SPORTSMAN® EX Automatic Screen Printing Press
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- PALLET SYSTEM
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- REVOLVER PRINT PROGRAM
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- FOOT PEDAL CONTROL
- OPTICAL NO-SHIRT DETECTOR
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However, M&R had a different view. And once we received our new press, we found that what took us five days on a manual press could be done on our Sportsman EX in one or two days. That let us spend more time on embroidery, and it increased our overall productivity. In fact, it increased our business dramatically.
The first full month with our Sportsman EX was our best month ever, and less than a year after acquiring the press we were able to add an additional employee and eight more embroidery heads.
Our increase in productivity can also be attributed to M&R's Tri-Loc registration system. The decrease in setup times has been amazing. I can't stress enough what a difference the Tri-Loc has made. We often register multi-color jobs in a few seconds with two people, one spinning the table and one locking the screens. Our first test prints are almost always dead-on or VERY close. It’s an awesome tool.
M&R has been the key to my recent businesses growth. And for small shops that think they can't afford an automatic press, I suggest they are wrong. Take the plunge. M&R will make it easier than you can imagine.
Exceptional products and outstanding support
We remain the worlds largest manufacturer of screen printing equipment because weve held to the standards M&R was founded on: Innovative Design, Quality Products, and Unmatched Customer Support. With sales associates, distributors, and technicians in over 40 countries on six continents, we have the largest network of sales and support in the industry. And our technical support is available 24 hours a day, every day of the year. Wherever you are, whatever you need, well be there for you.
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.
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!
M&R proves why they are the leader when it comes to printing equipment.
We have been using our new I-Image STE for about 2 weeks now and it works great. Installation and training was a breeze, could not have been easier. It is the biggest time saver we have ever added to our process. We are printing and exposing screens in less than 90 seconds. Not only does it eliminate film cost completely, it produces screens faster and reduces setup time at the press. On top of that we are holding greater detail than ever before.
Once again M&R proves why they are the leader when it comes to printing equipment. Great job guys!
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.
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.
We purchased our first M&R automatic printing press and took delivery on June 24th 2010. In addition to the Sportsman E 12-color, we got a Sprint 2000 dryer and three Red Chili flashers. The M&R tech arrived July 1st and by the afternoon of the following day we were up and running.
We had previously been printing on two automatic presses of a different brand, and we had been working past midnight regularly to meet demand. We originally planned to continue printing on one of our older presses alongside our new Sportsman E. However, once we began printing on the Sportsman E we could not believe the difference, from ease of operation to the remarkable quality in which we were now printing. Sportsman E printed perfectly, and the setups were faster than ever thanks to the M&R Tri-Loc Registration System. We were able to turn out twice as many prints on our Sportsman E as we could using both of our older presses.After a couple of days we found ourselves printing exclusively on our new Sportsman E, and we retired our older press. Printing past midnight was finally over.
With the increase in production and a much improved quality of print, we were able to take on twice the workload. Business increased so much that we purchased a second new M&R press, a Sportsman EX 12-color, just 6 months later.
Everything from our presses, dryer, flash units and Tri-Loc system has worked perfectly every day. We have experienced no downtime whatsoever, a true testament to the quality of all the M&R products.
The success and continued growth in our business is strongly related to the performance of all our M&R equipment. We would like to thank Rich Hoffman and all the people of M&R for a job well done.
If you are a first time buyer and have any questions regarding any of my M&R equipment please feel free to call me at any time. I will be happy to tell you about our newest addition, the M&R Sportsman EXG 14-color.