foil printing

May 19, 2017

Printing for Team and Spiritwear is on!

SUMMER SPORTS PRINTING

Screen and digital printing businesses are getting their worlds rocked. Team and Spiritwear for league play is on; consequently, youth sports is at the forefront. Soccer, baseball, rugby, football, softball, cheer and spirit teams. In addition, adult leagues are in the mix. As a result, big time screen and digital printing opportunities are upon us.

PRINTING with LASER AND INKJET PRINTERS

Increase creativity with noteworthy heat transfer papers. Create custom Spirit and Team designs for light and dark color uniforms. Transfer to 100% Polyester/DriFit, 50/50 Blends, and 100% Cotton.

TOP CHOICE FOR TRANSFERS TO WHITE APPAREL

One exceptional paper for light color Spirit and Team wear is SingleStep™. Use it with a laser printer; effortlessly generate a Team motif or player name. This one-step heat transfer paper is weedless. Only the toner transfers. With no residual window, designs appear to be screen printed. Colors pop. Images are sharp and defined. Easy identification of fave team members is possible.Printing with SingleStep

ANOTHER EXCELLENT CHOICE

To create images on dark team spirit wear, RhinoDARK™ is the choice. Get colors that pop with this weedless paper. No picking or trimming needed. Only the toner transfers. The more the shirt is washed, the softer the feel. No problem transferring to DriFit, 100% cotton or 50/50 blends. Team and Spiritwear is on.

View our step-by-step video instructions on both laser papers @ youtube.com/rhinotechcompany.

 In addition, RhinoTech also offers high-quality heat presses. Go with OKI Data laser printers that are designed for the decorative apparel industry.

PRINTING with MANUAL, TEXTILE SCREEN PRINTING EQUIPMENT

Do you prefer to screen print? A variety of noteworthy, manual, textile screen printers are available. Choose between standing and tabletop versions. Showcased, too, are these pieces to round out a complete set-up: Conveyor Dryers, Flash Cure Dryers, Exposure Systems, Screen Drying Racks and more all found at www.rhinotechinc.com. And, superb and proven Screen Cleaning Equipment ensures that screens are cleaned to perfection.Printing and screen cleaning equipment.

MUST HAVE SCREEN CLEANING PRODUCTS

The premiere line-up of Screen Cleaning products includes soy and citrus-based cleaners. These exemptions make for happier employees. RhinoClean Green is the top choice. Non-toxic, biodegradable.

 

Printing and screen cleaning made easy with our products.Conclusion? As a result of this array of digital and screen printing and screen cleaning equipment and products, you’re good to go. Team and Spirtwear will never be the same.

Connect with us at: 651-686-5027. info@rhinotechinc.com. www.rhinotechinc.com. 888-717-4466.

April 21, 2017

ALL THINGS DIGITAL HEAT TRANSFER PRINTING

RhinoDARK™ with textile metallic foil overlay. Click HERE for video
Click on RhinoDARK™ with textile metallic foil overlay for step-by-step video.

You’re totally covered in the digital, heat transfer department via game-changing heat transfer papers from RhinoTech. The line-up includes high performing laser papers for dark garments with RhinoDARK™. Inkjet options start with SingleJet™ Opaque. For white and light color papers, the choice is SingleStep™.

STEP UP THE PROGRAM WITH THESE HEAT TRANSFER PAPERS

Get bold and brilliant transfers with RhinoDARK ™. This laser paper is weedless and it offers excellent opacity due to a dimensionally-stable, polyester-coated image sheet. It’s durable with the ability to create both matte and gloss finishes. And, because only the toner transfers, opportunities exist to increase the value of this and other digitally heat transferred images with application of rhinestones and textile metallic foil overlay.

RhinoDARK™ can be transferred to 100% cotton, 50/50 blends and 100% polyester/DriFit. It’s a perfect way to transfer designs onto the spirit and athletic wear. RhinoDARK™ is available in 8.5″ x 11″ and 11″ x 17″.

Click on SingleJet Opaque for step-by-step video instruction.
Click on SingleJet™ Opaque for step-by-step video instruction.

SingleJet™ Opaque (for inkjet printers) offers full color on black and dark apparel and fabrics. We also used it on the pink shirts at left. You’ll find a great bond to the fabric once it’s transferred, as well as, durability wash after wash. SingleJet™  Opaque is available in 8.5″ x 11″ and 11″ x 17″ and there’s a very affordable 10-pack for testing purposes.

