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ERA-A3-DTF
EraSmart
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A custom printing business does not have to stop at T-shirts.
The same customer who orders a branded shirt may also need hoodies for staff, tote bags for an event, team apparel for a club, or other suitable textile merchandise carrying the same artwork.
The EraSmart A3 1390 DTF Printer gives customization businesses a 340mm DTF printing platform for producing transfers across a wider range of apparel and textile applications.
It combines CMYK + White printing with roll and sheet DTF film support, white ink circulation, automatic cleaning, and EraRIP compatibility.
The black and white color-blocking exterior gives the printer a clean, distinctive appearance for modern customization workspaces.
The result is not simply another way to print a T-shirt. It is a production tool that can support a broader custom product catalog using one DTF transfer workflow.
DTF printing creates a transfer that is subsequently prepared and heat applied to a suitable product.
This makes it possible to use the same printing workflow across different compatible apparel and textile applications.
| Product | Typical DTF Application |
|---|---|
| T-Shirts | Front, back and chest graphics |
| Hoodies | Logos, artwork and brand graphics |
| Sweatshirts | Custom designs and promotional graphics |
| Tote Bags | Artwork, logos and event graphics |
| Canvas Bags | Personalized and branded designs |
| Workwear | Company logos and staff graphics |
| Team Apparel | Names, numbers and team artwork |
| Club Clothing | Logos and member graphics |
| Promotional Textiles | Campaign, event and company artwork |
Material suitability and transfer settings should always be confirmed before production.
One of the useful advantages of a DTF-based merchandise workflow is the ability to take the same artwork and apply it across several suitable products.
Imagine a local business provides its company logo.
Instead of offering only a printed T-shirt, your product package could include:
Company Logo
↓
Staff T-Shirts
↓
Employee Hoodies
↓
Promotional Tote Bags
↓
Event Apparel
The artwork remains recognizable across the product range while the finished items serve different purposes.
For a customization business, this creates more ways to serve one customer without requiring a separate printing system for every compatible textile product.
The EraSmart A3 1390 provides a maximum printing width of 340mm.
This gives businesses room to prepare many common graphics used across custom apparel and textile merchandise.
Typical artwork can include:
T-shirt graphics
Hoodie chest designs
Company logos
Team names
Numbers
Brand graphics
Tote bag artwork
Event designs
Promotional graphics
The A3 format provides useful working width without moving immediately to a larger-format DTF printing platform.
The printer uses a CMYK + WW ink configuration.
Color ink creates the main artwork, while white ink provides an important base layer for many DTF applications involving dark or colored products.
This allows a customization business to prepare transfers for a broader range of garment colors.
For example, the same brand artwork may need to appear on:
White staff T-shirts
Black promotional shirts
Colored hoodies
Dark team apparel
Different tote bag colors
The print preparation can be adjusted according to the artwork and product requirements.
White ink management is an important part of DTF printing.
The EraSmart A3 1390 includes a white ink circulation system to help maintain ink movement during the printing workflow.
This becomes particularly relevant when a business handles different merchandise jobs that require white underbase printing.
Combined with proper operating procedures, environmental conditions, and routine maintenance, the circulation system supports the printer's regular white ink workflow.
Not every product order has the same quantity or production pattern.
The EraSmart A3 1390 supports both roll and sheet DTF film.
Sheet film can be useful for:
Product samples
Individual customer designs
New merchandise tests
Customer proofs
Small custom jobs
A business can prepare a sample before adding a new item to its regular product catalog.
Roll film can support:
Repeated logos
Team apparel
Staff clothing
Promotional orders
Multiple transfers using the same artwork
The choice between sheet and roll film can follow the actual merchandise job being produced.
A merchandise business may receive artwork from different customers and for different products.
One customer may send a transparent PNG logo for workwear. Another may provide a PDF for event apparel. A third may require artwork prepared for a tote bag.
The EraSmart A3 1390 supports:
TIFF
JPEG
JPG
PNG
The printer works with EraRIP and AcroRIP 9.03 for print preparation.
