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TOOLS & ARTICLES FOR DIGITAL PRINTERS

Animated GT-541 Inkjet PrinterBelow you will find a variety of tools to help you with your digital printing business and in making a decision on whether or not digital garment printing is for you and your shop. We will be continually adding to this tools page to help our customers realize the value in digital garment printing and how they can profit from it.

TEMPLATES:
- Download all the templates for Direct2Shirt Inkjet Printable Items (sponges/coasters)

DOWNLOADS & UPDATES FOR THE GT-541:

  • Newest GT-541 Print Driver (updated Ver 2.0.6) - Updated 4/22/08! - If you lost your cd for installing the print driver you will always find the most up to date version right here! This version will allow you an option to select the Baby Platen (7x8) layout in the menu as well as normal 14x16 and Youth 10x12 platens. Also GTCRSpeed.exe for adjusting carriage speed is newly installed.
  • Latest GT-541 Machine Update (Updates to 4.06) GT-541 ver. 4.06 is mainly designed to display 5 languages on the Control Panel. Additionally the confirmation to exchange the wiper cleaner and to clean the caps/wiper appears when the new black ink cartridge is inserted. If you are the owner of the former versions (especially under 2.00), please upgrade now because the main board may be damaged in the long run.
  • Color Profile Exchanger for New Yellow Ink GC-51Y -
    The new GC-51Y is brighter than GC-50Y, so please update your Color Prifiles too not to make your artwork all yellowish. It may take several minutes to download this tool "GT Profile Exchanger". Download the "GTProfileExchanger.exe" on your PC, read Read Me instruction and run by doubleclick. IF YOU ARE USING THE GC-51Y Yellow inks, which most people are, Run this util and make sure that it has the GC-51Y selected and not the GC-50Y.
  • GTCRSpeed size: 412 KB +   NEW!  Added 4/22/2008!!
    This application is for adjusting carriage speed when you are requested from the technical service. Adjust the carriage speed after you clean the carriage shafts (see 7-2-9. Cleaning the Carriage Shafts in Instruction Manual). Download the "GTCRSpeed.exe" on your PC and run by doubleclick.

    If you have time, we recommend downloading the new Printer Driver ver. 2.0.6 (in the top of this page). Then this application is installed in Brother GT-Tools.

ARTICLES:
- Inkjet Garment Printing: Creating A Buzz - by Brian Walker - IMAGES Magazine 2007
- Investing in Digital - by Brian Walker - IMAGES Magazine 2007
- Profiting from Digital Printing - by Brian Walker - IMAGES Magazine 2007
- Welcome Back to 2008 - Article by Alan Howe January 2008
- What to look for when purchasing an Inkjet Garment Printer January 2006
- Inkjet Garment Printing on the Hoods of Hooded Sweatshirts December 2005
- Does Digital Garment Printing Make Financial Sense? October 2005
- You Mean I Can Print Towels Also? November 2005

SPREADSHEETS:
- Cost comparison spreadsheet between traditional screen printing and digital printing
- Is digital printing really faster than traditional screen printing Time Comparison Spreadsheet
- Retail Pricing Structures and Profitability based on Print Rates, Leases, Labor and Shirts per rmonth

VIDEOS/MOVIES:

Brother Ink MSDS:
- Black Ink MSDS
- Yellow Ink MSDS
- Magenta Ink MSDS
- Cyan Ink MSDS

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