Anajet Garment Printer

[high impact]

We have been researching DTG printers for quite some time now but haven't pulled the trigger yet due to the expense.

I have recently found out that RJ Sign Supply now sells, supports and services an Anajet apparel printer. They sound pretty good but I have only researched brother and t-jet so far and never heard of these guys. Is this the same company that manufacturers Anagraph products? Does anyone have any experience with this company or these printers?

[Valentino]

yup yup, same guys.

[Valentino]

screenprintinguniversity.com

click on the anajet forum.

[Goodgirl]

Hi,

I was just wondering if you got all of your questions answered about the AnaJet? We are a wholesale sign supply company that sells, installs, and services these machines. I've had prior experience with the brother and I can tell you how they compare. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Jenni

[os101king]

We have been researching DTG printers for quite some time now but haven't pulled the trigger yet due to the expense.

I have recently found out that RJ Sign Supply now sells, supports and services an Anajet apparel printer. They sound pretty good but I have only researched brother and t-jet so far and never heard of these guys. Is this the same company that manufacturers Anagraph products? Does anyone have any experience with this company or these printers?



didja look at the Sawgrass unit? they have two versions, one white/light only and one for dark shirts as well. start at 16.5.... i'm doing research on it myself..... waiting for a sample shirt.

[os101king]

Hi,

I was just wondering if you got all of your questions answered about the AnaJet? We are a wholesale sign supply company that sells, installs, and services these machines. I've had prior experience with the brother and I can tell you how they compare. Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thanks,

Jenni

how about price?

[Bogie]

Yeah, but jeeze... How many shirts are you going to have to run to pay that thing off?

[os101king]

sawgrass says about 1,600 in their paperwork.

[Goodgirl]

The AnaJet would be around the same amount of shirts. I would say more like 1,500 but still it's close.

[Bogie]

I think that they're "curing" them after the printing with a heat press, so you also have to take into account wear and tear and electric on that too... Plus time for it to warm up if you're doing a one-off... If you can get the traffic, it'd probably be good, but I don't have that - yet.

[high impact]

I'm VERY close to bite the bullet on this equipment!

We do tons of small garment runs of approx 15-30 pieces and this machine apprears to be a good fit. I refuse to silk screen in house - i don't have the time and my wife says she wants the garment printer...

OH!!!! I know what I am getting her for Christmas! YA! ;-)

CUL - gotta go to the other thread now...

[Goodgirl]

Hey Mark,

Has my company been in contact with you? I want to make sure that we follow-up like I had asked them to.

Thanks!

[ken692]

I just jumped on this system
and got the flexi 8.5 pro
did I go over with the software
these are my firs steps in signs
$20.000

[high impact]

I just jumped on this system
and got the flexi 8.5 pro
did I go over with the software
these are my firs steps in signs
$20.000

I'm slightly confused by this post...can you clarify please?



This reminded me about updating this thread.

The Anajet is is a great machine but the ink is wayyyyyyyyyyy overpriced! I did not buy this printer after doing my research but instead went through with the purchase of a T-jet so we can print white ink on dark garments.

If you do not have a need to print white or have time for the learning curve with white ink then my recommendation would be to purchase a Brother. The downfall with the Brother is you can only print on light garments.

[Graphix Plus Ink]

Brother by far is the most reliable. I will give you some advice, be very careful with any machine that uses Titanium Oxide in their ink. T-Oxide equals alot of headaches and skill to master. Good luck.

[ShawnLVESP]

What headaches are with this additive? I don't know much about this additive.

[high impact]

Let's not beat around the "bush"... ;-)

In regards to the white inks containing "Titanium Oxide" - yes they do. As far as I know ALL white DTG ink on the market today contain TO.

The white ink we are using today is better than a year ago and the ink we will be using tomorrow will be even better than today. It's the nature of the evolution of the DTG beast.

In my opinion it is ALMOST worthless to be able to print on light shirts only. We have dark shirt customers all the time. However, we also try to convert them to light shirt orders EVERY time as well. ;-) Printing white IS a pita.

Yes, there is maintenance and a larger learning curve but it is worth it in my opinion.

The simple answer your question Shawn - the metals in the white ink plug up the print heads often.

[signage]

If I'm not mistaken "Titanium Oxide" is what is used in all white inks, it is what makes white ink not transparent.

[ken692]

[quote=high impact;369197]I'm slightly confused by this post...can you clarify please?



sorry high
I did spend the cash and got the anajet DTG printer
I ordered the fs-pro for $2000 more and with the intrest and cost im in for some big bucks
I was trying to find out if the flexi is overkill or did I make a good order
I just picked up some froot of the loom tee's for $2 each and think I will be using up a few with the learning curve
this is great Inow have a tee shirt button I push to make money
and its all legit

ken

[high impact]

Gotcha now! ;-)

IMHO I do think the Flexi is major overkill for DTG. You would've been better off with photo shop but Flexi will work. Don't get me wrong I like Flexi but it's not needed for what you will be doing with it and is weak with bitmap creation and editing. It's strong suit is vector node editing. I received Fast RIP and Fast Artist design software when I bought my T-jet and it's worked VERY well for my wife.

