The TexJet shorTee, which is being presented for the first time at Fespa Digital and will be commercially available from next month, can print on textiles including cotton, polyester, cotton/polyester blends, linen, viscose and leather.

The machine, which will cost around €9,000, offers print resolutions of up to 1,440dpi and has a maximum print size of 320x450mm. 

It incorporates Epson DX7 printheads in a combination offering eight ink channels with 180 nozzles per channel.

The manufacturer said features include a low running cost and single-pass printing CMYK and white as well as easily exchangeable plates. 

The large plate (320x450mm) is frameless and has a removable part for printing polo shirts. There are also medium (270x400mm) and sleeve (140x 300mm) plates, which have frames included, as well as a frameless baby plate (150x150mm).

Polyprint technical support manager Dimitris Stavrakidis said: “We’ve already seen a lot of interest in this machine, it’s a good opportunity for customers entering the
DTG market for the first time because it’s very affordable and has the same reliability as the larger format TexJet Plus.” 

Later this year the business will also launch another larger model, which it expects to have a maximum print size of around 420x1,000mm.

“There is a demand for both smaller and bigger formats, and this is why we’re going in both directions,” said Stavrakidis.