New Product 🚨 ROQ ID Press: Bringing ROQ Transfer Automation to the Small Hits
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ROQ ID Press: Bringing ROQ Transfer Automation to the Small Hits
Inside neck labels. Sleeves. Small logos. DTF labels.
They're small decorations that can create a surprisingly big production process.
A screen printer may create, set up, clean and reclaim screens for a print only a few inches wide. A POD or DTG operation may digitally produce a customized garment, then send it to a manual press for labeling. A DTF shop may automate transfer production only to have an operator manually place, press and peel every transfer.
The ROQ ID Press is designed to automate that next step.
From The ROQ IMPRESS To a Smaller Format
The ID Press builds on the same thinking behind the ROQ IMPRESS: turn heat-transfer application from a manual task into an automated production process.
The difference is format.
Where the IMPRESS addresses larger transfer applications, the ID Press brings that automation philosophy to neck labels, sleeves and other repetitive small-format decoration.
With eight pallets, four heat presses, automatic transfer feeding, automatic peeling and production speeds of 500+ pieces per hour, it's a dedicated production cell for the small hits that add up. Load the transfers. Load the garments. Go.
Eliminate The Process Around The Print
The print may be small. The work surrounding it isn't.
Screen printed tags can require screens, registration, ink, setup, cleanup and reclaiming.
Pad printed tags can require plates, inks, jigs, changeovers and cleanup.
Manual heat-transfer application removes much of that prepress work—but still requires an operator to position, press and peel garment after garment.
The ID Press uses transfers to simplify the process and automation to reduce the manual touches.
No screens to make or reclaim. No plates to create or clean. Less handling. Automated application.
DTF Quality Meets Production Automation
Automation is only half the story.
For neck labels and highly detailed small decoration, DTF transfers offer significant advantages over direct screen printed or pad printed tags.
Fine details stay precise. Color remains consistent.
Full-color artwork isn't limited by the number of screens or print stations. And transfer application can reduce issues such as fibrillation that can affect fine direct prints on certain fabrics.
The ID Press brings automated application to DTF and compatible screen printed heat transfers, combining transfer quality and flexibility with a repeatable production workflow.
Better decoration. Less process.
Built for the Way Different Shops Produce Screen Printing
Your automatic presses are built to produce. Why interrupt one, burn additional screens or add another setup for a small neck label or sleeve hit? The ID Press gives repetitive small-format work its own automated production cell, helping keep your screen printing equipment focused on larger, higher-value decoration.
Print on Demand
POD adds another challenge: variation.
Different orders. Different sizes. Different brands. Different labels.
When paired with the appropriate production workflow, transfer application can become part of a smarter process for matching the correct garment with the correct transfer—even as the products moving through production change.
The right garment. The right transfer. The right application.
DTF
You've automated transfer production. What happens next?
For many DTF operations, application becomes the next labor constraint. Transfers can be produced rapidly, but someone still has to place, press and peel them.
The ID Press attacks that next bottleneck with automatic feeding, pressing and peeling.
The transfer isn't the finished product. The decorated garment is.
DTG
A digitally produced garment shouldn't have to hit a manual bottleneck just because it needs a neck label.
For private-label, ecommerce and branded programs, the ID Press can extend automation further downstream by giving secondary transfer applications their own production workflow.
More Than 500+ Pieces Per Hour
The ROQ ID Press is designed to produce 500+ pieces per hour. But the real speed comes from everything you stop doing.
No screens to make, register, clean or reclaim. No plates or jigs to create and change. No operator manually positioning and peeling transfer after transfer. And no tying up larger production equipment for a small decoration hit.
That means less setup. Less cleanup. Fewer touches. Less labor between the order and the finished garment. For screen printers, POD operations, DTG shops and DTF producers, that's where automation changes the equation. Because the goal isn't just to press faster. It's to build a faster workflow. The small hits aren't going away. The unnecessary work around them can.
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