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Impressions Expo - Long Beach

Jan 22, 2026 – Jan 24, 2026

VenueLong Beach Convention and Entertainment Center
Location300 East Ocean Boulevard, Long Beach, CA 90802, USA
Event TypeDigital / Textile / Graphics / Packaging

VISIT M&R AT
IMPRESSIONS EXPO
LONG BEACH 2026
LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA •
JAN. 22 – 24, 2026

Start the new year with new gear from M&R! We're headed to California to make a BIG impression at Impressions Expo Long Beach! Register today to visit us at the Long Beach Convention Center from January 22-24, 2026.

Come see our full line of QUATRO™ Direct to Film equipment, including the all-new ORBITER™ Automatic Direct to Film Application System. We will be demonstrating hybrid printing at production speeds daily with the DS-4000™ DigitalSqueegee® Hybrid Printing System on the GAUNTLET® 4 Automatic Screen Printing Press. We are also bringing all our pre-production and post-production printing products to demonstrate how M&R can help your operation from the beginning to the end of every print.

And one more thing...
M&R will be debuting an all-new press at Impressions Expo! Don't miss this chance to be the first to find out what all the buzz is about!

Follow this link to register for Impressions Expo. Attendance requires registration, so make your plans now to visit M&R in Long Beach from January 22 – 24. We're offering FREE registration—use our promo code EXSPECIAL when you sign up online!

Booth #1502 will feature:

QUATRO 44™
Direct to Film
Transfer Printing System

QUATRO 68™
Direct to Film
Transfer Printing System

NEW! QUATRO CUTTER X™
DTF Transfer Film Cutter

NEW! QUATRO CUTTER XY™
DTF Transfer Film Cutter

NEW! ORBITER™
Automatic DTF Application
System

DS-4000™ Digital Squeegee^®
Hybrid Printing System

GAUNTLET^® 4
Automatic
Screen Printing
Press

NEW! ICS 2.0™
Image
Capture
System

SPRINT^® 3000
Gas Screen
Printing
Conveyor
Dryer

PASSPORT™ Automatic
T-Shirt
Unloader

$Eco-Tex Lite image$

ECO-TEX™ LITE
Automatic Screen Cleaning and Reclaiming System

QWIK-KLEAN™ Self-Contained Automatic Squeegee and Floodbar Cleaner

RENEGADE™
Flatbed
Graphics
Press

UNI-KOTE™
Automatic Screen Coating Machine

i-Image S™
Computer-to-Screen (CTS) Imaging System

STARLIGHT™
UV LED
Screen Exposure System

RED CHILI DX™
Quartz
Flash
Cure
Unit

HotHead™
Fabric Compression System

K-950™
Automatic
Shirt Folder

IC-120™
Incline
Conveyor

AB-9000™
Automatic Bagging-Sealing Machine

MB-9000™ Manual Bagging/Sealing Machine

L-15HPA™
Print and Apply Labeling
System

UPA-II™
Print and Apply Labeling
System

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The Gauntlet III is a beast and is built to run 24/7/365.

We have had our Gauntlet III in production for nearly 3 months and have been thrilled with the machine. We have already put over 120,000 impressions on the machine and it is still going strong. We have found that the individual off-contact for each printhead helps with various printing techniques. It is also a plus to be able to adjust in 1/16” increments when needed. Our first job was a 9-color on dark apparel with a 17” print stroke and one flash. We were able to run the machine comfortably at 920 pieces per hour. The addition of the laser for print placements has saved us valuable time where we used to mark our pallets with a T-Square. The touchscreen interface is very user friendly and easy to make adjustments when needed.

Having a built-in maintenance schedule [M&R’s Maintenance Minder™] for the machine is another perk and allows management to easily assure that the presses are being properly maintained. We have not had any problems to date with the machine but are at ease knowing that all parts that we could ever need are able to be overnighted to us.

Overall, we have seen an increase in our production numbers due to the efficiencies gained with the newest technology on the market. We are able to run as fast as we can clear a screen and dry our underbase.

Simply put, the Gauntlet III is a beast and is built to run 24/7/365.

- Steve Rhodes, Owner

Impressionz Printing - USA

i-Image ST is the biggest improvement to prepress we’ve ever seen.

Our new i-Image ST is the biggest improvement to prepress we’ve ever seen. It’s eliminated our need for film, and unlike film, digital images are easy to store and retrieve, making blown-screen replacement a snap.

i-Image ST has improved our screen quality, increased screen-generation speed, and reduced cost. Screen production is way up because we’ve cut exposure times by 75%. And i-Image has virtually eliminated post-processing screen touch-ups. We could never produce screens of this quality—or at this speed—the conventional way. Our CTS screens are unmatched.

Multi-screen jobs come out perfectly registered, and since i-Image ST pre-registers screens for Tri-Loc, our entire prepress process, from screen prep to registration, has been cut dramatically.

Our i-Image ST will probably end up being one of the fastest returns on investment we’ve ever had.

- John & Dan Smithline

Guerilla Graffix - USA

The Diamondback R Series is our first auto press, and it is the best thing we have ever done here at Showdown Merch.

The Diamondback R Series is our first auto press, and it is the best thing we have ever done here at Showdown Merch. Matched up with the Mini Sprint 2000 and the Red Chili's, we are able to triple our workload easily. This press is the easiest press to set up and do a large order with, and take down is a breeze.

Amazing service on such a great product.

Any shops out there can feel free to give us a call at (403) 887-3388 if you need any other reviews on this product.

- Bryce Thurston

Showdown Merch - CANADA

The Sprint 3000 Is Superb

The Sprint 3000 is superb and we are really, really happy with it. We've got the recipes dialed in for our inks now and it's running great. We have noticed improvements in the finish on our plastisols, too. They seem to be coming through much softer. Assuming it's because we are much more efficiently curing than with the electric curers!

- Michael Dixon, Production Manager

Awesome Merchandise - UNITED KINGDOM

M&R makes the most high quality screen printing equipment in the world.

M&R makes the most high quality screen printing equipment in the world. Even with that said, parts get old and can wear out. Usually, at the worst possible time. It’s times like those that we’re glad we chose M&R as our equipment manufacturer. Even years after the sale, we can count on M&R 24/7. They are part of the fabric that is Ink Brigade. An instrumental partner in our success.

A frantic call in the middle of the night is always met on the other end of the line by an experienced member of their service staff who expertly diagnoses my issue, and starts the process of solving our problem.

No matter the age, or oddball part, the parts department makes sure I’ll have what I need the next morning. My printing crew hardly misses a beat and we don’t miss the deadline. That makes for happy customers and makes me appreciate M&R more and more every year. We rest easy knowing people like Dan Goldberg and the rest of the service and parts departments are working hard for us behind the scenes every day.

- Jamie McParland, Co-Owner

Ink Brigade Screen Printing - USA

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