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Manuals, guides, and shop documents for the everyday garment printer.
MANUALS LIBRARY
19 MANUALS · 30 MACHINESOperator manuals for the presses, dryers, and exposure units running on everyday shop floors. View them in the browser or download the PDF.
HEAT PRESSES
7- Geo Knight
DC16 Digital Combo
A swing-away with hot-swappable platens, so the same base handles flat garments, caps, mugs and plates by switching the top head. One machine that covers a lot of jobs.
- Geo Knight
DK20S Digital Swinger
A heavy-duty swing-away with a 16 by 20 inch platen that rotates the hot head completely off the garment, so you can lay things out flat and clear of the heat. Built for shops that press all day.
- HIX
EVO PRO N-880
An air-operated automatic clamshell with a 16 by 20 inch platen that clamps and opens on its own once you set your time. The pneumatic system gives you even, repeatable pressure run after run.
- Hotronix
Fusion IQ
A clamshell-or-draw heat press with a touchscreen and a 16 by 20 inch platen. It presses transfers, heat-transfer vinyl and sublimation onto garments, and swings the top platen out of the way so you can lay your shirt flat and safe from the heat.
- Hotronix
MAXX Manual Clam
A no-frills manual clamshell built to take a beating in a busy shop. You lower it, lock it, and lift it yourself, which keeps the price down and the maintenance simple.
- Hotronix
STX Auto Clam
An auto-opening clamshell that lifts the top platen for you when the timer runs out, so you are not stuck holding it. Comes in three platen sizes to suit the work you do most.
- Secabo
TC7 Smart
An auto-opening clamshell with a big 40 by 50 cm plate and a modular design, so you can swap the lower plate for different formats. The Smart version adds Bluetooth and a proper digital controller for time, temperature and a job counter.
SCREEN PRINTING PRESSES
10- Riley Hopkins
150
A tabletop starter press with a wood platen, built to give beginners a proper machine without the price of a floor unit.
- Riley Hopkins
250
A step up from the 150 with micro-registration and sturdier MDF platens, sold as a tabletop press or on an optional cart.
- Vevor
4-Color 1-Station
A budget tabletop press with four screen clamps rotating over a single pallet, aimed at hobbyists and small startups getting into screen printing.
- M&R
Challenger III
M&R's high-end carousel textile press. The Challenger III D adds Dynamic PrintStroke, giving programmable control over squeegee pressure, speed and stroke, all saved and recalled through the Job Recall system.
- M&R
Chameleon
A heavy-duty manual press whose two-tier Duo-Deck design lets you add colour stations later without taking up more floor space.
- M&R
Gauntlet III
M&R's mid-size high-production automatic, running electric-drive printheads and an ultra-high-speed indexer. It scales from 10 to 18 colours and handles oversized images in alternating heads.
- Workhorse Products
Odyssey
A manual press sold in floor and tabletop models, with adjustable print heads and upgrade paths to add colours and stations as you grow.
- M&R
Sportsman EX
M&R's entry into fully automatic printing, with electric printheads and a servo-driven indexer. It comes in three frame sizes and a range of colour counts, aimed at shops making the jump from manual to auto without overspending.
- Vastex
V-1000
A commercial-grade manual press available in floor and tabletop builds, configurable up to four stations and six colours for shops running real production.
- Vastex
V-2000HD
Vastex's heavy-duty rotary manual press built around steel arms and never-warp steel pallets. It expands one station and one colour at a time up to a 10-colour, 10-station setup, so a shop can start small and grow the same frame.
CONVEYOR DRYERS
7- Vastex
BigRed 4-D
Vastex's high-output electric infrared conveyor dryer for shops curing screen prints, DTG and DTF side by side. A cool outer skin and an exhaust that pulls contaminated air from below the belt make it a workhorse for busy production floors.
- M&R
Economax D
M&R's entry electric infrared conveyor dryer for curing screen prints. It comes as a two-panel D-2 or an upgraded three-panel D-3 for shops that want more heat and speed without stepping up to a gas dryer.
- Vastex
EconoRed II
A production-grade electric infrared conveyor dryer for curing plastisol, water-based and discharge inks on screen prints. A digital belt speed display and focused exhaust give you repeatable cures and pull fumes and moisture out of the chamber.
- Vastex
LittleRed X1
A compact electric infrared conveyor dryer built around a single heat element, aimed at small shops curing plastisol on screen prints or setting DTF transfers. You can bolt on extra chambers or belt extensions later if you outgrow it.
- Vastex
LittleRed X2
A step up from the X1 with dual infrared elements for more even, faster curing across screen prints, DTF transfers and DTG. The X3-D variant adds a third element and stacks chambers for higher volume.
- M&R
Sprint 3000
M&R's flagship gas-fired conveyor dryer, built for high-volume screen print production. Wide belts, a long modular tunnel and a big burner mean it can cure heavy plastisol runs all day.
- M&R
Sprint EV 2500
A gas-fired conveyor dryer from M&R's Sprint line, sized for growing shops that need real production heat. The AccuSet control shows retention time instead of belt speed, so you set the cure by how long the print sits under the burner.
FLASH DRYERS
3- M&R
Blu-Flash
An affordable infrared flash cure unit built around a single radiant panel. Variable power control lets you dial the curing temperature up or down, and the light stand makes it easy to move around the shop.
- M&R
Red Chili D
A freestanding quartz flash cure unit for gelling and curing plastisol between colours on a press. Medium-wave sealed tungsten quartz lamps with adjustable intensity and instant-on flashing that drops to standby when the press is idle.
- M&R
Red Chili DX
The upgraded freestanding quartz flash cure unit in M&R's Red Chili line. Same medium-wave sealed tungsten quartz lamps and instant-on flashing as the D, with more sophisticated controls on top.
EXPOSURE UNITS
2- Vastex
E-200
A tabletop or floor-model LED exposing unit for burning emulsion onto screens. A vacuum pump pulls the blanket tight against the glass so the coated screen and positive sit flat for a crisp exposure.
- Vastex
E-2000
An LED screen exposure unit for burning emulsion onto screens. The LED bank exposes about as fast as an old metal halide lamp but sips power and the bulbs last far longer, and a vacuum lid pulls the film tight against the screen for sharp edges.
MORE ON THE WAY
The manuals library is just the start. We are building out shop documents you can take and use in your own business: hiring resources, customer handouts you can put your own name on, and production templates tested on real print shop floors.