Can't help on 1 or 2 other than checking out Layne Bryant stores but can offer this on 3, The new OYO DTS machine uses proprietary mesh with pre-applied cap film that requires you to stretch a new piece of mesh with every new screen you make. This mesh lasts about 800-1000 impressions on an auto, up to 2000 impression with a manual. They are currently working on a system that will use a wax plotter so you can use conventional meshes.
Theirs are a few others on the market and each one is vastly different from the other. Some use inkjet technology and others use wax to apply the image to the screen. Once imaged you simply expose the screen to light w/out the need of a vacuum table and wash out like normal. I'd suggest getting to an ISS show this year and checking the machines out in person. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat's Screen Printing Sent: Friday, April 27, 2007 12:09 PM To: Screenprinter's Mailing List Subject: [SE-List] Two Questions I have two questions that aren't particularly related to each other, but I'm on the computer and happened to be thinking of both. 1) Does anyone have a supplier they like for shirts aimed at older, possibly cushionier women? I get tired of handing my customers catalogues loaded down with Bella and Anvil, all aimed at juniors, most of whom in real life don't have a belly they ought to be displaying in public anyway (I live in a college town and can tell you this authoritatively). I had one employee who liked the Hanes Silver line, although my sister, who is 5-foot-9, didn't like any of it because it was all too short. It would be really nice to find some catalogue that depicted real-sized, middle-aged women wearing flattering styles that aren't skin-tight. It would seem to me, what with all the conversations about the Boomers and America's growing weight problems, that someone somewhere might be interested in targeting this market. And I just totally don't get Bella's psychology behind telling women who are usually a "medium" that they belong in "XXL." Enough about that one. 2) Does anyone have extensive experience with digital heat transfers? I have the plotter; I have the heat press; and I have transfer paper that feels far worse than a sheet of plastisol once on the shirt. I can find literature and information about making plastisol transfers, and direct-to-garment printing, but I'm having a hard time finding authoritative discussions and product information for digital heat transfers. Okay, I lied. Question #2 reminds me of a third question. 3) Does anyone have any experience with direct-to-screen machines? I saw an ad for Oyo's new toy and thought it sounded interesting. That's it for my questions. Tammy, your question about jackets is five days old, and I don't know if this is a solution, but Tri-Mountain has a lot of jacket styles in both big and tall. TL -- Pat's Screen Printing 242 N. Main Gunnison, CO 81230 (970) 641-3743 _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters _______________________________________________ Screenprinters mailing list [email protected] http://mailinglist.screenprinters.net/mailman/listinfo/screenprinters
