people like to give dishonesty and deception. Anyone who seriously wants to do something in life on a positive note especially starting a business, they are going to do the footwork and not complain and come up with ways to be able to achieve their goals so don't worry about the people that complain because they are just making themselves look foolish and also on the other hand, there are ways to get things that they need like you said before in one of your videos, financing is an option but if they can't Finance then guess what it's called, -saving over time rather is putting away $10, $20 or $50 every now and then in a separate account for specific business items and let's not forget that tax time is here so people can use a part of their tax money to pay for half of whatever machine they want and finance the rest or buy it straight out. IJS Keep doing what you do because we need you. Have a great day.🌞
Thank you so much. I purchased one, and I can't wait. I think this is a great starter machine. Your videos have been extremely helpful. I had a white toner when they first came out, and i hated it, but it was a new item, and Uninet wasn't helpful.
As for the tray for the printer, add a piece of parchment or wax paper on the top and tape it on the sides so it will not move. This should allow the paper coming out of the printer a smoother flow instead of getting stuck. It probably is getting stuck because of the material it is made from along with humidity, etc.. it causes the paper coming out to catch and rub the top, as you stated.
I had the same issue with the tray. You can unstick the tray by rubbing it down with a dryer sheet or a little fabric softener with water. Wipe dry and no more static. hth
Hey bro, you’re doing a good job I understand everything you’re saying I’ve been researching these for a little bit and you’re the only one that makes sense to me. Thanks again for your video.
Thank you for your honesty and video. This is a great video. Our DTF machines would print 15ft rolls in the time that machine did 1. The quality looks great though. Keep leading. Awesome content as always.
Please keep posting videos using this printer. Mine is on its way and I know 0 about how to use it. I only bought the printer and oven. Are the fumes bad? Thank you so much for taking the time to help us!
I would only use this printer for hat prints since my business primarily focused on hats. I would get more prints on one sheet and the print size would be between 2in x 2in to 2in x 5in
You mentioned not doing any maintenance for a week or so...Everything I've read and seen indicates that the white ink channel tends to clog faster than the colors and it looks like there is too much 'bleed through' of the colors on the back of the print. I'm curious how the print looked once transferred to a dark shirt. If you can really go a full week + without maintenance, that's exactly what I was looking for in a DTF.
I was new when i made this video. I’ve made follow up videos. I had to turn my white up in the software. Now it lays down whites a lot better and yes. I still leave it sit for 2-3 days even a week at a time come back do a head cleaning and nozzle check and start printing.
Can you move your designs around in the software to accommodate more images on the film, to use all space available? For example, 2 larger images and then 3 of the same but smaller.
Yes it is but honesty all dtf printers are slow. Some are faster than others but the entire process for all printers is tedious. Think about making a shirt in general though. There is no process that is really fast. What process is fast? Dtg the entire process with pretreating the shirt then drying then printing, screen printing, forget about it super slow, embroidery forget it, sublimation is probably the fastest but it’s limited. Htv maybe a little faster or equal to this depending on the design because you have to cut and weed. No process is fast. All this stuff takes time. Gotta pick your poison.
@@SHESMINAJ yea dtgs are faster at the printing part but you still gotta powder and bake. It’s not a system. There is no add on to make dtgs a system. With these printers at least you can add a powder shaker baker and roller onto it press print then go do something else while they are printing. You gonna spend thousand more a dtg to make one dtf transfer that you still have to manually powder and bake when you can buy an entire system for less that you can come back and have your dtf prints made and neatly rolled up? Just some things to think about. But we have options. Options are good because everyone’s plans are different.
Do you think that it makes sense to sell transfers if you only have the 13 inch printer? It seems like all the companies selling transfers have the 22 inch.. I'm considering getting the package with the Seismo 11 but I'm not sure if I can create a business selling the transfers with the prestige 13 inch.. what do you think?
I about to order the prestige a4 but I want to know what is the rip software is that what I use to create images to print. please help new to all of this
It comes with a license for digital factory direct. You don’t make images on he rip software though. You make your image on your graphic design software then use the rip software to print your dtfs.
I use my DTG printer almost every day for shirts but never got it dialed in for dtf. I’ve seen people creating some nice dtf prints from it but I haven’t had any luck and don’t have the time to play with it to get the correct settings using colorgate. Even still it’s still not efficient. You can’t attach a powder, shaker and baker unit with a roller to it so it would take forever to make a batch of dtf prints.
Have you had any issues with roller marks on your prints?? I have the same roller mark on the same spot on every design and I have cleaned every roller and nothing has helped?
