*** Note – This is an overview of Brother GT-541 Direct To Garment Printer
The Brother GT-541 garment printer represents the revolutionary alternative to thermal transfer and expensive screen printing. It utilizes ink jet technology that prints on numerous apparel in premium quality coloration straight from a computer. This ink jet garment printer is as simple to operate as a desktop printer, which can be networked with multiple units, to deliver great print quality and still remain cost-effective for short-run apparel graphics applications.
The GT-541 is faster and less expensive to operate than traditional screen printing machines because there is minimal set-up, tear-down, clean-up, screens, squeegees, or pallet adhesive. The GT-541 water based ink can be cured by a standard heat press, eliminating the need to purchase a conveyor dryer, and significantly reducing operating space requirements.
There are many reasons as for why a custom t-shirt business owner should choose and use this digital garment printer. The first reason is, unlike alot of other printing systems that you might guess the cost per print , the Brother GT-541 calculates the exact amount of ink that it’s going to use to generate your print job. Since it uses a four color process printing which is cyan, magenta, yellow and black cartriges and all the cartriges hold the same capacity of ink and cost the same amount of money, with the information generated by this digital printer you can figure out the exact cost per print before you even start the job.
Other reasons are:
- No screen separations or burning screens – just print your digital image.
- No ink mixing required – yet you can produce over 16 million colors.
- No clean-up needed – stop working with harsh cleaners and messy stations.
- No conveyor dryer needed – Inks are set with a standard heat press.
- No screen storage needed – save your digital files instead of old screens.
- No intense labor – designed for single-operator use!
- You can now print jobs that you might normally have had to turn away – and do it profitably.
- Virtually no setup times. Just send the design to the GT-541 and start printing shirts.
- Make a bigger profit on smaller and larger jobs.
- Print a garment for about $1.00 in ink (Averages usually are lower depending on the design)
- Finish printing jobs before you can even have screens burnt and put on the press!
- Save you more time freeing you up to make more money.
Imagine a garment printer that allows you to print directly from your computer or from a flash card, without all the set-up mess or high cost of traditional screen printing machines. The GT-541 “Print on Demand” Inkjet Printer prints on most garments in full color, with a large 14″ x 16″ printable area. It’s as simple to operate as a desktop printer and consistently delivers high-resolution print quality. It is faster and less expensive to operate than traditional screen printing machines because there is no extensive set-up, teardown, clean-up screens, squeegees, or pallet adhesive. The durable water-based inks withstand repeated washings and can be cured by a standard heat press, eliminating the need to purchase a conveyer dryer. The GT-541 is designed for garment printing. Matching ink and print heads were developed specifically for printing on cotton and cotton/poly blended materials. It’s what you’ve come to expect from a leader in inkjet printing technology.
WHY THE BROTHER GT-541 DIGITAL GARMENT PRINTER?
This question is commonly asked since there are many other digital garment printers on the market. Some even claim to be able to print white easily. But there is a BIG difference between the Brother GT-541 and the competition.
Most people will be amazed at what the Brother GT-541 can print and how well it does what it is designed to do – which is print shirts. You will realistically get between 30-45 full color shirts per hour from the GT-541 (actual production rates that are sustainable). This is not just printing. That is 30-45 printed, heat cured and folded shirts per hour. Because of the proprietary printheads, the eco-friendly water based inkset, and the ease of use, the Brother GT-541 digital garment printer is designed to be a workhorse with fewer maintenance issues and printing issues than any of the other printers on the market today.
Brother GT-541 digital garment printer is that easy to use. You just need to transfer and download full color images from a PC or built-in compact flash card reader, press the print button, cure with heat press and produce 30-60 shirts per Hour or 1-2 per minute.
Brother built their machine from the ground up to be a garment printer and it shows. This is not another Epson based printer re-packaged to print garments. This is a real production oriented, printing machine. You can even put a couple of Brother GT-541 garment printers at the end of a conveyor dryer and get some serious production rates without the mess, hassle and additional variables that make screen printing a much slower and less profitable process in many cases.
