Brother has launched a special method for its direct-to-garment printers GTX, GTXpro and GTXpro BULK. According to the company the new methods creats a way to reach an excellent print result and high washability at reasonable printing costs and time on 100% dark polyester. The new method has already been tested successfully on various polyester materials. To ensure that polyester textiles can also be printed on without any problems, customers can contact their certified Brother dealer in the EMEA region to have their materials tested or they can get the new software/firmware package and the how-to-do instructions from the dealer directly to test it with their own GTX or GTXpro printer. What do you need for this? Nothing else than what you should already have:
- GTX or GTXpro machine
- Same Innobella Textile inks (GTX & GTXpro)
- Standard pretreatment (GTX & GTXpro)
- Pretreatment machine
- Heat press
The only additional item which you need is the special software/firmware package and Brother’s guideline made for dark Polyester printing. This new software/firmware package is available through Brother’s certified distributors and the company have decided to offer it free of charge until June 30, 2021. From that date onwards, the company will start to invoice this package. As there is a very large variety of polyester textiles available in the market (different quality, brands, colours, etc.), Brother considers this period until end June 2021 to have enough time for testing, gaining confidence and skills in these special treatments and procedures.
