Good morning, my wife and I decided to empty the attic to set up a t-shirt and cap printing workshop screen printing portland.
The investment cannot be excessive but, in any case, we want to start well.
Exploring your site I found many heat presses, plotters, starter kits… at different prices. What do you advise me?
Since you talk aboutplotters y heat presses, it seems to me that you want to start a digital printing or heat-sealable project.
For this type of activity the necessary tools are:
– a good laser printer (with or without target printing)
– a cutting plotter
– a heat press
The choice of models depends on the amount of work you plan to do and the budget you have available.
For small amounts of work, the cheapest tools that you find published on the site work very well: they are always all of good quality.
Laser printer: OKI printers are considered the most reliable when it comes to transfer printing; So much so, that the transfer paper manufacturer calibrates its papers with toner from OKI printers. The printer with white solves any graphic problem to transfer onto any color of fabric, since it generates the white color. In the absence of it, the problem is solved by using transfer papers for colored or dark fabrics, which have a white background.
Cutting plotter: The C30 plotter has the same solidity, the same mechanical parts and the same internal cards as the larger modelsC60 and C120; only the cutting width varies. It works well if managed from a PC, while if managed from a Mac it loses some automatic functions. For those who want to save there is the Silhouette Cameo plotter: it is made in Japan, with more intuitive operation than the C30. Manages long files of up to 3 meters max.
Heat presses: the economical 38×38 model has a manual opening and a spartan appearance; but it works well even for many hours a day. The Secabo TC5 model is heavier and more solid, has a better finish and automatic opening: at the end of the set time, the iron rises by itself.
A reasonable way to set up the workshop could be: 38×38 Eco heat press to start; If the project is developed,TC7 40×50 thermal press, which also allows you to transfer A3 formats.