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Direct-to-garment (DTG) printers are well established in the textile printing industry and Brother, a manufacturer of these machines, has entered the mass production market with the release of the GTX600 – it’s new flagship solution.
With this new member of the GTX series, Brother now says it covers all production and customer needs.
The first printer in the GTX series family is the GTXpro. The printer is perfectly suited to creating unique, individual, personalised pieces where creativity is limitless. Through different interchangeable platens, users will have the ability to customise a variety of different products to meet any wish, Brother says.
Following this, Brother offers the GTXproBulk, which is ideal for businesses wanting to increase productivity. The GTXproBulk features high-capacity ink tanks and sub-ink tanks but the machine is still small and compact, Brother adds.
The new flagship GTX600 has been designed by Brother for mass production and high-volume output. It has unique features such as a built-in humidifier that helps to control the climate within the printer, four industrial print heads with internal cooling fans for longer continuous print operation and a possible print size up to 61 x 61 cm.
Brother says its latest machine has already been installed in several high-volume facilities and demand continues to grow. Producers appreciate the compact size, low maintenance, the user-friendliness and the unbeatable price-performance ratio, the company continues.
What’s more, Brother says it proved to be a good decision to have the printer tested by various companies before it was officially released. This helped to eliminate problems in advance. As a result, downtime has been reduced to an absolute minimum, the company says.
Of course, like all Brother’s Innobella inks, the ink for the GTX600 has been approved by Oeko-Tex and GOTS and is therefore considered environmentally friendly, sustainable and even vegan.
To add to the machinery and ink technology, there will soon be a software solution made by Brother specifically for DTG printing. This is despite the GTX series already being easily integrable with any production process, Brother says.
In co-operation with some of the major manufacturers from a wide range of different business sectors, Brother has not just developed a software solution but a whole package of individual applications that cover all areas and needs of digital print production.
Some of these upcoming solutions include:
- Brother Myze: this incorporates the Creator, a high-end retail kiosk solution that takes care of the entire process from front-end to back-end, from the customer's choice of design to the finished shirt without any additional software.
- For large producers, Brother Myze incorporates the Fulfillment module. This all-in-one solution takes the job through their entire production, from initial order through to product shipment. Print service providers (PSPs) can easily increase productivity with minimum effort. Brother adds that Brother Myze Fulfillment users can cover all stations with QR code scans.
- Myze Analytics is an application that is also available to all users of the company’s GTX series. With the Analytics tool, users can easily monitor the performance of their printer(s). They can see which jobs are currently being processed, how many prints were made in a certain period, what the utilisation of the machine is and its condition. Essentially, Myze Analytics provides an overview of everything that is important, Brother says.
- Meanwhile, Brother’s Shop Connector application can connect PSPs directly to Shopify, the world's largest ecommerce tool. Users can push products from Myze to Shopify, pull orders, give order status back and pass tracking numbers to Shopify.
This opens almost infinite possibilities for businesses. With Brother, the company says PSPs will find a garment print that will fit and adjust exactly to business needs. And, with Brother Myze on the horizon, companies can better understand their processes and make operations smarter and faster.