Make sure you charge plenty for your garment prints - ink cost is very high with anajet. I heard someone was releasing third party ink soon for the anajet, I'd look for it and find out for sure. Your oem ink cost was almost 4 times higher than fast ink when I last checked and I can't see the cartridge actually going complely dry before the printer mandates a replacement.

Good luck and let us all know how it goes.

[ShawnLVESP]

Thanks for the TO info.

[Mike_Koval]

have you thought about using your versacamm for doing apparel?

[signage]

Mike could you explain how to print directly to a garment with a versacamm?

[Mike_Koval]

you don't print directly on the garment, you print on a media, contour cut, then heat apply with a heat press.

here is a video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur_IOY2pa5Q

[SignManiac]

Which supplier carries the cad-print material?

[signage]

i understand that Mike but this thread is about DTG (direct to garment) printing! Alot of us are familiar with transfers.

[Graphix Plus Ink]

Yes anything white has TO but to say printing on lights only is worthless I cannot agree.
I did $1300 in White Shirts within the last 3 and half weeks. Hey if thats worthless when you get white jobs send them to me. :)

[Illuminator]

FYI Just bought the Brother GT-541 3 weeks ago and have printed about 350 - 400 shirts so far. I love it!!!

[Graphix Plus Ink]

FYI Just bought the Brother GT-541 3 weeks ago and have printed about 350 - 400 shirts so far. I love it!!!

But hey High Impact thinks it's worthless lol :) . Just teasing you Impact, I know what you mean. Being limited to lights kinda sucks but it just forces one to be more creative. And with a lot less headaches theres plenty of room for creativity.:thumb:

[high impact]

Yes anything white has TO but to say printing on lights only is worthless I cannot agree.
I did $1300 in White Shirts within the last 3 and half weeks. Hey if thats worthless when you get white jobs send them to me. :)

I mean this with no disrespect but have I offended you? You have misquoted me, not only once but twice...AND taken what I did say out of context. Please look back at my previous posts within this thread and see for yourself what I actually said.

I have not stated that "printing light only" is worthless. I have also had nothing but good to say about Brother - It's an incredible machine. However, there is a HUGE deficency IF you can only print light. White IS NEEDED for many designs AND customers. I also stated that we sell lights when we can!

It is my hope that this was obvious to you and you were joking but I didn't take it that way in your first post. Now that you have posted again I am unsure but will give you the benefit of the doubt. ;-)

[i45signs]

i pruchased the brother printer one year ago. about 8 out of 10 times when someone wants a black or dark shirt im able to convert them to a color we can print on. we probably print an average of 300 shirts per week. the white ink is not perfected yet or brother would have it (in this price point of printers). dont be scared of the brother just because it will not print white. when you tell people you can print full color graphics on light shirts this is a trade off when they want a dark shirt with one color.
if you want to offer black shirts find a good local screenprinter and sub them out. i think this would be less of a headache than all of the problems your going to have the the dtg printers with white ink.

[Mike_Koval]

Which supplier carries the cad-print material?
We carry a full line of the CAD-Print materials for lights and darks for any fabric.

[Mike_Koval]

i understand that Mike but this thread is about DTG (direct to garment) printing! Alot of us are familiar with transfers.
Just offering a solution for doing dark colors also for items which you cant use a DTG...like bags, hats, performance wear, 100% polyester, nylon, leather, spandex, gloves, etc., etc., etc.

[ken692]

well I have had the anajet for a day now and yes the black shirts are a pain in the butt. I have my work cut out for me with flexi, but I like the power it has, I wish I had some files to work with. this is going to be a time hog. I spent an hour setting up a skull and some text only to have it print out all wrong. guess I need adobe photoshop
can someone piont me to a site that I can sink my teeth into as far as geting the grafix I need to make some cool tee's


K

[Graphix Plus Ink]

High Impact I meant no offense I was just being humorous.
Anyway I hope you get want your looking for and good luck.

[ken692]

sold my firs shirt today $25
it was a skull and crossbones
that read LOVE KILLS
cool
this is a cool job

[vctradingcubao]

sold my firs shirt today $25
it was a skull and crossbones
that read LOVE KILLS
cool
this is a cool job

Congrats! Is it a black shirt?

[ken692]

I cant seem to get the right print with the black !
this was a gray shirt and I will try to print white with out the under coat
I need to find a website with some instructions
I'm still green with this printing
I feel that I'm only using 10% of this units capacity
just got my first 25 shirt order
K

[high impact]

ken692,

FYI - You would probably receive some helpful replies concerning your printing issues if you ask those specific questions in another thread. ;-)

tshirtforums.com is a good forum for DTG printing information as well.

[ken692]

wow I made 5 bad black shirts, ouch this learning curve is costing me a bundle
I guess the trick is the pretreat,
I see a lot of shirts with the underbase as the image
I cant seem to find the huge file I need
can someone jump in with a good source

Ken