“Ingrave-IT, a personalization specialty store located within the Virgin Megastore at the Emirates Mall, was anxious to choose the best direct to garment printer to generate new business parallel to the Megastore’s music, video and multimedia products,” said Hassan Kittaneh, Managing Director at Multisystem Technology. “After careful evaluation, they selected the AnaJet mPower mP5i.”

“It could not be a better solution than to have the mPower mP5i to deliver each of the customized jobs requested quickly, with excellent quality and aligned with the entertainment theme that Virgin Megastore delivers to the public,” said Nizar Nairoukh, Managing Director at Ingrave-IT. “The mPower is a perfect fit for our company, which is a service-oriented business specializing in the customization of consumer electronics and brand promotional products.”

Interested parties are encouraged to visit AnaJet at FESPA London, June 25-29, Booth #H20N, for an in-person demonstration. For more information about the mPower i-series, visit www.anajet.com/mpower.

For the complete Press Release from AnaJet, please click the link below.

Multisystem Technology Press Release

Deana Leelachat represents AnaJet at ACUP 2013

Yesterday marked the start of ACUP 2013 and we are happy to report that AnaJet is sponsoring the conference and demonstrating our mPower i-series printer.

ACUP is a non-profit organization whose goal is to serve the printing, copying and related operations administrators by providing a forum to meet annually and explore subjects and problems common to all in the field.

This is the first time that ACUP has held their annual convention in the Twin Cities.  We sent our AnaJet team member Deana Leelachat to staff our exhibit.  All feedback thus far is great. The people attending are administrators for various college & university print departments both here in the US and some from universities from around the world.

Deana reports that attendees are eager to learn about direct to garment technology. “The real goal for those who are looking to DTG for a solution is to make more money in-house,” she said. “When they see the possibilities of our printers, they get really excited at how they could use the technology in their own settings.”

Thanks to ACUP for giving us the opportunity to exhibit! There is another related event we are looking into – the In-Plant Printing & Mailing Association conference. Know anyone who is a member? We might send an AnaJet representative but it’s too late to coordinate an exhibit there.

On Tuesday, May 21, from 2-3 pm ET, AnaJet will be sponsoring a special ASI Education Series Webinar entitled Price for Profit: Capture Bigger Margins on Imprinted Apparel. Customers are always seeking the lowest price, and the competition will nickel-and-dime you to death to get your clients. As a result, margins are under constant pressure, and the inability to maintain them can prevent you from running a profitable business.  The purpose of this event is to solve some of these issues to maximize profit for your business.

In this free webinar, moderator C.J. Mattica, along with a panelist of apparel experts which includes AnaJet’s Marketing Director Joe Longtin, will be showing you how to:

• Maintain and raise margins on apparel orders
• Beat internet companies and other competitor who cut their prices
• Work as a consultant, not just a “stuff seller”
• Make deeper connections with clients
• Upsell, and score additional sales in the process

For more information and to register, please click here.

In July of 2012 Eddie started up Image 1 Media , located in Pasadena, CA, specializing in creating digital apparel with an AnaJet mp5. After checking out other DTG printers, he decided to buy an AnaJet as it was manufactured close by.  With his former background in commercial printing, or “Print-to-Paper” industry, moving to DTG was pretty easy for Eddie. He outfitted a small room off of his garage with fresh paint, a table, the AnaJet printer, a humidifier capable of humidifying the Arizona desert(!), and supplies such as t-shirts, ink, and cleaning solutions. He calls his set-up, “The perfect environment to produce DTG printing… The fact that we have a “garage” set-up, and a very nice set-up in my opinion, gives us a huge advantage by keeping our overhead at a very, very low cost. With traditional silk-screening our garage would be a mess and probably wouldn’t have enough room to operate effectively.”

“Being new to the garment business most of my time was spent studying and self-teaching myself Photoshop Elements. “ There were also details to work out: “building marketing material and setting up the business, CPA, Quick books, etc.” While attending  the free training at AnaJet University, Eddie shared some tips and tricks he’d acquired in using the mP5, and his technical prowess led AnaJet to hire him on as a Field Technician. Although he still holds a regular job in sales, he has a projected goal to be 100% dedicated to Image1 Media by the end of 2013. He would also like to continue to be working with AnaJet as part of the independent Anatech team. “Hopefully between the two I will be sitting in the front row of the modern t-shirt industry.”

Business in the past year has grown — this week alone orders for over 2,400 shirts are in the queue!  In April he upgraded his mp5 with an mPower mP10i. He enthuses over the mP10i, saying that, “It is cutting-edge!”  He also loves the fact that initial morning start-ups are ten times faster with his new machine, and according to Eddie, clean-up takes only 3 minutes!

Check out Image1 Media’s website:   http://www.image1media.com

Also see them on Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Image1-Media

Image1 Media Print Room

Image1 Media Print Room

Image1 Media Print Room

“When I ran into Karl (Tipre) who was showing what the SPRINT could do, I knew then and there that every print shop should have one of these,” Doug said of the trade show exhibition.

“The thing that really sold me on AnaJet printers was the size. Compared to other major pieces of equipment you find in the garment decorating business, the printers from AnaJet took up no space.”

After purchasing his AnaJet SPRINT, Doug came out to Costa Mesa, California for training at AnaJet University. “The amount of information covered is more than enough to get you started.”

He went on to talk about how accessible the Tech Support team at AnaJet is. “The lifetime tech support offered from AnaJet is a great feature.” Doug explained that as long as you keep up with basic maintenance, you can keep printing non-stop, 7 days-a-week.

The SPRINT brought a new pipeline of daily orders to Overdrive.  Doug and his team were only limited by the speed at which they could print the shirts. So when AnaJet launched the mPower in August of 2011, Overdrive Media & Printing Services planned to upgrade to the new printer which promised “industrial strength” and the “fastest print speeds”.  Literally, Doug took his business to “overdrive!”.

Today, Doug and Overdrive are more than happy with their purchases of AnaJet direct to garment printers. The product offerings have brought in so many new customers that he can’t get them all! If you find yourself in Flagstaff, Arizona on Route 66, stop by and say hi to Doug and his team at Overdrive Media & Printing Services

For more information on Overdrive Media & Printing Services, check their website by clicking here.  You can also find Overdrive Media & Printing Services on Facebook.

If you want to see why Doug went with the mPower, check out the mPower Product Page.

The ASI Show Chicago, held at McCormick Place on July 16-18th, will  be an exhibition bringing together suppliers and distributors to showcase the latest promotional products of 2013. Attendees to this show will take advantage of educational sessions, demonstrations of latest range of promotional products, and plenty of networking solutions. Stop by and see AnaJet’s new mPower i-Series in action at booth #2508.

Registration and more information can be found at the following link:

http://www.asicentral.com