Prestige DTF A3 Semi Industrial System

Direct To Film Printing System

This is the ideal entry-level system for anyone wanting to get into DTF on a budget. This system is perfect for smaller businesses and print shops. Like all DTF printers, it MUST be used for at least an hour daily. It’s not for occasional printing. Like our entire DTF lineup, this printer has automatic cleaning, intelligent ink level monitoring and white ink circulation systems included. To make this unit moreaffordable than its bigger brothers, it uses a semi-industrial XP-600 semi-industrial print head.

DTF is the best technology for printing non-synthetic white fabrics and all dark fabrics. The print is detailed with good colours and excellent wash durability. It’s even being used to replace heat transfer vinyl because there is no cutting, no weeding, no tracing of images and it’s much cheaper to do even counting the maintenance these printers require.

This technology is however NOT suitable for people who will only do the odd print here and there, people who don’t want to do daily maintenance and people in hot climates with no aircon. If your intended volumes are going to be low rather get the material printed for you.

This printer takes 8 minutes to print a full colour, full coverage A3 page, while the adding of the powder, curing and transferring takes a maximum of 2 minutes in total. Our systems include the best quality inks and film we can get along with a high definition powder with a particle size of under 80 microns to ensure all the fine detail in the print transfers. Fiery Cadlink DTF raster image processing (RIP) software is included with this system.

What Does It Cost To Print?

Approximately R 30 per running meter x 32cm wide and 90% coverage. The current market price per meter is around R 150. Maintenance costs – To cover the costs of maintenance including eventual print head replacement we suggest adding R 3.00 to each print.

DTF does require some hands-on maintenance so it’s not suitable for people who don’t want to clean print heads, get ink on their hands, change out ink pipes and so on. The printer must work daily to prevent head blockages and failures.

The automatic shaker oven is perfect for production volumes. If you are going to do small volumes, you can shake the powder onto the print by hand and use the infrared curing oven (optional extras) which is essential to ensure even curing. Some people put the print into an oven or heat press to cure but results are unpredictable and can result in the shirt being rejected.

The beauty of using the automatic shaker & curing unit is that you can set the printer to print and do something else while the print is being made ready for transfer. This system should not be confused with UV-DTF which is a system that prints stickers primarily for hard surfaces. Some unscrupulous sellers are telling prospective customers that a UV DTF can also print fabrics. This is NOT the case.

Enquire

The System Includes

Prestige DTF R1 (A3) roll printer, with single semi-industrial XP-600 print head.
DTF premium powder - 1kg.
DTF ink set CMYKWW (Ink Made in Korea) - 1 x 1L bottle of each colour (CMYK) and 2 x 1L bottle of white premium DTF ink. Our DTF ink is flown in to ensure freshness.
DTF Film DS Roll - Prestige DTF Premium instant peel film that is 35cm x 10 000cm (100M) roll. Instant peel, both sides are printable.
DTF cleaning fluid – 100ml of cleaning fluid for DTF printer.
Trim tool – for cutting the print.
Cadlink DTF RIP – Digital factory DTF edition RIP for desktop DTF printers (A3 & A4) - for windows only.
DTF Maintenance Fluid – 100ml bottle of DTF maintenance fluid. Put on a waste ink pad when not using the printer to keep heads wet and reduce blockages.
Corel 2023 Technical Edition – Designing Software.