4. Printing Directly from Applications

４-６. Printing

CAUTION

Ensure there is adequate space left for safe working. The Platen moves forward while operating.

Do not handle the platen while printing. If your hand gets caught between the platen or the T-shirt tray and the covers, injury may result.

Do not move the Platen by hand.

The Printer may be mechanically and electrically damaged.

Do not put your hands inside the covers while the printer’s power is turned on, otherwise your hands may touch against moving parts and this may result in injury.

Take care not to let the ink, Wash Liquid, Maintenance solution, Pretreatment or waste liquid come into contact with your eyes or onto your skin, otherwise inflammation can result. In case of contact with eyes, do not rub but immediately rinse the eyes with water.

Furthermore, do not drink the ink, Wash Liquid, Maintenance Solution, Pretreatment or waste liquid under any circumstances, as they can cause vomiting and diarrhea.

Keep the ink, waste liquid and wash liquid out of the reach of children.

4-6-1. Applying the Pretreatment

Pretreatment must be applied on a T-shirts to keep the White ink on the surface of a T-shirt. Wear gloves to keep Pretreatment from the skin.

<Note>

Use a heat press to cure the Pretreatment. The surface must be as flat as possible in curing. If you use an oven, the fibers may not lay down flat causing low print quality.

Water drops on the Pretreatment-cured surface turn stains. Do not wet the cured surface. Do not leave a Pretreatment-cured T-shirt in a humid space.

Be aware of the temperature of the heat press in curing the Pretreatment. Temperature easily drops by continual curing. If the temperature is low, the Pretreatment can not make ink barrier on the surface of the T-shirt and the White ink may easily sink into the fibers and can not produce enough white.

Better to use an Urethane mat (continuous foam) to release more steam while curing.

If CMYK inks are printed on a Pre-treatment applied T-shirt, ink may washed off. Do not apply Pretreatment when you print without using White ink.

Pretreatment on some T-shirts may be seen easier after applied and cured. Wash lightly with water. Some dyes may be decolorized by Pretreatment, we recommend you test the garment before printing.

(1)Put the Pretreatment into the spray. Use an spray which can produce fine mists.

(2)Put a T-shirt flat and apply by spraying the Pretreatment. Insert some plate so that the Pretreatment will not go into the back side. The amount of Pretreatment should be 15 g by 25 x 30 cm (either Letter or A4 size), about 36 g (the surface is wet enough) by maximum 40 x 45 cm (Platen XL).

How to spray the Pretreatment

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