A DTG direct to garment printer is available at: Aranui, Te Hāpua: Halswell Centre, New Brighton, and South. You can use it at Creative Times in those libraries.

Use our Book a Creative form to arrange a time that suits you to get one-on-one help.

The image file format required is PNG or JPG.

The printers are designed to print on light coloured fabrics such as white or cream. They have a maximum A4 print area (210 X 297mm) and the garment can be positioned in landscape or portrait format.

For best results, use pre-washed cotton garments, but poly-cotton blends can also be used.

This machine is designed for thin materials. If you have thick material, check with staff.

Each Ricoh Ri100 DTG printer has a finisher (Ricoh Rh100) attached to it so that projects can be heat set afterwards.

Check Linkedin Learning for courses on direct to garment printing. 

Customers are responsible for understanding their legal obligations under copyright, trademark, patent, and industrial law as well as their moral obligations to protect their own and others' intellectual property. Our libraries are busy public places. While we will endeavour to do our best to protect the privacy of your work, we cannot guarantee that it will not be seen by other customers. The Library reserves the right to refuse any Direct to Garment Print Request.