New Specialty Platens Allow Printing on Oblong Items

Jan 10, 2008

Newly introduced Brother Specialty Platens allow decorators to print directly onto oblong items such as skateboards and jean legs.

Just in time for the Long Beach, Calif., Imprinted Sportswear Show, Stitch City Industries will be introducing specialty platens for the Brother GT-541, allowing decorators to print directly onto items such as finished caps, jean legs and skateboards.

Skateboards and miscellaneous substrate printing are providing numerous opportunities for decorators, according to Fernando Padilla Jr., president of the Paramount, Calif.-based company. "Textile, woods, leather, novelty bricks, sand dollars (and most absorbent materials) prove that growth and expansion can be achievable by thinking outside the decorated apparel box," he says.

Padilla also points to distressed techniques via direct-to-garment printing software and T-shirt photo prints as up-and-coming trends. Brother customers Dustin and Lisa Henderson started their mobile decorating business Big Fish Ink, Yachats, Ore., with the mindset of creating lasting memories on apparel, notes Padilla.

The pair creates on-site photo prints with their GT-541 while traveling to various events around Oregon. The Hendersons experiment printing on an assortment of substrates, and one of their most popular products are sand dollars with scenes printed on them. — H.S.

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