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Business Advice By FESPA Staff

No minimum order: the growth of DTF

decoration

Andy Rogers at Stahls’ UK and Europe, garment decoration firm based in

Braintree, UK and Dillingen, Germany, on the cost and speed benefits of direct

to film (DTF) printing.

What are the benefits of DTF printing? How many pieces of print do you need
Where does it fit in the production to do before the new machine pays for

mix? itself?

DTF transfers are great for short runs of transfers. If you are going to start using heat transfers in your

Whereas before the minimum order was 10, now there is no business, and you have selected a partner to provide the
minimum. This means that you can say yes to a job no transfers, it is important to get a high-quality heat press

matter the size. efficiency limit of 43% vs 29% for silicon machine.

cells].
These machines pay for themselves very quickly. The cost

to own a top of the range machine is from less than £1 a

day. This calculation is based on the machine warranty. In
this instance, the heating element has a 30-year warranty

and the framework is five years. To be more conservative,

we used the framework. In this case, the cost of the press

(£1,720) is divided between those five years: around 94p a
day. But in reality it would last longer. Paying off is possible

with between 110 and 600 shirts for the most expensive

heat press.

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