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1. General - Start Here
  
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2. DIY DTG Tutorials - Build your own T-Shirt Printer
  
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3. Arduino Open Source DIY DTG
  
  Discuss and collaborate Arduino controlled DIY DTG
  
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4. Troubleshooting
  
  Post here any Epson error codes or other problems you need help troubleshooting
  
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5. Advanced DIY DTG
  
  Discuss the more advanced topics here.
  
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6. UV Flatbed Printers
  
  Post here about your UV Flatbed printer builds
  
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7. No Electronics DTG
  
  DIY DTG printers without additional electronics added.
  
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8. DIY Pretreat Machine
  
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  - By johnson4, September 7
9. Platens and Substrate Holders
  
  Discuss different size and style shirt platens along with holders for other substrates and items.
  
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  - By socion, July 9
10. How to Print
  
  This forum section is for after your build is complete and you're printing or need help. Discuss techniques, settings, etc
  
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  - By annagolladay, July 23
11. Builders Showcase
  
  Show off your tshirt printer and flatbed UV printer builds and modifications
  
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  - By johnson4, July 21
12. Direct to Film (DTF) Printing
  
  Post here about printing to transfer film
  
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Members Area
1. Building a DTG Printer
  
  This section covers building your own DIY DTG Printer
  
  This is a paid contributor section.
  
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  - By Andy - Admin, July 28, 2020
2. Setting up your Printer
  
  This section covers when you have the printer already built or purchased and you're getting it ready to print.
  
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  - By ddelgrande, September 28, 2019
3. General Machine Operations
  
  This section covers operation and maintenance of the printer
  
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  - By Julian, May 24
4. Learning to Print
  
  This is for when you're all setup, have ink in the printer and you're ready to start making shirts.
  
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  - By ddelgrande, October 12, 2019
5. Running a T-Shirt Printing Business
  
  This section covers topics related to running a t-shirt printing business.
  
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  - By Chetan B, March 22
6. Kothari Print Pro RIP Software
  
  This section covers setting up and using Kothari RIP software
  
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  - By WSOP1978@GMAIL.COM, December 7, 2020
7. Direct to Film (DTF) Tutorials
  
  This section covers DTF printing setup and printing.
  
  This is a paid contributor section.
  
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  - By MattsTees, March 28
DTG Software
1. Open Source RIP Software
  
  Collaboration on open source RIP software like gutenprint
  
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  - By emmanuel89, April 27
2. RIP Software
  
  Discuss rip software from makers EK Print Studio, Kothari, Cadlink, AcroRIP, etc
  
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3. Utilities, Drivers, Etc
  
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  - By johnson4, August 12
General DTG
1. Inks, Pretreat, Supplies
  
  What and where to buy when it comes to supplies for printing
  
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  - By TimATX, March 27
2. Tips & Tricks
  
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  - By johnson4, September 7
3. Business, Marketing, etc
  
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  - By GeM registration online, August 24
Other Shirt Printing Methods
1. Sublimation
  
  This section of the forum is to discuss decorating using sublimation.
  
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2. Screen Printing
  
  This section of the forum is to discuss decorating using screen printing.
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3. Heat Transfer Vinyl
  
  This section of the forum is to discuss decorating using heat transfer vinyl.
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General Forum
1. Introduce Yourself
  
  Introduce yourself and what brought you here.
  
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2. Chit Chat
  
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  - By giokvachi, Thursday at 01:18 PM
3. Feedback & Suggestions
  
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  - By prepcsolution, Wednesday at 10:24 AM

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- What Printers can be used for DTF?
  
  By tydavis17 · Posted 10 hours ago
  
  Here's a blog from DTFSuperstore about Maximizing DTF Printing! DTF Printer Ideas - 15 Ways to Maximize Direct to Film (click link)
- Pressing burns part of the print
  
  By DTN09 · Posted 13 hours ago
  
  Thanks for your feedback, this is really helpful. I am using matt film for my prints but to cure it, i use my heat press. I leave it on the heat press, few cm without touching the print for 2 minutes at 160C. what do you recommend in terms of curing as sometimes with my process i get tiny bubbles but they are not very visible? thanks again!
- Pressing burns part of the print
  
  By johnson4 · Posted 13 hours ago
  
  This makes sense, you can see it’s in the ink layer. I will also agree this is probably your issue. While that’s a bit hot for 50/50, it would be across the entire design and faded looking. Probably a hot spot in curing.
- Pressing burns part of the print
  
  By Mdrake2016 · Posted 14 hours ago
  
  It's hard to see exactly in the photos, but I remember when I overcured/cured too fast with the gloss film, there would be holes in the final print on the shirt. I think that's what I'm seeing here? Happens with matte film too but not as much.
- Pressing burns part of the print
  
  By johnson4 · Posted 16 hours ago
  
  Your could try a lower temp, most powders melt around 210-220 degrees. So you could press colder. That’s pretty high of a temperature for a 50/50 blend.
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