DTG HM1-C Highlights

For the Serious Apparel Decorator!

Our newest advanced model with features unseen and unprecedented in digital small flatbed technology.

The HM1, our newest model, retains all the characteristics that make the original DTG KIOSK the world's 1st choice in digital direct garment printing and now includes the following features to enhance speed and print quality.

Auto reflush cleaning cycles. Increased speed. Registration perfect head moving technology. Advanced firmware. Process color vibrancy. Built-in bulk ink system. Fan forced ink extraction. Head moving pin point registration

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Marketing Ideas for Your DTG Printer

Congratulations on your investment into a DTG Digital Garment Printer. Now it's time to get down to making money with this exciting machine. There's a seemingly endless number of angles you can take to be successful with your DTG, following you will find a few of these options.

Focus on a specialized market

Every one of us has some sort of hobby or passion that absorbs a good amount of our free time (and sometimes it absorbs some of our not-so-free time). Try to tap into the marketplace for your passion or hobby. Some examples of good vertical markets would be - boat enthusiasts, horse enthusiasts, bikers, hunters, fishermen, any type of youth sports groups, dog shows, the list goes on and on. If you are involved in any of these pursuits (or some similar type pursuit) check out the opportunities to attend and set up a booth at one of their events. A custom garment printed on demand will garner a much higher selling price than a generic event garment. If your window to sell is very limited, consider creating a couple of generic sample custom prints and take orders for the garments, promising a quick turn around time. Shirts at events like these can often sell for $25, $30 or even more, calculate the price of a priority mail envelope into the pricing and drop the prints into the mail the next day. Have your customers fill out the envelope so there are no address issues.

Include DTG samples in every order of apparel that you sell

If you already have an apparel decoration business, you already have a potential customer base for your new DTG printed garments. Whenever you deliver or ship an order to a customer, be sure to include a sample shirt printed on your DTG printer. It's a good idea to print with your DTG everyday anyway, so why not develop a sample t-shirt that shows the quality you can print and offers ideas for reasons to have shirts DTG printed - such as - family reunions, golf tournaments, charity events, baby births, milestone birthdays (Lordy, Lordy, Look Who's 40!) etc. A white t-shirt printed with a typical image may cost you $1.50 - $2.00, and you need to run the printer anyway! This is a great way to "harvest" more income from your existing customer base, while providing your customers with an exciting new product.

Use their logo from a business card or website to generate a quick, custom sample

If your business model is more business to business (B2B) - like promotional products companies - then a slightly different approach will work. Invest in one of the inexpensive business card scanners (they are available for less than $150) and simply pick up business cards from prospective clients and generate a custom shirt with their logo on it and bring it in to them. This is a great ice breaker and can very easily open doors for you, maybe for even more business other than just your direct to garment printer. With a little cleanup you may also be able to pull this feat off from potential customers' websites (be aware that most web graphics are only 72 DPI - so you may need to do a bit of software magic!).

Evaluate the t-shirts that you have purchased in the past

Take some time and lay out the t-shirts from your "t-shirt drawer" onto your bed. Look at the shirts and try to remember where, when and why you purchased them. In most cases, t-shirts are an "impulse" item. No one wakes up in the morning and says to himself or herself that they are going to go down to the Wal-Mart and buy a t-shirt with "fill in the blank" on it. More than likely, you are going to be walking through the Wal-Mart and see that shirt with "fill in the blank" on it and decide to buy the t-shirt. By evaluating your own t-shirt buying habits you can get some insight into the reasons that folks buy them, which will help you to better market your DTG output. (By the way, make sure to put the t-shirts back into the drawer or your spouse will not be happy!)

The Secret is: you gotta show them some output to generate interest!

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DTG Kiosk Printing Machine includes a one-year limited warranty on parts and labor.

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See tons of printing ideas for the DTG digital garment printer. Some may call it a T-Shirt printer, but you will see that the possibilities are endless. In fact, T-Shirt printing is only a portion of what the DTG is capable of. Use your digital garment printer to print on towels, hats, canvas, mugs, signs and golf balls.

Production rates and ink costs with DTG - KIOSK Textile printing with DTGTEX(2) ink

DTG Advantage

12 Reasons To Buy DTG

1. DTG Patented WIMS (White Ink Management System), Benefit: circulates white ink preventing settling, preventing head clogs)
2. Over 4000 machines sold world wide, More than any other Brand
3. Guaranteed Trade Up Program, DTG makes it easy to grow your business
4. Widest Range of Printers, 5 models.
5. Most Versatile Platen Systems (Kiosk 3 4-2-1 Platen)
6. More Factory Certified Technicians than any other brand
7. Toll free, Dedicated Phone Support
8. Longest Warranty in Industry (2 years)
9. Multi-Print Production Run Feature
10. RIP Software, known to be one of the easiest and most feature rich in the industry
11. LOWEST COST OWNERSHIP, From inception cost to operational cost!
12. BULK INK SYSTEM!! We don't lock you into buying VERY high-priced Cartridges!!

Note: The annual cost of owning a DTG versus a cartridge based machine is staggering.

	Brazilian Springs (White Shirt): 1440 x 720 dpi size: 11-1/4" x 10-3/8" DTG $.31* Cartridge Based $.59 or more* Porthole (Dark Shirt): White ink 1440 x 1440 dpi Color ink 1440 x 720 dpi size: 12" x 10.5" DTG $1.07* Cartridge Based $2.35*
* Based on published ink prices within print parameters

(If you print a dozen shirts a day which is minimal, that's 60 shirts per week, and say 50 weeks, that's 3000 shirts per year, if you print half white shirts and half dark shirts of images similar to this, your cost on DTG is $2070, Cartridge Based machine $4410.00 (DTG prints the same number of shirts for $2340 less!!!!!) 5 years of printing, you will saves $11,700 on DTG versus a cartridge based system!