Chromablast cotton decorating systems allow you to create short-run, highly customised images on demand in profitable quantities as low as one, with no additional setup costs. Prints are incredibly vibrant and detailed, with natural looking photographic representation.
Whether you are an old hand at garment decorating, or just getting started, Sawgrass have a system that is right for you. Desktop systems include ChromaBlast™, our latest innovation ChromaBlast-R™ that is specifically formulated for the Ricoh platform range offering the seasoned garment decorating professional a fast, efficient, high-quality tool for mass customisation.
Custom Products As Easy at Create, Print and Press!
Create! Create or import your artwork using a graphic program, like CorelDRAW® or Adobe® Photoshop®.
Print! Print your image using ChromaBlast™ or ChromaBlast-R™ ink with the ChromaBlast™ transfer paper and a standard Epson or Ricoh printer.
Press! Using a standard flatbed heat press, transfer the image onto a wide variety of cotton garments, including: t-shirts, sweatshirts, towels, totes, baby bibs, and more!
When Chromablast cotton decorating inks and media are put under heat and pressure, they cross-link with cotton fibres to create a superior bond. The image that remains is a full-colour, high-quality, photographic image that will not crack, peel or wash away from the cotton garment!
Chromablast R Cotton Transfer System
Formulated specifically for the Ricoh GelSprinters, ChromaBlast-R™ is a professional digital heat transfer ink for cotton and cotton-blend fabrics. Paired with ChromaBlast™ Transfer Media, ChromaBlast-R™ produces vibrant, lasting images that look, feel and breathe like nothing else on the market. You simply cannot get this level of colour vibrancy, durability and soft hand with OEM inks and conventional transfer paper. Compared to direct-to-garment, screen printing or print-cut vinyl, ChromaBlast™ provides you with by far the lowest start-up cost of any professional garment printing system. With no fuss, no mess and free user-friendly software, ChromaBlast™ is an extremely reliable and easy to use system.
"No fuss, no mess, just extremely reliable!"
Hassle-Free Digital Garment Printing!
Reliable High-Speed Production – Business class print engine delivers over 100 prints/hour
Profits On-Demand – Zero setup, print one or one hundred
Budget-Smart Startup Costs – Systems at low cost
Extreme Versatility – Print-full colour designs on a wide range of cotton products
High-Quality – Soft, vibrant prints with superior washability
Easy – User-friendly print driver and colour management software
The key to the patented ChromaBlast-R"! system is the chemical reaction between the ink and coating. Where they touch, there is a cross-link reaction under heat and pressure that chemically bonds the printed image to the cotton.
Features
Fast, Low-Cost, and Hassle-Free Short Run Garment Printing
Print and press up to 60 garments per hour! Compared to direct-to-garment, screen printing or print-cut vinyl, ChromaBlast-R™ provides you with by far the lowest start-up cost of any professional garment printing system. With no fuss, no mues and free user-friendly software, ChromaBlast-R™ is an extremely reliable and easy to use system
Gel-Based Formulation
A gel-based formulation, ChromaBlast-R™ is packaged in cartridges for maximum reliability and extended uninterrupted printing.
Extreme Colour
ChromaBlast-R™ delivers extremely vibrant colours that OEM inks simply cannot match. All new for Ricoh GX7000, ChromaBlast-R™ has extremely brilliant blues and radiant reds.
Extreme Colour
ChromaBlast-R™ delivers extremely vibrant colours that OEM inks simply cannot match. All new for Ricoh GX7000, ChromaBlast-R™ has extremely brilliant blues and radiant reds.
Extreme Colour
ChromaBlast-R™ delivers extremely vibrant colours that OEM inks simply cannot match. All new for Ricoh GX7000, ChromaBlast-R™ has extremely brilliant blues and radiant reds.
Extreme Colour
ChromaBlast-R™ delivers extremely vibrant colours that OEM inks simply cannot match. All new for Ricoh GX7000, ChromaBlast-R™ has extremely brilliant blues and radiant reds.