On the prints no. On the sheet yes. The roller marks don’t transfer to the image for me. It’s only on the film. Images press onto garments fine and I don’t see any roller marks.
I don’t think so. It not too noisy. The duster is the noisiest part but you can turn the poser up or down on the duster so it doesn’t hit so hard. Overall that’s a tough question. Noisy from person to person is different. I would think it’s fine for an apartment noise wise.
That's too slow, and in my opinion it's not worth it. Have you tried DTF on your Ricoh i1000? What are your thoughts on that? Can you do a video using the DTG to do DTF?
I haven’t had much luck getting good quality dtfs out of the dtg. But if you think this dtf printer isn’t worth it just curious how does it make sense considering purchasing a dtg that cost twice the price and requires More maintenance and that you can’t add a roller, shaker, powder baker machine to? That would be worth it to you? I Persia log would rather be able to walk away and do something else and come back later and all my prints are done and rolled up and ready to be applied. I’d like to hear why you think a dtg would be a better option for making transfers than a transfer making machine that cost half the price for the entire package?
@@adubbproductions I just got one and I was wondering if you've had any issues at all print head or anything with it and how long you've had it Thank you for your great videos they are really helping
I’ve had mine for over a year now. If you keep it in a warm area and keep up with your maintenance you will be fine. I have never had a clogged print head but I kinda did my own thing from day 1 because the way they recommend you clean the printhead just made no sense to me. I never use the jig. I just use a mirror and kinda gently but firmly go to town on the outside of the heads then on the heads with the lint free wipes. I’ve made videos showing how I clean my print head and I’ve never had issues. When I first go mine however it would stop printing in the middle of solid black designs and give me a no ink error. For months they sent me parts and had me change out different pieces including the working print head, ink casing, mother board and nothing worked. Ricoh had me ship it back to them and they fixed it. Since then it does everything fine. They never really said what the issue was but one of the things they said was that the print head was clogged but that didn’t make sense because full color images always printed fine it was only solid color black images. But black parts in full color prints printed fine so….. idk.
Let me think. You didn’t give me many options. 🤔🤔 DTG and dtg. Just kidding. I know what you meant. The two both have their places. It really depends on what you are trying to do in your business. You wanna make transfers or the best quality shirt?
@@adubbproductions i use the desktop for a year to basically get training on maintenance and the all around dtf business down packed. but after people wanted 20,30 and 60 prints, i had to get a wide format 24in dtf printer. now i can push 30 12x12 prints in 30mins or less.
Yea. That’s a fact. It’s fun to me. I like making videos and thinking of creative ways you can make money and trying to figure out how you can optimize the prices to save the most time so you can do other things.
Lol. Why would you guess that? We are definitely not in the same boat. I never said that please don’t make guesses on my behalf just ask because people read this stuff and assume I said it. Where did you get that from? i make a bunch of money daily on my equipment. How many printing methods do you have. I get a job and decide what method I want to use. If this was all I had then this is what I would use. Not having a shaker is not an excuse for not taking jobs and making money. If someone asked you to make a batch of shirts or transfers and you say no. That’s on you. I’m just trying to figure out where that came from. I never said that. It’s more efficient but you will never get to the efficient part if you don’t work to that point for the business to pay for the shaker baker machine. Don’t make excuses, just do the work. You have the equipment. Don’t say say you don’t have the other pieces so you are not making money. That’s definitely an excuse. I’ve worked my way up since weeding vinyl by hand and embroidering full color designs on a single needle embroidery machine. I didn’t say (well i only have a single needle so I can’t make money). Make it happen no matter what you have. Don’t make excuses and please don’t guess, just ask me. I would not be able to have a studio if i didn’t make money. I’ve been making money since I had an ink jet printer and transfer paper. No excuses.
@@ajochoa6216, all 4 printers didn’t work right out the box, they basically wanted me to break the rollers on the 2nd one, we did… printed, and all we got was a mess of lines thru out our prints… it just wasn’t for us… ALL 4!! We have pics to prove the train wreck… look at the reviews.. don’t go by the reviews from influencers!! They only trying to sell so they can get a kick back!!
@@ajochoa6216, I’ve been using the Epson 8550!! I’ve had it for over a year now, and it’s still going strong!! The keyword to all these printers are MAINTENANCE!! Daily… which means keeping those white inks shook and cleaning your capping station and rollers…
Hi Allan, first of all you don’t ramble, everything you say is valuable. Even though I’m not in the market for getting a dtf printer, I’ve watched every last second. I don’t want to miss anything you say. Thank you for sharing .
I agree!
