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? Figure unverified

“Curing DTG prints takes 1.8 to 2.4 kWh per 100 garments and adds 11 to 19 cents a shirt at $0.12 per kWh, according to packprintmatrix.com.”

The two figures in the claim cannot both be true. At $0.12 per kWh, 1.8 to 2.4 kWh per 100 garments costs $0.0022 to $0.0029 a shirt, not $0.11 to $0.19. The second figure would need 0.92 to 1.58 kWh per shirt, 38 to 88 times the first. The page states both and gives no method for either, and no second source has been found. We rated the claim Confirmed because the page says it; that confirmed the attribution, not the figures, and neither figure is verified. This verdict ran as Verdict of the week in Pulse 2026-10-06.

This verdict was revised on , against packprintmatrix.com. It was published as ✓ Confirmed. The reasoning it was published with is below, unedited.

As first published

1.8–2.4 kWh per 100 garments and $0.11–$0.19 per shirt at $0.12/kWh are stated verbatim in Source 1's hidden-cost list under 'Post-cure energy'. The claim's figures match the source exactly, so it is confirmed by packprintmatrix.com. Source 2 (the CFR text) is unrelated and does not bear on this figure.

The span it rests on

Post-cure energy: 1.8–2.4 kWh per 100 garments (convection vs. IR); adds $0.11–$0.19/shirt at $0.12/kWh
Copied character for character from packprintmatrix.com and matched against the fetched page before this verdict was written.

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  1. ✓ Confirmed → ? Figure unverified

    The two figures in the claim cannot both be true. At $0.12 per kWh, 1.8 to 2.4 kWh per 100 garments costs $0.0022 to $0.0029 a shirt, not $0.11 to $0.19. The second figure would need 0.92 to 1.58 kWh per shirt, 38 to 88 times the first. The page states both and gives no method for either, and no second source has been found. We rated the claim Confirmed because the page says it; that confirmed the attribution, not the figures, and neither figure is verified. This verdict ran as Verdict of the week in Pulse 2026-10-06.

    “Post-cure energy: 1.8–2.4 kWh per 100 garments (convection vs. IR); adds $0.11–$0.19/shirt at $0.12/kWh”
    packprintmatrix.com →

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