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5 Things You Didn't Know About HP Printers
HP is one of the top brands when it comes to printers. Their products range from home to office and even professional print shops, and many of their models are ranked as best in class by a number of prominent tech publications and websites. Here are some facts about HP printers you might not know. It Doesn’t Stand For Hewlett-Packard (Anymore) HP is short for Hewlett-Packard, right? Nope! HP Inc. is the complete name of the printer company. Hewlett-Packard Company was founded in 1939 by two graduates of Stanford University, with the business initially producing electronic test and measurement equipment....
Best Industrial Printheads & Their Applications
If you use industrial printers as part of your business, it’s important to choose the highest quality printheads to get the best results, but knowing how to choose a printhead can be complicated. Below, our industrial printhead experts share their picks for the top industrial printheads, along with the applications they are best suited for and some basics specs to help you make your purchasing decision. Kyocera KJ4B Kyocera industrial printheads in this series are popular for machines used for print textile applications. The KJ4B series was designed to accommodate high speed printing using water-based inks. In addition to textiles,...
10 Benefits of DTG Printers
The Dye Sublimation Trend
A dye sublimation printer prints images by using digital sublimation ink. The images are initially printed onto coated heat-resistant transfer paper as a reverse image of the final design which is then transferred to a polyester fabric in a heat press operating at a temperature usually between 300-400F. Any ink jet printer can be used for dye sublimation as long as that model uses dye sublimation inks from the beginning. With this in mind, sublimation inks produce brilliant color and good light fastness when applied to polyester and polyester coated substrates. Applying heat to the printed image with a press,...
Should You Be Worried About Voiding Your Printer Warranty?
SHOULD YOU BE WORRIED ABOUT VOIDING YOUR PRINTER WARRANTY WHEN USING STS INK'S ALTERNATIVE INK PRODUCTS? Your right to buy and use alternative printer inks is protected by the federal Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act. That does not mean that the manufacturer of your printer won't make it difficult for you to use alternative inks by developing elaborate cartridge chip technologies or building in functionality into their printers to detect non-original cartridges and displaying warnings in an attempt to keep you loyal to their brand. They may even threaten you if you choose other consumables by waiving their warranty at you. But the...
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