I just purchased my first DTF printer, I'm waiting on the delivery of it ATM. I wanted to maximize my time so I got the powder shaker and baker too. It just makes sense if you're bulk printing.
Thanks for your video :)
*24:04** - I felt the powder coming through my screen!* 😂😊
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ive watched a lot of vids about this dtf printer... and this is the only video that made me make my final decision. thank you so much for this video, you have shown us in real time how long it takes to print a full page print. def got my subscribe. keep up the good work!
A-Dubb always enjoy what you share with us…..it’s not super longggg…an hr an 59 minutes not THATS long LoL….I am NOT skipping past….I’m watching the whole video. You’re doing great. Thanks for your content…. There are those of us who like to watch it and it’s entirety because we learn so you’re doing great.
You speak constant knowledge...thats why I watch and support your channel. You stay on point.
Facts!
Thanks for this video! I'm seriously thinking about getting the Prestige over other models and this was one of my questions regarding the time it takes for it to print a design out! Very helpful!
I just want to let you know that your honesty and transparency is very much appreciated because that is what is needed in today's world but that is not what a lot of people give in today's world, a lot of people like to give dishonesty and deception.
Anyone who seriously wants to do something in life on a positive note especially starting a business, they are going to do the footwork and not complain and come up with ways to be able to achieve their goals so don't worry about the people that complain because they are just making themselves look foolish and also on the other hand, there are ways to get things that they need like you said before in one of your videos, financing is an option but if they can't Finance then guess what it's called, -saving over time rather is putting away $10, $20 or $50 every now and then in a separate account for specific business items and let's not forget that tax time is here so people can use a part of their tax money to pay for half of whatever machine they want and finance the rest or buy it straight out.
IJS
Keep doing what you do because we need you.
Have a great day.🌞
Looking into getting the printer & Shaker combo. Will defiantly be a good setup to program a full run, and walkaway. Print today - press tomorrow.
Exactly.
Thank you so much. I purchased one, and I can't wait. I think this is a great starter machine. Your videos have been extremely helpful. I had a white toner when they first came out, and i hated it, but it was a new item, and Uninet wasn't helpful.
As for the tray for the printer, add a piece of parchment or wax paper on the top and tape it on the sides so it will not move. This should allow the paper coming out of the printer a smoother flow instead of getting stuck. It probably is getting stuck because of the material it is made from along with humidity, etc.. it causes the paper coming out to catch and rub the top, as you stated.
I had the same issue with the tray. You can unstick the tray by rubbing it down with a dryer sheet or a little fabric softener with water. Wipe dry and no more static. hth
Hey bro, you’re doing a good job I understand everything you’re saying I’ve been researching these for a little bit and you’re the only one that makes sense to me. Thanks again for your video.
I got the set up with the roller and shaker. I’m trying to decide if I want to set up in garage or inside the house. 🤷🏻♀️ Thanks for the video
Hey Al, thanks for doing an honest review I like your no bullshit videos, thanks mate
No problem. Thanks for watching.
Real talk… I like how you keeping it real you got to pay to play
Thank you for your honesty and video. This is a great video. Our DTF machines would print 15ft rolls in the time that machine did 1. The quality looks great though. Keep leading. Awesome content as always.
Which DTF printer do you have?
Please keep posting videos using this printer. Mine is on its way and I know 0 about how to use it. I only bought the printer and oven. Are the fumes bad? Thank you so much for taking the time to help us!
Yes we want to see that Lets do it
A-Dubb always come through great vid
🙏🏾. thank you.
I would only use this printer for hat prints since my business primarily focused on hats. I would get more prints on one sheet and the print size would be between 2in x 2in to 2in x 5in
It would be perfect for that. You could get a bunch of prints on each sheet at 2x2
All depends on the model you buy. Some printers are more faster depends on which model they convert into Dtf
You mentioned not doing any maintenance for a week or so...Everything I've read and seen indicates that the white ink channel tends to clog faster than the colors and it looks like there is too much 'bleed through' of the colors on the back of the print. I'm curious how the print looked once transferred to a dark shirt. If you can really go a full week + without maintenance, that's exactly what I was looking for in a DTF.
I was new when i made this video. I’ve made follow up videos. I had to turn my white up in the software. Now it lays down whites a lot better and yes. I still leave it sit for 2-3 days even a week at a time come back do a head cleaning and nozzle check and start printing.
@@adubbproductions I'll be checking the rest out and subscribing. Thank you so much.
or otherwise a roll to roll is fastest ive seen
Would you suggest this for someone who just makes like 5-10 shirts a week? Sometimes more. But definitely more of a hobby side deal.
Thank you for the video!
No problem.
