A: No, that is not workable, actually for polyester material, it would be with sublimation ink; while if cotton or bamboo material, then use the reactive ink ( also pretreatment and finishing of steaming and washing are requested). Then for nylon material, needs to be used with acid ink( also similar pretreatment and finishing processes like cotton material are requested).

A: Normally it needs maintenance with:
1. lubricant for the metal rail & rocker shaft of the center motor lifter every months,
2. then ink station, keep it clean, by using the wet tissue paper to wipe it after daily work.
3. And every morning clean the head before start printing job and fill the ink if necessary.
4. Every week clean the wastage ink tank.
5. Every 6-10 months change the ink pad.
We have the maintenance video in Youtube Channel as below link fyi: https://youtu.be/ijrebLtpnZ4

A: It means the consumption of the ink? It is 500-800pairs per Liter, so with CMYK each color 1 Liter, you can print around 20,000pairs at least.

A: It will cost around 20-25days after deposit is completed.

A: This is by its own power, not linked with the machine, and voltage is 220-240V.

A: For normal adult socks, which is not very tight knitting, then no need pre-drying device.But if socks are sporty design which is tight with cushion and once you off load it from the cylinder is difficultly, then easy to bounce back once you stretch it too hard.Or the material is very soft like the sleeve cover, then better to use pre-drying device, to avoid the wet ink flies during the process you off load it from the cylinder.

A: The heating time from normal temp. up to 175, it takes around 40mins. And once you put the socks in, till it is done, depends on the speed you choose, and also the socks material impact the processing time, what we are using now is around 3 mins from it goes into the oven till it comes out. The small oven supports 2000-3000pairs per day in 8 hours .