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Performance, Value, Function, Reliability and the fact that it’s the best looking heat press on the market in the world today didn’t hurt either! The iDek is all those things wrapped into one!
Until now, traditional clam shell and swing away heat presses have dominated the marketplace, but the iDek patented side to side modular design changes all that. With every clamshell and swing away press you waste 50% of your time waiting for the press to activate the item you are pressing. With this system you are always removing and reloading while one side is pressing. This means that even though this $2495 press is more expensive than most, it is 100% more time effective.
What savvy business owners understand that’s others don’t is that their time and their employees time has value and that time is exactly like a hotel room or a restaurant table, once you miss filling the spot that night you will never be able to recoup it, its lost forever.
With small businesses especially where the owner is the operator, salesman, artist etc, it’s even more critical because you are doing so many things at once and never have enough time to get them all done. Even if you only save 10 minutes a day it adds up to a great savings over the lifetime of the press and actually pays for itself!
Having personally visited more than 2,500 embroidery and screen printing businesses since 1999 I can’t tell you how many fail to recognize that lost time. In an industry with super tiny profit margins sometimes it’s even more important. Bottom line is…
OPERATING costs are the single biggest factor in your operation. If you are paying someone $12 per hour and only getting $6/hr of efficiency then a $300 used press on eBay is more expensive than your iDek, period, forget about the fact that the heat recovery is not there when you need to guarantee that your transfers are properly activated so that they last. The worst thing in the world is selling your product and it fails or performs poorly after the first wash! Loosing just one customer costs you more than the price difference of a good heat press!
Some simple advantages:
| Landscape/Portrait Orientation
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Over/Under Loading Technique
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Why would I want to turn the upper and lower deks™ from portrait to landscape?
Simple, adult shirts are wider and fit a landscape format better, youth shirt are slimmer and fit a portrait dek™ shape better. The cantilevered pedestal enables you to under/over load like a screen-printers technique to further streamline the process.
Here you can adjust your machine to accommodate the job. For example when pressing a smaller logo, setup in the portrait mode so that you can do two or three up at the same time! Now with the iDek press that slides flawlessly left to right and back you are able to output up to 5 times more per pressing minute than any other press on the market! The alternative is to by 6 $300 eBay heat presses and have three or four people run them to keep up with one iDek! This is what we call the “iDek™ Press Faster™ philosophy.”
Manual & Pre-set Programs with Audible Alarm
Digital control with perfect heat recovery for large production jobs. NO HEAT PRESS UNDER the $1000-$1200 range can offer the heat recovery you need for serious production! Its just not possible to build a solid performance machine for that money and market it. Just remember that a press under that amount needs to pay for marketing, sales people and website which costs the same if you have a $300 retail press or a $10,000 heat press, so in effect you are buying something that may have cost $80 to make and the rest goes to marketing and selling costs! Can you afford to put your future independence , reputation and profit on the line for $80?
If you want a toy this is not the machine for you quite frankly. If I had a nickel for every person that told me they will buy a bigger machine when they need it I would be rich as the saying goes. After all these years those are the businesses that mostly DON’T succeed because quite frankly they don’t think big and can never properly handle any big order that does come their way! They always miss the boat. With the iDek that won’t happen. By investing in the right equipment the very first time you will NEVER have a regret!
Does this press require a special power supply?
No. The beauty of the s1 Professional™ or d2 Commercial™ is that they both utilize the same amount of energy. Either uses a 15 amp household circuit breaker because there is only one heat platen. The lateral movement of the upper heat iDek™ does the work of two, minimizing power usage and manpower.
Options and Features:
While I am not a big believer in one machine that does everything I do believe that a Multi-Function is an asset. If you want to hear it from the horse’s mouth our clients love the additional features with the one exception of the cap jig. For those who really get into caps a dedicated cap press is a better alternative to have and then you also don’t tie up any production on your flat or tubular goods. Sometimes you never hear about a weakness but again we only carry equipment that is proven to perform and if you know up front that I would prefer you have separate hat press then at least when we run into each other at a show I can look you straight in the eye and be comfortable in my skin because I said it like it is from the get go!
Pocket / Universal Dek™
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Cap / Universal Dek™
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Long Sleeve / Pant Dek
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Does this press require a special power supply?
No. The beauty of the s1 Professional™ or d2 Commercial™ is that they both utilize the same amount of energy. Either uses a 15 amp household circuit breaker because there is only one heat platen. The lateral movement of the upper heat iDek™ does the work of two, minimizing power usage and manpower.
Why would I want to turn the upper and lower deks™ from portrait to landscape?
Simple, adult shirts are wider and fit a landscape format better, youth shirt are slimmer and fit a portrait dek™ shape better. The cantilevered pedestal enables you to under/over load like a screen-printers technique to further streamline the process.
d2 Commercial™
The d2 Commercial™ heat press is the ultimate pressing machine. This model is designed for volume and efficiency. It comes equipped with dual pedestals and your choice of two 14” x 17” Deks™, or two pocket/universal Deks™ or one of each. The shirt Dek™ can instantly be configured from Portrait to Landscape using the Quickclick™ placement lock. Vertical format is ideal for imprinting on youth size shirts. The broad Horizontal format is perfect for adult size shirts. Efficiency is maximized by our digital control console with pre-set press programs for vinyls, transfers or sublimation and a manual mode.