I just got mine and was wondering what a good program for images
Hi, do you know what how fix the dtf if it’s not feeling the paper?
A Dubb is it still faster then weeding a 4 color vinyl job
DTF or DTG for selling the best t-shirts? Which printer is you favorite?
If I had to pic between the two. I would say DTG.
@@adubbproductions Is there a reasonably priced DTG out there?
Hi Allan, am planning to buy Prestige A#+R DTF printer this week, will you recommend which company i should purchase my from? Thanks
Can you move your designs around in the software to accommodate more images on the film, to use all space available? For example, 2 larger images and then 3 of the same but smaller.
Hey A-Dubb , one quick question is the prestige safe to use in residential homes?
Do you think the Revel DTF-2402 Direct -to-Film Transfer Printer is worth the money
I thank god I watched these videos cause imma pass on dtf it’s really slow
Yes it is but honesty all dtf printers are slow. Some are faster than others but the entire process for all printers is tedious. Think about making a shirt in general though. There is no process that is really fast. What process is fast? Dtg the entire process with pretreating the shirt then drying then printing, screen printing, forget about it super slow, embroidery forget it, sublimation is probably the fastest but it’s limited. Htv maybe a little faster or equal to this depending on the design because you have to cut and weed. No process is fast. All this stuff takes time. Gotta pick your poison.
@@adubbproductions your right when u put it that way… but if I purchase a dtg printer and print transfers it’s a faster process
@@SHESMINAJ yea dtgs are faster at the printing part but you still gotta powder and bake. It’s not a system. There is no add on to make dtgs a system. With these printers at least you can add a powder shaker baker and roller onto it press print then go do something else while they are printing.
You gonna spend thousand more a dtg to make one dtf transfer that you still have to manually powder and bake when you can buy an entire system for less that you can come back and have your dtf prints made and neatly rolled up? Just some things to think about. But we have options. Options are good because everyone’s plans are different.
16 mins to print 1 design 🥴🥴 Issa nooo
Do you think that it makes sense to sell transfers if you only have the 13 inch printer? It seems like all the companies selling transfers have the 22 inch.. I'm considering getting the package with the Seismo 11 but I'm not sure if I can create a business selling the transfers with the prestige 13 inch.. what do you think?
If you want to start a business get the Prestige L2. You can’t keep up with demand with the prestige A3+R
This print took time because is a huge print
I about to order the prestige a4 but I want to know what is the rip software is that what I use to create images to print. please help new to all of this
It comes with a license for digital factory direct. You don’t make images on he rip software though. You make your image on your graphic design software then use the rip software to print your dtfs.
Why are u not using your DTG Printer for DTF?
I use my DTG printer almost every day for shirts but never got it dialed in for dtf. I’ve seen people creating some nice dtf prints from it but I haven’t had any luck and don’t have the time to play with it to get the correct settings using colorgate. Even still it’s still not efficient. You can’t attach a powder, shaker and baker unit with a roller to it so it would take forever to make a batch of dtf prints.
@@adubbproductions Check yeah we use our DTG Printers for both DTG and DTF but we are only printing sheets, not fan of roll 2 roll
Do you have to leave the machine on for the agitation to keep the white from clogging?
Yes. It does. It consume significant electricity though. I haven’t noticed a difference.
Is the software compatible with Apple computers?
No. You either have to get a Pc or run an emulator. I suggest just getting a dedicated Pc.
Have you had any issues with roller marks on your prints?? I have the same roller mark on the same spot on every design and I have cleaned every roller and nothing has helped?
On the prints no. On the sheet yes. The roller marks don’t transfer to the image for me. It’s only on the film. Images press onto garments fine and I don’t see any roller marks.
did it use l1800 printhead?
Let’s ❤gooooo
Hi has the prestige A3 + discontinued.?
Already?
Yes. Insane right.
💜
You going to Long Beach?
Hi Allan,
I live in small apartment, is this machine too noisy?
I don’t think so. It not too noisy. The duster is the noisiest part but you can turn the poser up or down on the duster so it doesn’t hit so hard. Overall that’s a tough question. Noisy from person to person is different. I would think it’s fine for an apartment noise wise.
@@adubbproductions
Thx Allan,
You rock man, I'm definitely going to get one.
How long did it take for you to print one image?
I never timed it. I did the video so you could see for yourself in real time. Check it out and see.
That's too slow, and in my opinion it's not worth it. Have you tried DTF on your Ricoh i1000? What are your thoughts on that? Can you do a video using the DTG to do DTF?
