Brother GT-782 Direct to Garment White Ink Printer Preview

This movie was taken at the SGIA by Jay Jessup in conjunction with Direct2Shirt with his camera showing the basic operation of the Brother GT-782 white ink direct to garment printer. You can get a basic idea of its operation and ease of use. In a real life production situation you would be producing around 30-60 shirts per hour depending on the print mode. You can learn more by visiting www.direct2shirt.com or www.brothergt-782.com or www.inkjetgarmentprinters.com and going to the Brother Digital Garment Printer forum.

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[Direct2Shirt]

Also, in my response to Stendermac - these heads last a little longer since they are industrially built for this purpose...

[Stendermac]

enjoy replacing those 8 printheads at almost $1000. It seems like a bit of over-kill considering that it took 4 minutes to print 2 shirts, without the heat cure... its also loud and very big. I think brother has a ways to go.

[Direct2Shirt]

I would have to disagree with you Stendermac. Depending on the print mode most users will see between 30-60 shirts per hour. The shirt printed in this video was pulling 1 shirt per minute - including running it down the conveyor dryer. You can cure the ink while printing - it isn't done in the same process. The heads are $1000 or so each, however, if people are concerned about head costs and are not using the machine, then they shouldn't have it.... have you seen Kornit's head price?

[Direct2Shirt]

My bad. I thought I was in another video I had posted. The shirt rate per hour I mentioned was in our other YouTUbe video that is 6:28 long.

[Direct2Shirt]

No. This machine is built from the ground up to be a garment printer. It uses print heads built by Brother to print textile inks. They lay down a lot of ink compared to the Epson printheads - and they won't clog nearly as much because of that fact.

[ThePrinthead]

Amazing how simple it can be to communicate with people and have them understand a certain topic, you made my day.

[Tekdiver1981]

What about daylie maintainace for it, what about drying ink in the nozzles, i saw some guys on a trade show in germany who where allways running around the machine and "fixing" something. Can i leave it alone when it started the printjob? What will the costs be for a machine automatic pretreatment system. And what about the treatment stuff is it dangerous for health, do i have to wear respiratory protection when i spray the garment.

[MrClintHand]

Yes, You do have to pre treat the garment or product before printing. An automatic pre treatment system is well worth the investment.

[Tekdiver1981]

Do you have to coat the shirts before print on it?

[lerouge80]

is true.....

[CristianDeVeulla]

Very Fast ????? Kornit Digital is fast !

[Sharkweek2122]

Unbelievable! That is an outright lie. If you go to anajet's website that is NOWHERE on there! Also, if you go to Printwear Magazine's website and look at their digital issues, 2008 D2, page 12, it clearly states that anajet uses their own print engine.