Hi Mr-Gobby
I completely agree with you.
DTG is not for everyone and its not a magic box that produces perfect prints at the click of a button, it takes work.
As for cons, at this end of the market print cost and print speed are the biggest.
Ink Cost
Epson ink is £147.00 per 600ml cartridge, a solid white A4 print will cost about £2.00 in ink a full platen around £4.50 in ink. But you don't need to print the job to get a price, just RIP the job in Garment Creator (RIP provided by Epson) and it will tell you the estimated ink usage so you can quote the job accordingly.
Print Speed
A good operator should get 15-18 dark shirts an hour, double that for white t-shirts.
The Brother GTX prints at twice the speed but at twice the cost. For the same money you can have two F2100's and when one goes down ( they are printers they will go down) you are still in production.
If you PM me your address I will post out a print that you can wash test so you can see how the wash affects the print firsthand.
Ricky
Xpres