I haven’t had much luck getting good quality dtfs out of the dtg. But if you think this dtf printer isn’t worth it just curious how does it make sense considering purchasing a dtg that cost twice the price and requires More maintenance and that you can’t add a roller, shaker, powder baker machine to? That would be worth it to you? I Persia log would rather be able to walk away and do something else and come back later and all my prints are done and rolled up and ready to be applied. I’d like to hear why you think a dtg would be a better option for making transfers than a transfer making machine that cost half the price for the entire package?
How do you like your R1000
It’s great. I love it.
@@adubbproductions I just got one and I was wondering if you've had any issues at all print head or anything with it and how long you've had it Thank you for your great videos they are really helping
I’ve had mine for over a year now. If you keep it in a warm area and keep up with your maintenance you will be fine. I have never had a clogged print head but I kinda did my own thing from day 1 because the way they recommend you clean the printhead just made no sense to me. I never use the jig. I just use a mirror and kinda gently but firmly go to town on the outside of the heads then on the heads with the lint free wipes. I’ve made videos showing how I clean my print head and I’ve never had issues. When I first go mine however it would stop printing in the middle of solid black designs and give me a no ink error. For months they sent me parts and had me change out different pieces including the working print head, ink casing, mother board and nothing worked. Ricoh had me ship it back to them and they fixed it. Since then it does everything fine. They never really said what the issue was but one of the things they said was that the print head was clogged but that didn’t make sense because full color images always printed fine it was only solid color black images. But black parts in full color prints printed fine so….. idk.
Hello,
DTG or DTG?
Let me think. You didn’t give me many options. 🤔🤔 DTG and dtg. Just kidding. I know what you meant. The two both have their places. It really depends on what you are trying to do in your business. You wanna make transfers or the best quality shirt?
@@adubbproductions sorry DTF or DTG. My phone autocorrected 🤦
@@adubbproductions always trying to make the best quality.
What software are you using to print ?
the desktops are slow at printing. not good for running a small business
At all.
@@adubbproductions i use the desktop for a year to basically get training on maintenance and the all around dtf business down packed. but after people wanted 20,30 and 60 prints, i had to get a wide format 24in dtf printer. now i can push 30 12x12 prints in 30mins or less.
🤔 Bro, you do MORE for these companies than they do for THEMSELVES.
Yea. That’s a fact. It’s fun to me. I like making videos and thinking of creative ways you can make money and trying to figure out how you can optimize the prices to save the most time so you can do other things.
@@adubbproductions ✅ thanks man, your videos actually provide great insight.
So I guess you aren’t making any money cause you don’t have the shaker. Looks like we in same boat bro.
Lol. Why would you guess that? We are definitely not in the same boat. I never said that please don’t make guesses on my behalf just ask because people read this stuff and assume I said it. Where did you get that from? i make a bunch of money daily on my equipment. How many printing methods do you have. I get a job and decide what method I want to use. If this was all I had then this is what I would use. Not having a shaker is not an excuse for not taking jobs and making money. If someone asked you to make a batch of shirts or transfers and you say no. That’s on you. I’m just trying to figure out where that came from. I never said that. It’s more efficient but you will never get to the efficient part if you don’t work to that point for the business to pay for the shaker baker machine. Don’t make excuses, just do the work. You have the equipment. Don’t say say you don’t have the other pieces so you are not making money. That’s definitely an excuse. I’ve worked my way up since weeding vinyl by hand and embroidering full color designs on a single needle embroidery machine. I didn’t say (well i only have a single needle so I can’t make money). Make it happen no matter what you have. Don’t make excuses and please don’t guess, just ask me. I would not be able to have a studio if i didn’t make money. I’ve been making money since I had an ink jet printer and transfer paper. No excuses.
Worst Printer Ever!! I’m being real!! Had 4 of them, all 4 got sent back… went with something different… Hope you’re having better luck!!
What did you end up going with?
Why was it the worst?
@@ajochoa6216, all 4 printers didn’t work right out the box, they basically wanted me to break the rollers on the 2nd one, we did… printed, and all we got was a mess of lines thru out our prints… it just wasn’t for us… ALL 4!! We have pics to prove the train wreck… look at the reviews.. don’t go by the reviews from influencers!! They only trying to sell so they can get a kick back!!
@@cynthiacarey8968 what printer did you end up going with?
@@ajochoa6216, I’ve been using the Epson 8550!! I’ve had it for over a year now, and it’s still going strong!! The keyword to all these printers are MAINTENANCE!! Daily… which means keeping those white inks shook and cleaning your capping station and rollers…
That is wayyyyy too slow. I really appreciate the video. I just subscribed to your channel. I'm going to look at some of their other machines