Hi,
I have recently started small sign making company here in Spain. I am thinking of opening a small shop to sustain me and attract clients for the things i am interested in / and where i make more money-CNc and Foam signs/ . One thing lead to another and now i have Roland GX 24 Vinyl cutter, large Liu Chinese cutter and most of all i bought a very good quality professional swing heat press. I really hunted a month for the heat press and travelled 1000km for it, as i concluded that this will be the central and most important equipment in the shop. I have already produced some T shirts and could confirm that the press matters, in reality the quality of the vinyl job seems better than my competitors/friends who are longer in the business, but have crappy presses.
I still have some questions after reading so much into the forums:
1. So i am thinking Dye sub printer. While trying to find used Ricoh A3, i decided maybe on new Epson for starters. The 1500W+refillable cartridges. meanwhile a friend left me a normal WF-7110 for a week or 2, normal inks. Its the cheapest of them all and i am a little confused. My RIP/ Qimages/ recognises it as 360ppi and overdrive at 720PPI, so how's that everywhere else they say some ridiculously high number for print quality???? So in relity, does it print better quality than the gel Ricoh or not?
2.Looking at some second hand print and cut Rolands. i cant remember where, but someone suggested http://www.marathonthreads.co.uk/dig...and-cut-films/ . But before buying a printer i would like to see that materials in action. Especially the ones that imitate screen print/ dark and clear/ . Anyone seen that and touched it? How do they look. And which of these options are the must have? One important thing is that if i invest so much money in machinery, i will definitely start very seriously doing T shirts and selling them via various channels.
3. T shirt quality
I checked most of the T shirts they sell here in spain/ Ambor, Rolly, FOL, / and man, it's not good quality enough for me , i would say absolute crap, i personally will not buy such a T shirt. So i am a bit stuck. the only good quality t shirts i have seen so far are Uneek, a guy brings them from Uk. Any other options that are not very expensive? White, various blues, military green, grey, black
Next comes the price. till now i have concluded that i have to buy 1000-2000 to start with, as otherwise the calcs do not work correctly. Am i right?
Does somebody know of mixed lots where i can achieve a great price, leftovers, misplaced labels, etc.?
thanks!
Any advice will be appreciated