Garment Printer Owners

Ink Volume

The one of the attractive things about GT-541 is that it can print on almost any kind of fabrics, except for those that cannot be ironed in high temperature. Although it is specified to fix the printed artwork at 356�F (180�C) for 35 seconds, it can be fixed at lower temperature as long as the ink is sufficiently cured. However, just leaving in the room after printing will not fix the artwork on a T-shirt.

Our ink is specially developed for heavy 100% cotton T-shirts. Therefore ink volume is adjusted for printing T-shirts that are made of heavy 100% cotton fabrics such as Hanes� and Fruitsoftheloom�, you can print on thinner fabric or blended fabrics by setting optimum ink volume.

The following explains how to control with Printer Driver, and rough standard for ink volume. Please note that the following setting in Printer Driver is nothing more than just the standard. The bleeding and color development are influenced not only by the material of the fabrics but also the weaves of the fabrics and even the room temperature. So we strongly recommend you to do test print before the actual printing.

Test Print

There is a test print data in Printer Driver Utility (available only when Brother GT-541 printer is selected).

Choose "InkVolume check pattern" and click [ Print ] button and the test pattern below will be sent to GT-541.

Set the NoColor__70ia on the platen and print to find out the best level of the ink volume for the balance of minimum blurs and maximum colors.

The data on the leftmost [ 10 ] is default "No Ink Volume Cutting", the standard for heavy weight T-shirts. If blurs or bleeds, select the number underneath of the acceptable test pattern and set the level with the slide bar.

Standard index based on materials, thickness, and weaves

The followings are "our investigation result" we have get. But again, print quality depends on the thickness of NoColor__70ia, material, weaving style, humidity of the room, artwork (dark / pale colors), so on and so forth. Try test print and develop your own skills.

Printer Driver doesn't allow to use Double Printing and Ink Volume 9-1 together. If you manually push Print Button "double" to do "manual" double printing, you can print ink-cut print data double. This will need testing, but sometimes it is practically right way to do for your prints.

Media

Ink Volume

Remarks

Hanes� Beefy-T�

10

"No adjustment"

Hanes� Heavy Weight 100%cotton

10

"No adjustment"

Hanes� Heavy Weight 50/50

10

Print is rather colorless than 100% cotton material. Better to do Doublue Printing. The artwork may be transferred onto the antislip (platen cloth) in a continuous printing.

golf shirt Weight 100%cotton

10

"No adjustment"

sweat shirt 90-100% cotton

10

"No adjustment" Take care of the platen height and removing from the platen.

towel 100%cotton

10-7

Fur-touch (not loops) or thinner towels may need ink cut.

Twilled heavy weight apron

8-6

Because ink easily bleeds on twilled fabric.

sport jersey 100% polyester

3-1

You can increase the volume if an oven is used for cure (= no direct contact to the fabric).

fleece

6-4

You can increase the volume if an oven is used for cure (= no direct contact to the fabric).

heavy 100% linen for summer dress

10

Follow the cotton standard for linen.

50% linen 50% rayon

8-5

Depends on the thickness.

stretch denim
95% cotton 5% polyurethane

9-7

Depends on the weave

stretch broad 58% cotton
38% polyester
5% polyurethane

8-6

Depends on the weave

fake skin 100% rayon

5

Must be cured in an oven (No direct contact to the fabric)

fake suede

8-6

Cure by oven (No direct contact to the fabric) is better for better quality.

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