EraRIP can be used to prepare artwork, manage white ink layers, and configure the print job before the transfer enters the remaining DTF production process.
This keeps different compatible merchandise applications within a common artwork-to-transfer workflow.
Customers buying T-shirts may also want heavier apparel for colder seasons, staff clothing, merchandise collections, or branded products.
Adding hoodies and sweatshirts can broaden the apparel options offered around the same artwork.
Custom bags can complement apparel orders for:
Events
Retail merchandise
Clubs
Promotional campaigns
Small brands
A logo or illustration originally prepared for apparel may also be adapted for a suitable textile bag.
Company customers often need more than promotional shirts.
Suitable workwear and staff garments can carry:
Company logos
Department identification
Event graphics
Staff branding
This creates an opportunity to serve business customers with a wider product package.
Names, numbers, logos, and team graphics can be prepared for suitable apparel used by:
Sports teams
Clubs
Schools
Community groups
Event organizations
Different artwork elements can be prepared according to each order.
Events and campaigns often use several branded items around one visual identity.
A DTF workflow can help produce transfers for compatible textile products without limiting the offer to one garment type.
Expanding the product range can also expand the types of customers a printing business can serve.
Personalized apparel and textile gifts.
Branded T-shirts, hoodies, bags, and limited merchandise collections.
Staff clothing and promotional textile products.
Team graphics, logos, names, and numbers.
Event apparel and compatible promotional merchandise.
Instead of relying on one product category, the business can build offers around different customer needs.
Consider a customer preparing for a company event.
A basic request might begin with:
20 Staff T-Shirts
But the same artwork may also be suitable for:
10 Hoodies for the event team
30 Promotional tote bags
Additional staff apparel
This does not mean every order will include multiple products.
It means the business has more relevant options to offer when the customer's needs extend beyond a single garment.
The value comes from expanding the service around a real customer requirement rather than simply adding more products to a catalog.
Use the same DTF production method across multiple suitable apparel and textile applications.
This gives businesses more product categories to present to customers without requiring a different printing technology for every compatible textile item.
A customer interested in one printed product may have additional apparel or merchandise requirements.
Offering several compatible products can help a printing business serve more of that customer's project from one supplier.
T-shirt customers are only one part of the customization market.
Workwear, team apparel, event merchandise, bags, and branded clothing create opportunities to work with companies, clubs, organizations, and independent brands.
Sheet film can be used to prepare samples of new product ideas.
Businesses can evaluate the finished result before deciding whether an item should become part of their regular offer.
DTF is primarily a transfer solution for suitable apparel, fabrics, and textile-related applications.
It should not be confused with direct UV printing for rigid products.
| Product Type | Recommended Direction |
|---|---|
| T-Shirts | DTF |
| Hoodies | DTF |
| Sweatshirts | DTF |
| Suitable Tote Bags | DTF |
| Suitable Canvas Products | DTF |
| Workwear | DTF |
| Team Apparel | DTF |
| Acrylic Signs | Consider UV printing |
| Rigid Phone Cases | Consider UV printing |
| Metal Plates | Consider UV printing |
| Crystal Sticker Applications | Consider UV DTF |
Choosing the printing technology according to the finished product helps businesses build a more practical equipment setup.
The EraSmart A3 1390 DTF Printer — Black & White Edition is designed around more than one apparel product.
Its 340mm print width, CMYK + White configuration, roll and sheet film support, white ink circulation, automatic cleaning, and RIP software compatibility provide a common DTF workflow for multiple suitable merchandise applications.
Start with the products your customers already request.
Then use the same production capability to explore additional apparel and textile categories as new opportunities appear.
Before choosing a printer, start with the products you plan to sell.
DTF works through a transfer process. Artwork is printed onto DTF film, prepared with adhesive powder and curing, then transferred onto a suitable product using heat.
For businesses focused on apparel and compatible textile merchandise, this creates a common production method that can cover several product categories.