Extreme Colour
ChromaBlast-R™ delivers extremely vibrant colours that OEM inks simply cannot match. All new for Ricoh GX7000, ChromaBlast-R™ has extremely brilliant blues and radiant reds.
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Printers
A4 Ricoh GX e3300N
The Ricoh GX e3300N for ChromaBlast-R™ digital garment printing system is the perfect choice for a new business looking to generate big profits on a small budget. ChromaBlast-R™ is a specially formulated cotton transfer ink for the Ricoh platform and makes a great alternative to expensive direct-to-garment systems. Paired with ChromaBlast™ Transfer Media, ChromaBlast-R™ produces vibrant, lasting images that look, feel and breathe like nothing else on the market.
Capable of producing up to 144 colour prints per hour, the Ricoh GX e3300N easily ranks as the fastest entry-level cotton transfer printer on the market. The Ricoh GX e3300N loaded with ChromaBlast-R™ ink includes the ChromaBlast™ print driver and colour management software. The professional-grade system handles A4 ChromaBlast™ Transfer Media and comes standard with a high capacity 250-sheet paper tray.
A3 Ricoh GX7700
The Ricoh GX7700 for ChromaBlast-R™ digital garment printing system is the printer of choice for fast-growing organisation who require the highest level of reliability and durability to meet their production demands. ChromaBlast-R™ is a specially formulated cotton transfer ink for the Ricoh platform and makes a great alternative to expensive direct to garment systems. Paired with ChromaBlast™ Transfer Media, ChromaBlast-R™ produces vibrant, lasting images that look, feel and breathe like nothing else on the market.
Capable of printing large images at a rate of up to 135 color prints per hour, the Ricoh GX7700 is the perfect high production cotton transfer printing system. The Ricoh GX7700 loaded with ChromaBlast-R™ ink includes the ChromaBlast™ print driver and colour management software. The professional-grade system handles ChromaBlast™ media up to A3+ and comes standard with a high-capacity 250-sheet paper tray.
Cost Per print based on printing with A4 printer, other printer models and makes may yeild different costs
Estimated Image Cost*
€1 [ink & paper cost]
*Image cost and print speed estimates are provided for platform comparison purposes only. Results will vary and depend on many variables including image size, coverage, transfer media, substrate, colour management settings etc.. Sample image is approximately 8x10” with approximately 50% coverage.
Pressing Info
ChromaBlast-R (Suggested Press Parameters)
Temperature
190°C - 204°C
Pressure
60 psi (Heavy pressure)
Time
40 sec - 25 sec
IMPORTANT: Due to variations in garments and heat presses, these settings may vary. For best results, test different time / temperature combinations to find one that works best with your garment / heat presscombination. Please note, higher temperatures generally require less time to prevent scorching. An insufficient time / temperature combination may hinder ChromaBlast from completely curing to the cotton
fibers, thus resulting in wash out..
TIPS & SUGGESTIONS
Calibrating the heat press is recommended to ensure an accurate temperature. For this procedure, temperature test strips are more accurate than the use of infrared temperature guns.
Mirror Image – The image becomes reversed when transferred from paper to garment. Therefore, you will need to “flip” or reverse the image before printing to paper. You can easily mirror your image by selecting the “mirror option” in the ChromaBlast Driver or by reversing the image in the graphics software before printing.
If desired, you may trim the non-printed media around the printed image before transferring to garments. Leaving a ¼” margin around the printed area is highly recommended for light-colored garments.
If possible, avoid pressing any zippers, buttons or other plastic decorations attached to the garment. The heat and pressure needed to bond the ink to the cotton fabric may cause these to crack or melt.
In an effort to reduce hand, the transfer should be peeled from the garment immediately after pressing (hot peel). While the fabric is still hot, gently stretch the image area from top to bottom (with the weave of the garment) and left to right (across the weave of the garment).
If immediately after pressing, the paper is not easily peeled from the garment and resists removal because the transfer is somewhat tacky, increase the amount of cure time.
If immediately after pressing, the transferred image has a slick or shiny appearance, increase the amount of pressure used.
Different cotton fabrics will exhibit slightly different results. Please test your fabric before pressing your final design to ensure desired results.