Maximize production with a d2 Commercial™ with choice of two deks™ for $2495.00! (MSRP)
d2 340 Wide Format ™
The d2 340 Wide Format™ heat press continues to expand on the capabilities of your production setup. Increased Dek™ size allows for larger surface area of pressing. Coupled with the iDekusa™ Dek™interchangeable capability, there is almost no size or type of job that cannot be completed in both low and high production runs.
Maximize the production with a d2 340 Wide Format ™ for $2995.00! (MSRP)
s1 Professional™
The s1 Professional™ heat press is the foundation of the entire iDek™ product line. It comes equipped with one pedestal and a 14” x 17” image Dek™ or pocket/universal Dek™. The nice thing about the s1™ is the ability to upgrade at any point in the development of your business. You can add a second workstation, simply by purchasing an additional pedestal and image dek™. The benefit is total production capabilities. All of our specialty Deks™ are compatible additions to both the s1 Professional™ and the d2 Commercial™ heat presses.
Join the digital industry with a s1 Professional™ with choice of one dek™ for $1995.00! (MSRP)
Design
The Industry
What’s in a design? Everything! Before creating our design, we took a good long look at the industry. We saw a lot of “me too” products. There were several new heat presses being launched into the imprinting arena, but they all followed the same traditional style in features and functions that have seen little change over the years. The choice was clam shell or swing away. In studying the clam shell we found that the user was subjected to regular blasts of heat in the face at the end of each press cycle. The swing away required an arm’s length stretch with each press cycle and more space for the rotation of the upper platen.
The Marketplace
We then took into consideration our buyer, and the demographics of their customer base. We realized that in this line of business it is necessary to accommodate a wide range of needs. You may be asked to produce one shirt with a custom graphic for one person and at the same time get a job for an entire baseball team. Everyone has come to expect instant service regardless of the task.
Related Support Materials
Technological advancements have emerged in many areas of the heat transfer business with the exception of the heat press itself. Refined sublimation and inkjet inks have remarkable color retension and capacity choices with cartridge or bulk fed systems. New graphics software allows you to do things you never thought possible. More and more performance textiles are being offered by major manufacturers that not only have evaporative cooling qualities, but are 100% Polyester Microfiber which is the ideal material for the sublimation process. Specialty materials are easily weeded and produce a soft hand comparable to a good screen print.
The Conception of iDek™
The industry, the marketplace and related support materials were all important factors in the development of iDek™. We utilized the latest methods in product development with human ingenuity and the use of the interactive Solidworks® software program. This cad system allowed us to manipulate to perfection, every minute aspect of the design from start to finish. The three fundamental ideas we took into consideration were:
1. Provide a new option in the way heat presses look and feel.
2. Be versatile enough to facilitate one up, or production jobs.
3. Utilize technological advancements to keep current with manufactured goods that compliment our product.
The iDek™ inline modular press was built with a vision of what had been researched and a desire for the absolute best in performance.
The iDek™ Design
The lateral one-piece chassis extrusion is the sturdy body of support that houses the stainless steel glide rails. The slide arm is captivated by the glide rails and moves freely from end to end. Every modular component is an exclusive custom casting of iDek™. You can see this precision process of how our parts are made by going to the factory link below. The pedestals nest to the chassis. You have the option of one or two. Their unique suspension structure allows for over under loading of garments. A one of a kind pod is located within the pedestal to provide for self-tensioning pressure. Micro adjustment is also an option for various garment thickness’. Our quikclik™ plate located on the strut of the pedestal is the receptacle for the immediate exchange of any of our specialty Deks™. The control console is centrally located for convenience of use. Program changes are a simple soft touch. In the back of the console is a 110Volt auxiliary outlet. We feel it is essential to furnish portrait and landscape Dek™ (platen) orientations to facilitate youth and adult sizes. Both the upper and lower Deks™ quickly convert from vertical to horizontal.
Service and Warranty
MODULAR component exchange program:
iDek MODULAR format offers QUIK exchange of iDek components and eliminates costly whole unit warranty shipping charges. Availability of optional over night shipping services coupled with our TECH support assistance for infield service offers efficient fast repairs and replacement. Three MODULAR components, Pedestal, Heater and Console assemblies are easily exchanged requiring one tool.
MODULAR assemblies:
- Pedestal Module: QUIK CLIK™ inter lock / Height adj. mech.
- Console Module: Power inlet module / Controller / Circuit board / Relay / Fuse
- Heater Module: Heaters - 238 / 340 / Heater Jacket cover / Hi -TEMP switch / Insulation
- QUIK CLIK Deks™: Garment Deks / “Specialty” format Deks
Our Warranty:
Before leaving our production facility, our iDekusa™ Heat Presses and Modular component assemblies are inspected to insure against material and workmanship defects. Included with each s-1 Professional™ or d2 Commercial™ (MODELS 238 / 340) press package is a detailed warranty to be completed and returned at the time of receipt. iDekusa products will be repaired or replaced as long as it remains the property of the original purchaser and complies with the policies as outlined in the detailed warranty.
Our Heaters have a LIFE TIME WARRANTY, the Electronics have a THREE YEAR WARRANTY and the Press has a ONE YEAR WARRANTY.
Return & Refund Policy:
Returns and refunds will be accepted only with prior approval of such return or refund by iDekusa™.
All returned goods must be accompanied by a return authorization number which can be obtained by a customer service representative at our toll free number 877.579.9884. Returned goods must be packed and shipped in the original carton to the Service Center in Lynnwood, Washington. Shipping charges are the responsibility of the purchaser and collect shipments will not be accepted. iDekusa™ imposes a 25% restocking charge on all merchandise returned with out consent.