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AnaJet Introduces New Pretreated Shirts

AnaJet, Costa Mesa, Calif., now offers
pretreated black shirts in a variety of sizes.
For busy apparel printers, factory pretreated shirts offer a big time savings and
allow for more consistent results due to
professional application of the pretreatment solution, according to the company.
Pretreated shirts do not let white inks
soak into the fabric, thus allowing the

white color and any other color application on top of the white to stand out
better. Printing on apparel that has been
pretreated, particularly darker colored
items where pretreating is required, has
long been the industry standard to get
crisp, bright, professional results every
time. With the launch of pretreated shirts,
busy garment printers can bypass that entire first step and speed up production,
while maintaining high product quality,
according to the company.
For years, AnaJet has offered a pretreatment kit and instructions on how
to properly pretreat garments to prepare
them for optimal printing success. The
process, which involves mixing chemicals
and maintaining spray gun equipment,
can be time consuming and messy.
"Customers have always appreciated
that we offered free training on the pretreating process and our do-it-yourself kit
remains very popular, but many customers have been asking for a pretreated product like this to make life easier and we are
happy to deliver it," says Tod Farmer, vice
president of operations at AnaJet.
The shirts now are available in black

in bundles of 12 on the AnaJet website.
The standard pretreated shirts come
with the pretreated area (15 ½" x 19")
on the front. Other pretreatment locations (back or sleeves), as well as additional colors and sizes, can be custom
ordered by phone.
AnaJet also recently announced the
launch of a new, lower-cost ink called
SPECTRUM. It is compatible with
existing mPower printers and the cartridges are the same size as PowerBright
ink. PowerBright or SPECTRUM inks
can be switched out without flushing
the system beforehand.
Additionally, AnaJet released a firmware 3.0 and AnaRIP 3.0 software
update for mPower printers. These updates include new networking features,
as well as an updated ICC profile for
improved ink saturation and smoother
gradients. For a complete list of improvements in this important update
and instructions on how to download
and install, please visit the company
support page.
For more information, please visit
anajet.com. - L.M.

New Thread Assures Fade Resistance
American & Efird (A&E) and Trivantage LLC are launching a licensed Sunbrella Embroidery line of thread that
opens up diverse new personalization
applications in which extreme fade resistance and durability are required.
"Sunbrella Embroidery represents a
collaboration in which A&E's expertise
in premium thread manufacturing has
been combined with the advanced fibers technology and performance brand
recognition of Sunbrella," says Mark
Hatton, director of marketing and sales
administration for A&E. "We've applied
the strengths of both A&E and Glen
Raven in creating a new product that
can take personalization and customization into many new applications."
Applications for Sunbrella Embroidery include personalization for pillows
and cushions used for boating and

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The Sunbrella Embroidery thread
system from American & Efird and Trivantage LLC is
available in 16 thread colors and two bobbin colors.
outdoor furniture, as well as logo treatments in team sports and in consumer
and industrial branding. As with the
Sunbrella brand of fabrics, the new embroidery line is made from proprietary
Sunbrella fibers technology and carries a
five-year warranty against fading.
The Sunbrella Embroidery thread system is being launched in 16 thread colors
and two bobbin colors. Because Sunbrella
Embroidery thread is thicker than other
embroidery threads, it offers increased
coverage with fewer stitches required. The
new product has been tested extensively
across a full range of embroidery machines.
For information, visit amefird.com or
trivantage.com. - M.D.

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