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The xTool Apparel Printer Plus is a DTF textile printer that puts a shirt print shop behind one button: two Epson I1600 print heads lay down CMYK colours and four white channels onto transfer film at up to 4.6 m² per hour, and auto-maintenance keeps the heads ready to print even across breaks. DTF transfers work on both light and dark textiles: cotton, polyester, denim, canvas, elastane and nylon.
This guide covers what DTF printing is and what it can do, what the workflow looks like from design to finished shirt, which of the three configurations — Plus, Plus + OS1 oven or All-in-1 — fits which use, and which accessories keep production running.
DTF (Direct to Film) means printing onto transfer film: the image is first printed on film with colour inks and a white base, adhesive powder is applied to the film, the powder is heat-cured, and finally the finished transfer is pressed onto the textile with a heat press. Nothing is printed directly on the garment — which is why the same transfer works on very different fabrics.
The white base is the heart of DTF: thanks to it, colours stay vivid even on black and dark fabric. The Apparel Printer has four white channels (CMYK + WWWW) and prints at 720 × 1,800 DPI with a minimum droplet of 3.8 pl — fine detail and gradients reproduce well.
White ink is heavily pigmented and settles when idle, clogging the heads. The Apparel Printer solves this at machine level: automatic ink mixing and circulation (WIMS), wet capping and automatic head cleaning keep the white flowing even across breaks.
DTF transfers work on practically all textiles, light and dark, so the range of uses is wide:
Design, RIP processing and nesting are handled in the included xTool Studio software (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS) — no separate RIP licence needed. Gold and silver foils add a metallic shine to transfers.
If you want to print on hard objects instead — bottles, cases, wood or acrylic — the right tool is a UV printer: see the O1 Omni Printer guide and the UV technology selection guide. For stickers and cards, look at the C1 Color Cutter.
DTF production runs in five steps:
Yes: the adhesive powder can be applied and cured by hand, and many start that way. The OS1 removes the slowest and messiest manual step — its enclosed build keeps powder and fumes inside the cabinet, and the 2 kg powder tank lasts long runs. In production the oven pays for itself in saved time.
A heat press is not included with the Apparel Printer. An ordinary flat press is enough for DTF transfers — ask us for a suitable model and we will size it to your volume and product size.
The Apparel Printer is sold in three configurations. The printer is the same in all of them — the difference is finishing automation and air purification:
| Plus | Plus + OS1 | All-in-1 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| DTF printer (2 × Epson I1600) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| OS1 shaker oven: powdering and baking automated | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| SafetyPro AP2 air purifier (99.97% of particles) | — | — | ✓ |
| Best for | Getting started and small runs — powdering by hand | Regular production with no manual steps | A complete indoor production line — the manufacturer recommends the AP2 alongside the OS1 |
All configurations share the same 356 mm print width, 356 × 600 mm maximum print area and sheet feed. The printer weighs 34 kg; the OS1 is a floor-standing 72 kg unit with a 0.38 m² footprint.
Auto-maintenance handles the daily work: head cleaning, moisturising and ink circulation, with remote monitoring from the app. These accessories keep production running:
Yes — four white channels print an opaque white base, on top of which colours stay vivid even on black fabric.
Cotton, polyester, denim, canvas, elastane and nylon — both light and dark textiles.
No — the included xTool Studio covers RIP, AI design and automatic nesting (Windows, macOS, Android, iOS).
Up to 4.6 m² per hour (720 × 1,200 DPI) on 356 × 600 mm sheets — a day's batch of shirts in one working day.
It cuts the film, applies and shakes the adhesive powder and bakes the sheet at 130 °C automatically — the enclosed build keeps powder and fumes inside the cabinet.
No, not in any configuration — the transfer is pressed onto the textile with a separate heat press. Ask us for a suitable model.
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