Ricoo T538B heat press

Introduction

The Ricoo T538B heat press is a heat press suitable for various transfer prints, e.g. hotfix stones, sublimation print, or various "iron on" plastics

We (at TECFA) received this model on October 18, 2017.

Below a picture of the first interesting "print".

Ready to go !

See also:

• Stitch Era - creating hot fix designs
• Hotfix stone

Ricoo T538B heat press

Model price and specifications

• Model: Schwenk Transfer Presse T Shirt Druck selber machen T538
• We bought it for 340€ + 21€ Shipping on Amazon.de and the list price is higher.

Specifications and parts

• It has a swivel swing arm which seems to be safer to use and more practical for this type of work.
• 38 x 38 cm (15) print area
• It has springs (probably better for the distribution of pressure) and a Svivel system (easier positioning of the cloth plus materials and probably better protection against burns).
• A fat black mat
• Digital temperature (0-399 C) and timer setting (0-999 seconds)
• Heat plate can be moved up or down (5cm distance max.)
• 26 kg

There are two control interface variants according to the manual. We got version B.

This models fits the requirements we outlined in the Hotfix stone article.

Links

Documentation

Official

• Manual (In German)

General

• Heat press (Wikipedia)