Congratulations to Brittany Frey of Truth Ink for winning the first prize in our Vintage Heat Press Contest! We absolutely loved the story behind your Vintage Heat Press. As the first prize winner, Brittany has won either an Insta 228 Heat Press or $1000 towards a new machine. Again, Congratulations!
We’ve chosen the winners of our recent “Show Us Your Vintage Insta Heat Press” contest. Thank you for all who have sent us entries! It was very hard to choose from such a great variety of testimonials and stories. Here our our prize winners: First Place: Brittany Frey, Truth Ink Second Place: Kim Karsh, California …
Yesterday, Epson featured our Insta 158 at their all-day Direct-to-Garment seminar during the NBM Long Beach Show. Here, Matt Rhome from Epson is showcasing post-cure of the digitally printed garment using our Insta equipment. Come by the show – running from today, July 14th through Saturday, July 16th and visit them at the Equipment Zone, booth #1235! Stay …
Come by the NBM Long Beach Show this week for complimentary training seminars! Today, Epson is showcasing their Direct-to-Garment printing machine! Check them out at the show and also see Insta’s 158 Heat Press in action at the Equipment Zone booth #1235!
Insta 201 Get into the spirit of Independence! Our Insta 201 is the perfect small format machine for your entrepreneurial shops. Its 13″ x 13″ platen and compact frame fits perfectly in a small space. The swing-away design makes the Insta 201extremely user-friendly and allows easy access to the platen for placing transfers quickly and efficiently. Don’t be fooled …
This entry by Chris Pluck was recently published in Printwear: Puff Transfers have been used for the imaging of textiles for a long time. Their application to a variety of apparel types to produce a puff / embossed transfer finish was one of the first special effects heat transfer inks to be qualified and used in …
There are a few reasons why a heat transfer might not adhere to a garment uniformly. Here is Chris Pluck with a practical checklist, recently published in Printwear: In order to troubleshoot this type of issue, there are several factors to consider. This type of adhesion problem could be associated with one or more of the …
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Show us your Vintage Insta Heat Press in action and Enter to Win a New Press! Cerritos, CA – Insta Graphic Systems announces a contest for a chance to win a new Insta Heat Press. Now through June 30, 2016, customers can enter by simply sending a short video or pictures of their working vintage …
Heat transfers are printed on specially prepared transfer substrate paper and films. Find out more from this article by Chris Pluck, recently published in Printwear: There are three standard types of transfer substrate paper and/or polyester transparent films that are used with inks to create transfers. Depending on the type of paper/film used, the transfer created …
Here’s a new article by Chris Pluck, recently published in the May 2016 edition of Impressions Magazine, on how today’s heat transfers add value for apparel decorators: It only takes one visit to a retail clothing store to see the numerous varied clothing items available for purchase that have a printed image located somewhere on each …