Luminaris 200 White Toner Printer Setup and why I choose it over a DTF Printer

In today's video I will be unboxing and telling you all about my new Luminaris 200 White Toner Printer! Before I started embroidery, I loved making shirts with HTV and my Silhouette Cameo. Then I learned about sublimation, and loved not having to weed and layer vinyl, but felt limited by the polyester requirement and that I could not sub onto dark material.

I went on the hunt for a printer that could do it all, print on cotton or any other material, and print white ink so that I can press designs onto black or dark shirts. I also wanted something that could print large format. I found 2 options, the Luminaris 200 or a DTF (direct to film) printer. There are 3 reasons why DTF was not for me.

1. The multiple pieces of equipment you have to have for DTF was a little too much for me. After the printer, you need to run your film through adhesive powder and have an additional oven to cure your film after that.
2. The footprint for the printer and the oven was wayyyy too big for my space. Plus I would need a space to do the powder step.
3. This was something that I forgot to mention in the video, but I'm nervous about how sensitive white ink can be. There is a bit of maintenance that is required on these printers and keeping the ink lines and print head clean is something that intimidates me.

With the white toner printer, all I need is the regular office size printer and a heat press and I am ready to go. It uses toner so there are no ink lines to worry about clogging. Overall these are my personal reasons for going with the Luminaris 200 over a DTF printer.

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