what's going on guys john santos and on this channel we help build brands that impact the
world from the ground up in this video we got the eye color 560 printer now this printer has
a capability to print t-shirts from home but it also has the ability to print a variety of other
products so in this video we're actually going to be using it for the very first time ourselves
i hope that this video helps you to see what you're getting yourself into if you're
thinking about purchasing a printer like this to print t-shirts from the comfort of your home
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this USB drive here contains the rip software so let's go install it on our workstation and
get this video started so as you're installing the rip software you guys will realize that you
need to connect your printer to the computer now the really cool part about this machine
in particular is that it does use wi-fi the icolor 550 did not have the wi-fi capability so
it's pretty cool that we could just set it up to the internet here and we don't have to have
a laptop right next to it we're actually going to be working out of the other room
when we set up the art files and then all we do out of this thing is print and actually press
and once it's finally connected you can now install the printer to your computer and
you're ready to start sending designs to it now an important thing to note right now guys is that
this printer has two trays and this was a little difficult for us to uh to navigate the first time
so this tray is for single load sheets so if you guys are doing just one off design you can load
it right into here directly this tray as it opens up is for you to be able to load multiple designs
into it now the rip software that comes with it allows you to choose which tray to use you have
to leave that white cartridge that's good to know so so it always needs the white i mean because uh
now after a few days of us trying to learn as best as we could to use this printer on our own with
the guides that were provided we had to reach out to Uninet's customer service team to help us with
the software side of things the fact that they have a team of people ready to answer questions
was a major plus and after speaking with them we ironed out the kinks we had in the printing
process in short we learned that when printing on t-shirts you want to set up your cartridges
with white ink and use the over printing function what this does is that it leaves a layer of white
underneath the rest of your colors as one of our designs had some gray but the color was not
coming out as true as it should we also learned how important it was to use the right amount
of pressure on the heat press through the whole entire process all right so before we start the
printing process be sure you guys have your heat press on and preheated to the desired temperature
we are using the Icolor two-step standard 550/560 transfer media for light and dark textiles which
require us to set the temperatures to 310 degrees also if you're using a clamshell heat press like
the one we have here be sure to close the press for at least five minutes to get the bottom
platen nice and hot now this step is extremely important so make sure you don't skip this
and also be sure to set your pressure to medium pressure so now that we got that set let's show
you how we printed our first design now our first design has a dark background color to it and since
we are printing on a dark colored t-shirt we went ahead and used the knockout black function in the
software this removes the black in the artwork and leaves only the color to print on the design
and after we insert the transfer media we go ahead and hit print and our design is now ready
to get married printed out as you can see it knocked out all the black and now we're going
to go ahead and do the mirroring process to this it's inverted so when you flip the uh the your
sheet around the prints are actually on the other side but when you actually print it on the shirt
you'll see this later again it can get really confusing so you just want to do that and then
we're going to press it on there for 120 seconds using the also supplied craft paper
there you go and like the divorce rates in america guys there's a 50 50 chance to mess
this up but don't give up hang in there make the adjustments you need to help them bond nicely
now while the sheets are still hot we have to rub the top of the sheet for five seconds and
remove the adhesive sheet in a diagonal direction in one slow smooth motion now as you're pulling
and getting close to the end we recommend that you slow down and allow the sheet to fall off
nicely and after successfully navigating this process this baby is ready to be applied to the
t-shirt now at this point of the video you guys may be sitting there wondering john how much does
it cost to print t-shirts with this printer and what kind of money can i expect to make
now the cost for the most popular transfer sheet is two dollars and 20 cents and the estimated
cost to print a full sheet is around 15 cents worth of toner so that's putting your cost at
around 2 dollars and 35 cents now for the t-shirt blanks we went with we went with the bella canvas
3001 combed and ring-spun tea cotton which you can purchase for around 3.50 from a distributor
and we also use the heavyweight street tee which goes for around six bucks depending on which
t-shirt we plan to sell on our site the total cost with the 3001 blank tee is about six dollars and
the heavyweight tee is nine dollars now the next part that i want to speak to you guys about is
super important because in order to be successful with any kind of equipment that you guys purchase
you need to be able to tailor the art or the products to that equipment
even though this printer can do technically can do full color printing you want to be considerate in
how you use a blank space now for example guys for this fade away t-shirt design that was created by
the man mike leisure we had to knock out the black in the design so in order for it to actually feel
like a really nice print because if we went with a full black background on this t-shirt it would
have it it started to feel really weird it started to feel papery it didn't feel like a real print
so we had to knock out the black in it in order for it to show up and we did the same thing with
