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How to make profit from a DTF Printer?

2025-12-08

Are you still looking around in the inkjet printer market for tshirt business? and dont know how to choose between DTF(Direct to film) and DTG(direct to garment printer)? We will introduce some ideas here today:

There are two kinds of ink suitable on the cloth. One is textile ink/DTG ink/Dupont ink for cotton cloth, another is DTF/Pigment ink for bigger variety materials, such as jeans, sweater, canvas, caps, sportswear,Masks,quick-drying,Polyester,swimsuit,shoes,etc. while the finished dtf film is easy to take it away, when you get a dtf printer, it means you can sell both finished tshirt and dtf film to get profit!

If you sell the DTF stickers, it can get some orders on related elements of national festival, icon, stars, event, or something else through both online and offline!

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So thats why DTF printer is replacing Dtg printer now~ Ripple Color inkjet provide several DTF printer models to meet your business size, it has desktop model, A3 DTF, A3 All in one DTF printing machine, A2 DTF, A1 direct to film printer/27.6 inches dtf printer.

When we do cloth customization, it will use the consumables like dtf ink/pigment ink, dtf film, automatic powder shaking machine and heating press machine to get a perfect work done. The ink is DTF/Pigment ink which is Pollution-free and Harmless to people and environment.

Here its a working flow as below:

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DTF Production Capability:

DTF printer comes with automatic powder shaking machine and taking up system, so it can easily to get a big tshirt orders output per day!

A3 DTF printer can print around 150-350pcs tshirt per day;

A2 DTF Printer can print around 200-450pcs tshirt per day;

A1 DTF printer can print around 400-750pcs tshirt per day;

If just print logo on the cloth, it would be faster.

All depends on your working hours!

How to make profit with a DTF printer?

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Lets caculate the cost first:

The ink cost is around: 0.2-0.3USD per tshirt, if print around 300pcs tshirt per day, you can get the printer cost back in only 1-2 month.

Not to mention that If you take orders of hoodies, masks,sportswear, sweater, jeans, bag, canvas, shoes,etc., it has a higher market selling price. So if you are still hesitate between DTG or DTF, DTF is a better idea definitely in the trend.

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Ink durability:

At the same time, we do waterproof and crack prevention test in washing machine over 20 times, the image still in a good status. It feels like a layer of gelatinous when you touch it, so dont worry about the ink durability on the cloth. Typically it need heat up to 160-165 Celsius degree(8-10 seconds) to transfer DTF film stickers to the cloth or hoodies.

Conclusion:

To start a custom tshirt business quickly, its better to choose a A3 size dtf printer from the begainning, which can print both adult and child cloth. and easy to get cost back.

We provide one-stop printing solution for your business, including printer, consumables, shipping service, spare parts and aftersales service. RippleColor inkjet, welcome global agent from all over the world now!