The EraSmart A3 1390 is particularly relevant when your catalog includes products such as T-shirts, hoodies, workwear, team clothing, and suitable textile bags.
| Product | A3 1390 DTF Fit | Typical Application |
|---|---|---|
| T-Shirts | Yes | Front, back and chest graphics |
| Hoodies | Yes | Brand artwork, logos and merchandise |
| Sweatshirts | Yes | Custom and promotional graphics |
| Team Apparel | Yes | Names, numbers and team artwork |
| Workwear | Yes | Company logos and staff identification |
| Tote Bags | Suitable materials | Artwork and promotional graphics |
| Canvas Textile Products | Suitable materials | Custom designs and branding |
| Promotional Textiles | Suitable materials | Event and company artwork |
| Acrylic Products | No | Consider UV printing |
| Rigid Phone Cases | No | Consider UV printing |
| Metal Signs | No | Consider UV printing |
| Crystal Sticker Applications | Different process | Consider UV DTF |
The finished material, surface, transfer temperature, and application requirements should be checked before production.
A wider product range becomes more useful when products are grouped around actual customer projects.
A local company may need:
Staff T-shirts
Workwear logos
Employee hoodies
Promotional tote bags
Instead of selling one printed item, the customization business can provide several compatible products using the customer's existing brand artwork.
A club or team order may include:
Team shirts
Training apparel
Hoodies
Names
Numbers
Team logos
Different artwork elements can be prepared within the same DTF production workflow.
An event customer may request:
Staff shirts
Event apparel
Promotional bags
Volunteer clothing
A common visual identity can be adapted across several suitable textile products.
A small brand may begin with T-shirts and later add:
Hoodies
Sweatshirts
Tote bags
Limited textile merchandise
This gives the brand more ways to use existing artwork across its product catalog.
Print width affects more than the maximum size of one T-shirt graphic.
It also determines which artwork can be prepared comfortably across different merchandise categories.
The EraSmart A3 1390 provides a maximum printing width of 340mm.
This can cover many everyday applications such as:
Apparel chest graphics
Brand logos
Team artwork
Names and numbers
Tote bag designs
Promotional graphics
Smaller back designs
Before production, artwork dimensions should always be checked against the printable area and the final product.
The EraSmart A3 1390 supports both roll and sheet DTF film.
The value of having both options becomes clearer when the product catalog expands.
Useful for:
Product samples
New merchandise testing
Individual customer designs
Small artwork jobs
Customer proofs
Useful for:
Repeated company logos
Team apparel
Event merchandise
Multiple transfers
Regular production sequences
The media choice can follow the job rather than forcing every product into the same production method.
Suppose a customer provides a company logo.
The original job may be for staff T-shirts.
Once the artwork is prepared, the same visual identity may also be adapted for:
T-Shirts → Hoodies → Workwear → Tote Bags → Event Apparel
The artwork dimensions and print settings may change between products, but the business does not need to rebuild the customer's brand identity from the beginning.
This can make it easier to present additional relevant products to an existing customer.
A wider product catalog does not mean DTF is the correct process for every item.
If your business plans to expand into rigid products, another printing technology may be more appropriate.
Acrylic products
Rigid phone cases
Signs
Flat rigid merchandise
Suitable metal products
Other compatible hard-surface applications
Crystal sticker applications
Transfer-based decoration for compatible hard surfaces
Products where direct flatbed printing is not the preferred workflow
T-shirts
Hoodies
Sweatshirts
Workwear
Team apparel
Suitable textile bags
Compatible fabric merchandise
Choosing equipment according to the finished product is more useful than trying to make one printing technology cover every application.