this t-shirt right here this t-shirt design that the man vector chef created we knocked
out the black on the owl in order for the color of the t-shirt to come out so like i mentioned
you want to be able to tailor your art to the kind of printing application that you guys have so this
does a great job of full color printing but you still need to have art that allows for some of the
t-shirt to come out in order for it to feel nice and in order for it to demand a price point of at
least 25 dollars or if you're gonna be printing for other brands you have to at least wholesale
these stuff for fifteen dollars in order to do that you need to have a good understanding about
how this printer works about how your capabilities and limitations are even though there's not much
limitations you could technically do a full color print if you rasterize the art in a certain way in
order for it to uh kind of give space i personally was not a big fan of that if i'm being completely
honest i'd rather do full color and tailor the art to allow the t-shirt to come out and that
creates a really nice application and a really nice design now we included the links to bella
canvas and others mentioned in this video right down below so make sure you guys check out their
offering and the education as well as the facebook groups that they have to help entrepreneurs like
yourself who are building brands and print shops and print services now before we continue to the
next step it's important to set the pressure of the heat press to a medium-high setting in like
the mirroring process if the pressure is not set correctly your design will not stick to your shirt
also make sure you trim the edges off the transfer sheet as much as you can but leave a little bit
on there to help peel it off all right so now we're going ahead and place the design obviously
you want to make sure that it's straight that you have it set to the the amount of inches away from
the neckline that you want four on the top we're going four on the top and so it's all good to go
and now you're gonna go and place that down change the settings on your heat press to 30 seconds once
the time is up remove your shirt and place your garment flat somewhere and you need to wait at
least five minutes for the t-shirt to completely cool down before removing the transfer sheet
but you cannot wait more than one hour during this time for it to cool down if you had any
other shirts to apply artwork to you can do it at this time but since we're only doing this
one-off design for this first video we're going to prepare the heat press for the post press now for
the post press you set your press to 265 degrees to retain the best color vibrancy in your design
now we will go ahead and remove the transfer sheet being careful to start pulling where there is
more ink in the design you want to make sure to pull it in a diagonal direction be very careful
and now your design is ready for the final press now for the final press we place our shirt down on
the platen and press it for 20 seconds at 265 degrees once complete while keeping the shirt
on the press stretch your design a little as it helps the ink from cracking now these are some of
the transfer sheets that you could print out and like we mentioned pricing really depends on how
much you use of the sheet right so some designs you'll have to print a full entire design onto
it which this sheet cost two dollars and twenty cents and this print probably is running closer to
seven to ten cents but when it comes to the t-shirts um you know to be completely honest
with you guys the first few days we were using it was uh it was definitely a learning process
now this is the first couple of hits that we got on the t-shirt the first one that we did we just
did it straight out the box we were like yo let's let's try to figure this thing out on our own
and you could see that this paper the design itself feels very much like paper
it almost feels like the type of material that you can get at walmart that we did
with a recent video on this channel this comes out more like that as we were testing out the colors
we ended up testing out pressure and then some of the design started feeling a little bit nicer
but it wasn't until we did the knockout black feature that we showed you guys right here
that it felt like a real print that we were proud of and that we were like yo this this
has some really good potential like that's a huge difference from the first mock-up
since we also have face masks we sell them at the streetwearapparel.com e-commerce store we
were able to print out some gifts for friends and this made printing full color on mass super simple
we had done something like this with a with the actual vinyl transfer before where we did vinyl
printing with the heat press but white toner printing with this made full color application
very easy to do and the quality is very nice so i was super happy about the potential and the
possibilities with this printer the fact that it not only gives you the ability to print on
garments in a variety of garments as you guys can see it also gives you the ability to print
on hard surfaces such as wood leathers and bottles windows it it honestly is a jackknife like my man
stan banks had mentioned in his video this thing is like a legit jackknife like it does all kinds
of stuff and that's the reason why i honestly think that this printer has a huge capability
for entrepreneurs out there who are thinking about selling online starting a side hustle or just
printing off a variety of different products for people in their community this printer if you put
it to good use can make you some good money and the best part about it is that compared to dtg or
other print equipment that you might get this is a very low cost and they also have some financing
options available we are now using it in our shop we're using it at the location we just moved into
to print off designs to create samples and to be able to create you know custom products
without needing screen printing or dtg this this white toner printing gets an a-plus from
us it's amazing so if you guys want to check it out there's links in the description down
below where you guys can learn more about it and see if it's a good fit for your business
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