Best Budget T-Shirt Printer?! Roland BT-12 DTG Review
This is my in-depth review of the Roland BT-12 DTG Garment Printer. It’s compact in size, simple to operate, fast to print, and the DTG quality looks great! Let me show you how to set it up, make prints, and who this printer could be good for.
Roland VersaSTUDIO BT-12: https://www.rolanddga.com/products/printers/versastudio-bt-12-direct-to-garment-printer
Gildan Crew T-Shirts (White 6-pack): https://amzn.to/3nqw4ic
Gildan Assorted Black (5-pack): https://amzn.to/3FsNZuE
Roland Setup Video: https://youtu.be/8nlSd6uU5qg
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:46 Unboxing/setup
3:29 Printing Tests!
8:30 Who’s this for?
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Comments (20)
Estimated COST per print. Roland says, "Depending on the graphics, ink costs can range from $0.22/sf to $0.72/sf."
So it’s no good for black shirts basically
Thanks to Biden the t-shirts are now $3 to $4
wait so its basically useless against a black tshirt?
Where can I see and order for this printer. I am from Charlotte NC. Please let me know.
No white is a deal-breaker. Statistically, black shirts are the most popular, and other popular colors are Navy, grey/sport are also way up there in popularity. Too bad.
Where can I purchase this printer?
Just a heads up, there is max software. Very hard to find, as their website is a nightmare. I’ve had mine 2 years and only is it on macs
The inks wash out after 20 washes? What kind of inks are they? Dye sub or something else? If they are dye sublimation then you need to use a polyester or a 60/40 poly/cotton blend. You can print dye sublimation directly to cotton. I wouldn't trust this machine as any kind of business oriented use. A total waste of money.
They have a good promo right now. It’s too small for my needs, and I too think it needs the white ink
😂 $3,500 is budget? Yeah, ok 👌🙄
Sir can i have your watsapp please i need some information about this roland
Can you give us the printing size for tshirts?
How is the durability after washing the tshirts several times?
I have this printer and it works great, but your right the software is so outdated but the printer is a rebadged Ricoh R100 the software is even made by Ricoh but roland won't update it to latest verison that ricoh have with more features. Tried using the Ricch software but some kind of driver issue stops it. Great video by the way.
Sweeeeet!!! Blessings!
Happy 2022!
Thanks for your wonderful videos!
U are great at what you do!
I am so excited to see how easy the machine is too use.
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Excellent Tutorial Video Ben. Thank You.
EPSON is the industry standard for t shirt printers but cost $13k. They also finance.