9000-001 Equipment

Safety:

• Pinch points
• Fumes
• Chemicals
• First aid

DTG printers:

• Sizes
• Speed efficiency
• Single or multi heads

DTG software:

• Design software’s available
• Rip software’s
• Designated printer software

Pretreat machinery:

• Operation of pretreater
• Pretreat mix ratios
• Clean up of machinery

Platens:

• Choosing platen size and type
• Adjusting height/ centering platens in printer
• Set up in software chosen platen

Curing:

• Heat press operation
• Conveyor dryer operation

9000-002 Procedure

Preparing design:

• Collaboration with customer
• Software development
• Rip software completion

Preparing printers/platens:

• Printer maintenance
• Platen application
• Loading ink cartridges
• Print alignment of print heads

Pretreat application:

• Mixing pretreat to proper ratios
• Adjusting pretreat areas
• Adjusting pretreat levels to ounces
• Laying down the fibers

Heat press:

• Heat press time and pressure adjustment
• Curing printed DTG
• Adjusting heat press on the fly
• Sealing fibers
• Lint removal

Cutting and weeding:

• Cutting paths and optimization
• Weeding for final application

9000-003 Creation and Lab

Software assisted product creation:

• Photoshop, Flexi, Adobe Illustrator operation
• Import/export customer files
• Scanning artwork

Operating pretreat machinery:

• Pinch points on pretreat machinery
• Loading pretreator
• Pretreat mix ratios
• Exposure times and locations

Operating DTG printer:

• Test printing to choose ratios
• Adjusting hues and print head passes
• Rip software to reverse print
• Printing in layers

Operating heat presses:

• Pinch points
• Safety procedures
• Researching pressures, heat, and exposure times
• Laying down the fibers
• Lint removal

Curing ink:

• Researching pressure, heat and times
• Quality inspection