| Specification | Details |
|---|---|
| Product Name | EraSmart A3 DTF Printer |
| Exterior | Black & White Color Blocking |
| Model | A3 |
| Motherboard | R1390 |
| Print Head | 1390 |
| Number of Print Heads | Single Print Head |
| Printing Colors | CMYK + WW |
| Maximum Printing Width | Up to 340mm |
| Printing Resolution | 1440dpi |
| Printing Speed | A3 at 1440dpi: approximately 5 minutes |
| Ink Type | DTF Ink |
| Ink Tank Capacity | CMYKW 250ml |
| White Ink Circulation System | Yes |
| Print Head Cleaning | Automatic Cleaning |
| Adsorption Function | Yes |
| Printing Media | Roll & Sheet DTF Film |
| Software | AcroRIP 9.03 / EraRIP |
| Supported File Formats | TIFF / JPEG / JPG / PNG / PDF |
| Operating System | Windows XP / 7 / 8 / 10 / 11 |
| iOS | Not currently supported |
| Interface | USB 2.0 |
| Voltage | 110V / 220V |
| Rated Power | 50W |
| Recommended Operating Temperature | 15–30°C |
| Recommended Relative Humidity | 40–60% |
| Machine Size | 550 × 530 × 260mm |
| Package Size | 670 × 640 × 400mm |
| Net Weight | 23kg |
| Gross Weight | 35kg |
| Applicable Materials | Textile, fabric, leather, canvas, cotton, linen, chemical fiber and other suitable materials |
The printer is intended for DTF transfer production for suitable apparel and textile applications.
Common products include T-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, workwear, team apparel, tote bags, canvas textile products, and promotional textiles.
Material suitability and transfer settings should be tested before regular production.
Yes.
Both are common DTF applications when the garment material and transfer conditions are suitable.
The artwork may need different dimensions or placement depending on the garment.
The printer produces the DTF transfer rather than printing directly onto the bag.
The finished transfer can be heat applied to suitable tote bag materials.
Always confirm that the bag material can tolerate the required transfer conditions.
No.
This is a DTF transfer printer.
The standard workflow is:
Prepare Artwork → Print on DTF Film → Apply Powder → Cure → Heat Transfer → Finished Product
The printer handles the film-printing stage of this process.
Yes.
The machine uses a CMYK + White configuration. White ink can provide the underbase required for many designs used on dark and colored garments.
The printer also includes a white ink circulation system.
Yes.
Names, numbers, logos, and other team graphics can be prepared as DTF transfers and applied to suitable apparel.
This makes team and club clothing one possible application for the machine.
It covers many common garment graphics, including chest artwork, logos, names, numbers, promotional designs, and many standard T-shirt graphics.
If your business regularly requires artwork wider than the available 340mm printing area, a larger-format DTF printer may be more appropriate.
Yes.
The EraSmart A3 1390 supports both.
Sheet film can be practical for samples and individual jobs, while roll film can support repeated transfers and longer production sequences.
The printer supports EraRIP and AcroRIP 9.03.
Supported artwork formats include:
TIFF
JPEG
JPG
PNG
The A3 1390 is a DTF printer intended primarily for suitable apparel and textile transfer applications.
For rigid phone case customization, an EraSmart UV printer would generally be the more relevant product category.
Not as the intended DTF application.
If your business mainly produces acrylic signs, acrylic merchandise, or other rigid products, consider a UV flatbed printer instead.
A business covering both categories may need more than one printing technology.
A practical equipment structure could be:
DTF → Apparel & suitable textile products
UV → Direct printing on compatible rigid products
UV DTF → Crystal sticker and compatible hard-surface transfer applications
The equipment combination should follow the products you plan to sell.
It can be suitable when the promotional catalog includes apparel and compatible textile merchandise.
For businesses selling a wider mix of textile and rigid promotional products, DTF can cover the textile side while UV or UV DTF equipment can address other application categories.
A customer may come to you for one T-shirt today and return later for staff hoodies, event apparel, team clothing, or promotional textile products.
The EraSmart A3 1390 DTF Printer — Black & White Edition gives customization businesses a common transfer-printing workflow for serving these different apparel and textile requirements.
With a 340mm printing width, CMYK + White configuration, roll and sheet film support, white ink circulation, automatic cleaning, and EraRIP compatibility, it provides the core printing functions for building a broader DTF product catalog.
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