For transfers onto white and light color designs, you’re especially covered in the laser heat transfer division with SingleStep™. This paper offers a game-changing way to transfer custom images to garments and caps that are 100% cotton, 50/50 blends and 100% polyester/DriFit. This weedless, laser paper leaves no window, as only the toner transfers. Results are T-shirts, caps, and apparel with bold, brilliant color and intense black and white that appear to have been screen printed. And, you can easily add value with rhinestones and/or textile metallic foil overlays. SingleStep™ is available in 8.5” x 11” and 11” x 17”.

SingleStep
SingleStep™  laser paper works! Click on SingleStep™ laser paper for video.

PRINTING THE IMAGE

We offer these specially designed laser printers from OKI Data. The 920 WT and 711 WT printers to ensure crisp CMY and white images.  Our recommendations for inkjet printers are the Epson 1430 or HP.

EXCELLENT HEAT PRESSES

Round out your heat transfer system with these excellent performing, must-have heat presses with digital time, pressure and temp gauges to ensure consistency in heat transfer quality. The RTDK20 or the RT Swingman 20 are our recommendations.

We use them in-house and find them to assure quality in a finished product.

ADD SFX!

Discover how to add product value to garments with rhinestone and textile metallic foil applications overlay with all our heat transfer laser papers.

For all types of step-by-step video instructions on how to make dynamic heat transfers, check out: youtube.com/rhinotechcompany.

And, connect with us at 651-686-5027 if you’d like more info, need assistance, have questions. Thanks for working with us.

January 27, 2017

ISS Long Beach Featured Conveyor Dryer Textile Printer Stencil-Making Heat Press Systems

Day one at the races!    It was a great event that showcased the RhinoTech 5′ Conveyor Dryer and Textile Printer Combo teamed with an extraordinary stencil-making system with heat press. This system is a beauty of a space saver when working in a confined studio or home-based environment.

conveyor dryer textile screen printer
Combo dryer/screen printing press with screen frame created with RhinoScreen™ 2.0 Dry Stencil Film.

conveyor dryer textile screen printer        conveyor dryer textile screen printer

This 5 Ft. Convyor Dryer/4 Color 2 Station Printer offers affordable, flawless, professional and consistent functioning. It features one, 2,000 watt heating element. The flow-through design offers simple garment loading and the attached, manual screen printer is wholly unique and efficient. The space saving design is a great solution for shops with limited floor space. Decision time?

Consider these features of this all in one conveyor dryer/textile printer: 

  • 5′ Conveyor Dryer belt with a 60″ x 20″ variable speed belt
  • Heat resistant Teflon coated belt with independent belt tracking adjustments and 26″ X 24″ tunnel with 5″ opening
  • One, 2,000 watt heating element
  • ON/OFF switch and adjustable gates on both in-feed and out-feed
  • Insulated for maximum efficiency
  • 17 amp/120 volt power supply (plugs into standard wall outlet)
  • UL Listed components
  • All steel construction with powder coated finish and made in U.S.A!
  • 60″(L) X 26″(W) X 45″(H)

4 Color 2 Station Printer Mounted to Dryer 

  • Constructed of solid steel with powder coated finish
  • Rotating print head along with rotating platen arm are equipped with brass bushings
  • Platen arm features a location pin that locks the arm in place while printing
  • Consistent registration for multi-color prints
  • Unique press design with no springs or gas shocks
  • Includes TWO, Adjustable/Removable, 16 x 16 standard platens (printing boards)
  • Additional platen options available for all printing needs
  • No tools required for assembly
team with conveyor dryer textile printer
The RTDK 16 x 20 swing- away garnered rave reviews!

 

teams with conveyor dryer textile printer Once you’ve printed an image onto RhinoScreen™ 2.0, just heat press onto screen frame. No film positive, capillary film, emulsion, exposure or drying time necessary – ever. This product amps up stencil-making. From traditional stencil-making with many steps, this dry stencil film process involves just two.

This film also responds to needs for safer and environmentally sensitive products in our industry.  The paper is recyclable as it contains no silicone.

The elimination of extra products and time required to make a stencil results in:
•    Money and time saved.
•    Reduced inventory space needs.
•    Affordability that improves the bottom-line.

For the BEST results, we also recommend using an OKI Data laser printer.

November 3, 2016

Stencil-Making in Screen Printing is so much Faster Now.

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Revolutionary Stencil-Making!

Making a stencil is key in screen printing.

We know that you know that. And, for all time, it’s been a time consuming process with many steps that include: creating a film positive, applying emulsion or using capillary film, exposing the screen, developing the screen and then letting the screen frame dry.

