Making a Full Shirt Order With DTF | Direct-To-Film Printing

Making a Full Shirt Order With DTF | Direct-To-Film Printing

In this video we are doing a t-shirt job order of 16 shirts with both front and back designs. We are going to take you through the full print and pressing of each of the shirts.

The 2 head DTF printer is another popular option for busy shop owners that have a lower budget. See how production works with the DTF-24H2 in this video:    • Direct to Film Printing Girl Scout Co...  

The total job time to make these 16 shirts with both front + back designs was about 45 minutes.

The print time for 40 transfers (a couple extras were printed) was about 17 minutes and 47 seconds, BUT this timing is if this was the only job you were doing for the day, which is not a likely application. This time is 30-40% higher than it would be if you were to just drop this job in with a regular day’s run of transfers.

Commercial DTF printers like the DTF-24H2 and the DTF-24H4 work by automatically printing, heating, applying powder, beating and drying your design on your transfer.

The press time for the 16 shirts (front and back, so 32 transfers) was around 27 minutes and 53 seconds.
Front and back printed shirts are a more specialty order, so if you are curious about the production time for just front shirt customization, just cut this time in half!

The DTF film you use is essential to your production times. Some of these films require a cool or warm peel. This can slow down production so we highly recommend to hot peel film that you can find here - https://colmanandcompany.com/premium-...

If you are just starting your custom t-shirt business and want something compact and affordable to start with, the DigitalHeat FX White Toner Printers are a great choice.
They are digital printers that allow you to print full color transfers in seconds. You then apply an adhesive sheet using a heat press that will turn this transfer t-shirt ready.
To understand the timing differences with production like this, we did the same job of 16 shirts with our DigitalHeat FX 8432 printer. The shirts are only the front but you can see a great time and labor comparison by watching this video:    • Making a Full Shirt Order With the Di...  

Learn more about Direct-To-Film Printing with the DTF-24H2 and the DTF-24H4 at https://coldesi.com/coldesi-dtf/