Belquette Mod1 Garment Printer Review

The Rapid Multi-Pass feature returns the Platen to the Print Position as soon as the last raster is printed, increasing productivity by not waiting for the platen/printer to go to a “Home” or “Start” position. The MQM also has the ability to control when print commands are sent to the printer; this is helpful when printing multiple layer prints such as white ink underbase with a color pass on top. Since the Mod1 is so fast, the software has the ability to set a time-delay between passes to allow the white ink layer time to “set” before the color layer is printed. This white ink timer allows the operator to set it and forget it, printing both layers with only one button press. The operator can then work on other tasks, while the printer takes care of setting the white ink layer and printing the color layer.

As you can see in the timelines above, Rapid Multi-pass removes unnecessary platen movement from the print motion and between passes, saving a significant amount of time. For a graphic that occupies approximately 90% of the vertical height of the platen, it would take a printer with comparable speed approximately 57 seconds to send the platen through its print range at print speed. The last 10% of that time, approximately six seconds, for which there is no image, is just wasted platen movement. Furthermore, sending the platen back to the "Home" position and then returning it to the "Start" position takes about six seconds, while simply moving the platen directly back to the start position only takes one second. Over the course of this example, this wasted platen movement results in 17 seconds of time wasted on unnecessary platen movement. Thus, Rapid Multi-pass produces a 17 second, or 13.5% reduction in the print time!!

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