But, now, there’s  a new and improved method to create a stencil with RhinoScreen™ 2.0 Dry Stencil Film. This process has literally revolutionized stencil-making. And, created a whole big crowd of happier screen printers who are liking this new, 2-step method that eliminates the need for a film positive, emulsion, capillary film, exposure and drying time. The image on the right was created with this latest system.

Once completed, we began the screen printing process. This is what we did next:

  1. Placed the screen onto a 4/Color – 2/Station manual, textile printer from RhinoTech
  2. Screen printed design w/Plastisol ink onto a black t-shirt.
  3. Placed shirt on the Conveyor Dryer.
  4. Added BLUE, Textile Metallic Foil by heat pressing on top of the design.

Final result – a Tee with added dimension, a pop of color and appeal (for the customer) and a higher price point for the business owner.

Screen printed Tee using new stencil-making system.
Screen printed Tee using new stencil-making system.

Advantages of this Dry Stencil Film:

  • Elimination of extra products and time needs.
  • Money and time saved.
  • Reduced inventory space requirements.
  • Affordability that improves the business owners profit-margins.
  • Responds to needs for safer/enviro-sensitive products in our industry.
  • Used paper is free of BPA and Phthalates, contain no organic pollutants, such as PFOS and PVC materials or organotin that are powerful biocides and fungicide.
  • Used paper is recyclable as it contains no silicone.

 

For a complete, step-by-step video of this cool system, please click HERE.

For more info and to get your questions answered, please contact our Customer Service Specialist at 651-686-5027 x 4 or info@rhinotechinc.com. Let’s work together and help you be wildly successful or even more so.

 

October 17, 2016

Screen Printing, Heat Transfer Printing & More. ? Answered.

Expert Heat Transfer Printing guy.

Information on Screen Printing, Heat Transfer Printing, Sublimation and more.

Whether you’re new to Screen Printing, Digital Printing, Sublimation and DTG Printing or experienced in one of the many types of printing in our industry, there is something for everyone to ponder and learn from in the annual Printwear Q & A Troubleshooting Guide. Read captivating answers regarding Screen Printing, Heat Transfer Printing, Sublimation, DGT,  Advertising and  Business Operation questions. This feature edition of the magazine, along with popular experts in our industry, have volunteered their time and expertise in an effort to unravel the intricacies of printing specialties to help the reader be successful.

RhinoTech and the Experts – Advise.

RhinoTech shared the secret to getting a good bond between mesh and aluminum screen frame; the smart, effective way to apply foil to a heat transferred design.  Inksoft answered the question on how to build an email marketing list without a budget. Representatives from Rhinestone World, Stahls’, Joto and a long list of other industry professionals also supplied answers to the most often asked questions.

Heat Transfer Printing includes SingleStep Heat Transfer Paper with Foil
Heat Transfer Printing includes SingleStep Heat Transfer Paper with Foil

Inquiries and answers regarding Heat Transfer Printing and Sublimation were illuminating. Since sublimation is going gangbusters, the explanation on how to create artwork for all-over printed dye-sublimation shirts becomes a gateway for a new service stream and revenue builder.

And, Screen Printing questions revealed the same problems that the experts had tackled and resolved at some point in their own careers. From color matching to exposure systems, a pretty vast sum of valuable information was imparted.

More About Sublimation Printing.

Sublimation Socks
Sublimation Socks

The use of this method involves a way to apply images to to a variety of specialty coated items such as metal, ceramic, puzzle blanks, mouse pads and polyester fabric using dye sublimation ink, a (good) heat press with accurate pressure. Using dye-sub ink on 100% polyester is different, though. No coating on the fabric is required. You simply screen print directly onto the fabric. The Rhino socks were printed with this method.

According to 10 Things Every Sublimator Should Know, by Colin VanLint, contributing writer for Impressions Magazine (October 12, 2016), “Sublimation takes 10 minutes to learn and a lifetime to master. The equipment and products always are changing so, whether you have been sublimating for 20 years or two days, there always are new lessons to learn.”

More About Heat Transfer Printing with a Metallic Foil Overlay

Such an easy process!! And, it will offer a big return on the investment (just pennies worth of foil) when used in conjunction with SingleStep™ heat transfer paper (for use with white/light fabric) that is a laser paper. These are the steps:

-Print design in mirror image, so that it will end up being “right reading”.   -Position t-shirt onto heat press bed and add parchment paper on top of shirt.

-Next, heat press the t-shirt for 5-10 seconds with MEDIUM PRESSURE to remove wrinkles and moisture.

-Remove parchment paper and position design on shirt.   -Place parchment paper on top of design.

