Product picks
Nearly 850 exhibitors took part in PRINTING United 2026, held Sept. 23-25 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. While space prohibits mentioning every product that caught our attention, what follows is a brief description of just some of the items the GRAPHICS PRO staff stopped to experience first-hand at the show.
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Bella+Canvas 4741 unisex polo sweatshirt
Legacy’s Youth Old Favorite Trucker hat is constructed of 65% cotton/35% polyester blend in a dirty washed cotton twill crown and mesh style. The unstructured, six-panel, low-profile had features a precurved recycled visor board and a Kelly green underbill. With a contrasting snapback closure, small fit is sizes 6 3/8 to 7, for ages 5 years to small adult. Available in case packs of 180.The Bella+Canvas 4741 is one of two new fleece styles the brand released alongside a half-zip pullover. It is made from 10-ounce, three-end fleece with a polo neckline and ribbed cuffs and waistband. The sweatshirt is side seamed with a tearaway label. A structured fit and horn buttons give the relaxed silhouette a refined heritage finish. Colors include black, asphalt, dust, and vintage heather grey, in sizes XS through 3XL.
Kornit Atlas MATRIX
Kornit’s Atlas MATRIX is a digital apparel production system designed to handle cotton, polyester, and blended fabrics on one platform. The system supports direct printing using Karbon Shield technology and transfer on film using Karbon Transfer. The Matrix builds on Kornit’s Atlas platform, and some installed Max Plus and Max Poly systems can be upgraded to the new specification.
Mimaki JFX220-2515
Mimaki’s JFX220-2515 is a UV-LED flatbed printer in the company’s mid-range. Its 98" X 59" bed fits a full 4' X 8' board with room for smaller pre-cut pieces, and media clearance reaches 4". The printer’s Anchor Technology consists of a vacuum system that applies suction only where media is present, which cuts down the masking and prep that usually precede a flatbed job. It is designed to hold warped substrates such as corrugated board and acrylic sheet. Four staggered piezo heads in a dual-CMYK arrangement deliver up to 226 square feet per hour in four-color mode. New fluorescent pink and yellow inks widen the color range, and texture tools support 2.5D, emboss and Braille effects. RasterLink8, Mimaki’s updated RIP software, drives the workflow, and applications span signage, point-of-purchase displays, building materials and packaging.
STAHLS’ Hotronix Carousel Heat Press
The Hotronix Carousel is a six-station rotary heat press from STAHLS’, built for high-volume decorators, contract printers and fulfillment operations. The press has three independent heat zones, an automated loading system, and an optional automated transfer peeler. It runs on an 11 kW heating system with 240-volt, three-phase power. The press is designed so that one operator can produce 300 to 400 garments an hour, more than double the capacity of STAHLS’ dual-station presses. The press also works with direct-to-film, screen-printed and hybrid transfers. The press itself measures about 88.6" square and weighs roughly 1,874 pounds. Installation is included.
Canon Colorado XL
Canon’s Colorado XL-series extends UVgel technology to the 3.2-meter graphics market with a platform 3.4 meters wide. It includes the Colorado XL7R roll-to-roll printer and the XL7H hybrid, which adds a flatbed table for rigid media. Both use the UVgel 860 gel set, formulated for rigid and flexible applications, plus new UVgel 850 printheads. The carriage uses DynamicMotion Control for accuracy on challenging media, and UVgel FullBeam Curing is new to the series. The TRIdrive vacuum belt uses three rollers and multiple vacuum zones to reduce wrinkling and skewing, and it detects and corrects media position. Canon rates speed at up to 211 square meters per hour in express mode. Options carried over from the Colorado M-series include UVgel white.
Epson SureColor F370 & Sublimation Primer for Cotton
Epson’s SureColor F370 is a compact, $999, dye-sublimation printer for makers, small businesses, schools, and growing customization shops. It supports 13" X 19" media, and its transfer paper modes are tuned for crisp, vibrant results on fabrics and hard goods. Alongside the printer, Epson introduced a Sublimation Primer for cotton, a liquid solution that enables dye-sublimation on white and light-colored cotton garments. The primer extends the process to other natural fabrics. Sublimation has traditionally depended on polyester or polyester-coated surfaces, so the primer widens the goods a shop can offer without adopting a separate process such as DTG or DTF.
Next Level Apparel’s fall lineup
Next Level Apparel’s fall collection is built around three silhouettes: heavyweight, cropped, and long sleeve. New this season are the 9607 Heavyweight Hooded Zip and a garment-dye collection that includes the 1818GD, which has a softer, washed look. The 7610 Women’s Heavyweight Boxy Tee (pictured) and 1580 Women’s Ideal Crop Tee cover cropped fits, while the 8212 Women’s Ideal Thermal Long Sleeve and 6221 CVC Long Sleeve Hoodie handle layering. The heavyweight tee, style 7200, uses 10-ounce combed ring-spun cotton with an oversize fit and dropped shoulders, in colors such as Bone, Tan, Midnight Navy, and Shiitake. Next Level’s fall colors favor warm browns, blue-greens, olive, berry reds, and a soft off-white.
Brother DTRX
The Brother DTRX is a 32" roll-to-roll direct-to-film system that combines printing, powder application, and built-in curing in one integrated line. Brother calls it its flagship all-in-one DTF system for high-volume production. The printer uses four piezo printheads, two for CMYK and two for white, and accepts media up to 800 mm wide with a 780 mm print width. Production speed is rated at up to 15 square meters per hour. Maximum resolution is 600 X 1200 dpi, the water-based DTF ink comes in 700 ml pouches, and the powder shaker has a large reservoir and uses infrared curing. An industrial maintenance station with automatic ink circulation and a wet wiper cleaner is meant to reduce manual maintenance and downtime.
Roland DG TrueVis AG-640
The Roland DG TrueVis AG-640 is a 64" latex printer/cutter that the company calls the first latex printer with integrated cutting. It uses newly developed TA-2 water-based latex inks and the latest piezo printheads for precise dot control. The ink set goes beyond standard process colors to include orange, red and a high-density white. Target applications include wallcoverings, vehicle graphics, and window displays.
LAT Apparel 6928 Unisex Mock Neck Fleece
The LAT Apparel 6928 is a unisex mock neck fleece sweatshirt made from 7.4-ounce, three-end fleece in a 60/40 blend of combed ring-spun cotton and polyester. It has a structured rib mock neck collar with rib cuffs and a rib bottom band, plus jersey back neck tape, a locker patch, drop shoulders, side-seam construction, double-needle topstitching and an EasyTear label. The fabric is preshrunk. Available in sizes small to 3XL. Colors include basil, black, charcoal, mauvelous, natural, navy, and red.
