Maximizing Profitability with the ROQ Hybrid on the ROQ Platform

High-color-count jobs used to push print shops toward a difficult compromise: maintain the speed and profitability of screen printing or spend additional time managing complex separations and extended setups.

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Today, apparel decorators are being asked to produce more detailed artwork, faster turnarounds, and retail-quality graphics while maintaining the production

efficiency customers expect from screen printing.

Screen printing continues to set the standard for durability, soft hand feel, and high-volume production efficiency. The ROQ HYBRID builds on those strengths by helping shops produce complex, high-color graphics with greater flexibility and streamlined production.

Built on the Strength of Screen Printing

The ROQ HYBRID is designed to work alongside your existing automatic screen printing machine, including the ROQ YOU XL, ROQ NEXT XL, ROQ ECO XL+, ROQ OVAL Pro, and ROQ OVAL Evolution.

Rather than replacing traditional production methods, the ROQ HYBRID enhances them.

The process starts with what screen printing already does exceptionally well: laying down a durable, consistent underbase with excellent opacity and soft hand feel.

The ROQ HYBRID then adds a high-resolution digital top layer capable of producing smooth gradients, photorealistic imagery, fine details, and expanded color output.

This combination allows shops to preserve the speed and profitability of screen printing while increasing the types of artwork they can produce efficiently.

Faster Setups for Complex Artwork

Screen printing is one of the most efficient production methods in the industry, especially at scale. But when designs require large numbers of colors, simulated process artwork, or intricate gradients, setup time and screen preparation can increase significantly.

The ROQ HYBRID helps simplify those more complex applications by allowing the digital module to handle detailed color work while screen printing continues to manage the foundation of the print.

For many jobs, shops can reduce:

• the number of screens required

• setup time for high-color artwork

• manual color matching adjustments

• production complexity on difficult designs

The result is a more streamlined workflow that helps operators move from job to job more efficiently while maintaining the production strengths of traditional screen printing.

Expanded Color Capability with Brand Accuracy

For sportswear, retail, licensed merchandise, and corporate branding, color consistency is critical. The ROQ HYBRID offers full-color printing with an optional expanded 6-color gamut (CMYK + Red + Green), helping shops reproduce vibrant brand and team colors with greater precision.

This expanded gamut allows decorators to achieve:

• smoother gradients

• more vibrant color reproduction

• improved brand consistency

• enhanced detail on complex graphics

  
  

...all while maintaining the look and feel customers expect from premium screen-printed apparel.

Industrial Production Speeds with Digital Flexibility

The ROQ HYBRID Series combines digital flexibility with true production-scale output. The flagship ROQ HYBRID Pro+ is capable of producing over 500 pieces per hour, giving shops the ability to handle complex graphics and high-volume production simultaneously.

For decorators, this opens the door to:

• retail-quality graphics at scale

• faster turnaround times

• efficient short-run production

• high-color-count artwork

• expanded print capabilities without sacrificing throughput

Most importantly, shops continue to benefit from the speed, durability, and cost advantages that make screen printing such a valuable production method.

Expanding What’s Possible in Screen Printing

The future of apparel decoration is not about replacing screen printing, it’s about expanding what screen printing can do.

By integrating the ROQ HYBRID onto your ROQ press platform, your shop can take on more complex artwork, increase production flexibility, and improve operational efficiency while continuing to build on the proven strengths of screen printing.

Want to explore how hybrid production could fit into your workflow?

Contact the ROQ team to learn which ROQ HYBRID configuration is right for your shop at the form below.