-With MEDIUM PRESSURE, heat press for 25 seconds at 330° F.

– Carefully, HOT PEEL the transfer by beginning at a corner and rolling the paper back against the grain in one smooth motion.

THIS IS HOW TO OVERLAY TEXTILE METALLIC FOIL ONTO THE DESIGN:

-Crinkle Foil to add richer texture then flatten it out on top of design.     -Place parchment paper on top of Foil and heat press for 25 seconds at 330° F.

-Remove parchment paper and let t-shirt cool.    -COLD PEEL by just rolling the foil off the shirt.

-Add parchment paper onto top of design; re-press for 10 seconds to doubly ensure a foil bond.

RESULT: Excellent color pop, added dimension and appeal.

Screen Printing = Screen Printer/ Conveyor Dryer. A Combo.

Screen Printing equipment options. Screen printer/conveyor dryer combo.

Space an issue in your shop? How about a manual screenprinter and conveyory dryer option? Our 5′ Screen Printing Dryer offers affordable, flawless, professional and consistent functioning. It features one, 2,000 watt heating element. The flow-through design offers simple garment loading and the attached, manual screen printer is wholly unique and efficient. The space saving design is a great solution for shops with limited floor space.

So many options. You’re bound to have more questions, so please connect with us. And, thanks for taking the time absorb all of this info.

Greg Markus – 651-686-5027 x 2

Chris, our Customer Service Specialist/Tech Support – 651-686-5027 x 4

info@rhinotechinc.com

September 28, 2016

Heat Transfer Foil Printing

Heat Transfer Foil Printing. This video refresher course offers a step-by-step technique on how to digitally heat transfer a design with SingleStep™ laser paper onto a light color t-shirt. And, how a creative, heat transfer foil application will increase the glam, value of the garment and your profit margin.

First, some of the features of Heat Transfer Foil Printing with SingleStep™ Heat Transfer Paper:

  1. Performs consistently in offering a finished product that looks as if it’s been screen printed.
  2. Once it’s been transferred onto white/light color fabric, it leaves no window — it only transfers the toner.
  3. You get vibrant colors and whites whether you use 100% cotton, DriFit/polyester or a 50/50 blend.
  4. Available in 8.5” x 11” and 11” x 17”.

*FYI: We used the OKI c831-TS printer to print the image. This printer has been especially designed for garment decoration and it remains one of those that we recommend. And, the Swingman 20 is our recommended choice for heat presses. As we always say, get a good one!

Here are the steps to the HEAT TRANSFER FOIL process:

-Print design in mirror image, so that it will end up being “right reading”.

-Position t-shirt onto heat press bed and add parchment paper on top of shirt.

-Next, heat press the t-shirt for 5-10 seconds with MEDIUM PRESSURE to remove wrinkles and moisture.

-Remove parchment paper and position design on shirt.

-Place parchment paper on top of design.

-With MEDIUM PRESSURE, heat press for 25 seconds at 330° F.

– Carefully, HOT PEEL the transfer by beginning at a corner and rolling the paper back against the grain in one smooth motion.

THIS IS HOW TO OVERLAY TEXTILE METALLIC FOIL ONTO THE DESIGN:

-Crinkle Foil to add texture then flatten it out on top of design.

-Place parchment paper on top of Foil and heat press for 25 seconds at 330° F.

-Remove parchment paper and let t-shirt cool.

-COLD PEEL by just rolling the foil off the shirt.

shirt printed with heat transfer foil using heat transfer paper and metallic foil
HEAT TRANSFER FOIL PRINTING

-Last step is to re-press for 10 seconds to doubly ensure a foil bond.

Heat Transfer Paper using Metallic FoilAnd, that’s it. The result is a t-shirt with excellent color and spark, added dimension and appeal. And, with an increased price point.

RECAP OF SYSTEMS AND TOOLS:

– SingleStep™ Heat Transfer Paper that offers an added, digital printing service stream to a screen printing or embroidery shop with little investment.

–Heat Transfer Foil that is available in wide range of colors in a 12” roll that is 200’ long. When you add Foil for a bit of a bling effect that costs just pennies, you dramatically increase the price point of the finished product.

-Swingman 20 Heat Press with digital time, temp and pressure controls – a must-have.

–OKI c831-TS printer. No guessing.

Craftsters and hobbyists can easily work with this affordable paper and equipment in home-based studio environments, as well.

We very much appreciate your interest in this and all of our videos and products.  If you have questions and/or would like to set-up training in our Eagan, MN, training facility, please contact Greg at info@rhinotechinc.com. We want to help you become and/or remain wildly successful.

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