Having a Hard Time finding a Technician to repair your DTF printer?

• Retirement of Experienced Workers: A significant portion of the current workforce in the printing industry, particularly the Baby Boomer generation, is reaching retirement age, taking their valuable knowledge and experience with them.
• Lack of Training Programs: The decline in school programs and trade school offerings related to printing has resulted in fewer individuals with the necessary technical skills entering the industry.
• Perception of the Industry: Some perceive the printing industry as being "dead" or not a modern career choice, which can reduce interest from younger generations.
• Competition from Other Industries: The digital printing world competes with other industries for skilled technical talent, which can make it difficult to attract and retain workers, according to Western Trade Printing.
• Automation and Technological Advancements: While beneficial for efficiency, the increasing automation in digital printing can lead to a decrease in the number of available jobs, potentially deterring individuals from entering the field, notes Printweek.
• Specific Skill Requirements: Digital printing requires a mix of computer skills, equipment operation knowledge, and potentially skills in pre-press or graphics installation, which may not be readily available in the job market.
• Many Manufacturers not offering training or certification to work on their printers.  Especially the DTF machines coming from China, few have operation manuals, and rarely do you have any support built behind the units.

In addition to some of the societal issues, one of the biggest changes that we have noticed is fewer shops are hiring technicians to be on staff, or they simply want to pay unskilled workers to handle the digital printing, then when something goes wrong, these individuals don't want to "stick their necks out" working on an expensive machine. 

Solution?  Well the DTF Tech Gurus is who Imperial DTF uses for their technical requests and these technicians are well-versed on not only DTF but digital printing.  All of the technicians at DTF Tech Gurus are very experienced and professional. All of them have worked at large print shops and have experience needed to get your DTF printer / Shaker / dryer back up and running!