https://nozzlecheck.com/ Source-checked print-on-demand production. Every number links to its source. en Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-14/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-14/ 2026-09-14 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 1 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/95-mecolour-outlines-manufacturing-criteria-and-heat-consi/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/95-mecolour-outlines-manufacturing-criteria-and-heat-consi/ 2026-09-14 Mon, 14 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Mecolour page is a buyer's checklist for evaluating and choosing a sublimation oven manufacturer/supplier — covering specifications, production capacity, OEM/ODM options, export packaging, and after-sales support — not a set of manufacturing criteria or heat consistency standards for the ovens. Temperature range (e.g., 60–200°C for the 20L model, 180–220°C for the S302 Tunnel Oven) is listed only as one product spec among many for supplier comparison, with no discussion of heat uniformity, tolerance, or consistency standards. The claim mischaracterizes a supplier-selection guide as a manufacturing/heat-standard document. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-10/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-10/ 2026-09-10 Thu, 10 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 13 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/94-sun-chemical-introduces-new-high-speed-industrial-inkje/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/94-sun-chemical-introduces-new-high-speed-industrial-inkje/ 2026-09-09 Wed, 09 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Sun Chemical's OptiPace is a high-speed sheetfed litho ink, not an industrial inkjet formulation; the source explicitly ties it to sheetfed litho presses reaching 21,000sph. The claim's characterization as 'inkjet' contradicts the source, which never mentions inkjet technology at all. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-08/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-08/ 2026-09-08 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 12 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/92-little-cms-unveils-mobile-icc-profiling-app-for-digital/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/92-little-cms-unveils-mobile-icc-profiling-app-for-digital/ 2026-09-08 Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The source describes calc ICC as a color conversion tool that imports existing ICC profiles to perform conversions, soft proofing, and gamut checking — it does not build or calibrate profiles. Calling it a "profiling app for calibration workflows" mischaracterizes its core function, which the source explicitly frames as conversion and verification, not profile creation. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-07/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-07/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 15 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/79-empco-transposition-across-the-eu-is-incomplete-as-its-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/79-empco-transposition-across-the-eu-is-incomplete-as-its-/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT CMS's Implementation Tracker (updated 24 Aug 2026) states verbatim that several EU countries have not yet completed transposition of the EmpCo Directive, with the legal position still developing across the EU. This directly precedes the Directive's application date of 27 September 2026, matching the claim exactly. EUR-Lex's national transposition table corroborates this, showing at least one Member State (Bulgaria) with zero measures recorded against the 27/03/2026 deadline. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/80-image-armor-e-series-dtg-inks-cure-white-ink-in-35-seco/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/80-image-armor-e-series-dtg-inks-cure-white-ink-in-35-seco/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 35 seconds is the exact white-ink cure time Source 1 gives for Image Armor E-Series inks, achieved at 356F rather than any 330°F figure. Source 2 independently shows Firebird curing white ink in 60 seconds and Dupont requiring 180 seconds, confirming that cure time and temperature vary by ink brand rather than following one universal spec. Together the sources support the claim's conclusion that no single 330°F/90-second rule governs white-ink cure across all DTG inks. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/81-under-the-us-copyright-office-s-2023-registration-guida/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/81-under-the-us-copyright-office-s-2023-registration-guida/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Source 2 (Thaler v. Perlmutter) and Source 1's discussion of the 'Recent Entrance to Paradise' refusal confirm that a work generated entirely by an AI system without human involvement lacks the human authorship required for copyright, matching the first half of the claim. However, the retrieved text of Source 1 is truncated partway through Section II (cutting off mid-sentence at the Supreme Court authorship case) and never reaches any statement about a human's 'selection or arrangement' of AI material being registrable, so that second half of the claim is not settled by the provided sources. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/82-an-ai-generated-design-becomes-registrable-with-the-us-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/82-an-ai-generated-design-becomes-registrable-with-the-us-/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Section II.F of the Copyright Office's Part 2 report is titled 'Modifying or Arranging AI-Generated Content' and the Executive Summary confirms the Office analyzes 'the modification or arrangement of AI-generated outputs' as one category of human contribution to copyrightability. However, the retrieved text is truncated before that section's substantive analysis, so it does not state whether 'substantial' editing by a seller is the actual legal threshold for registrability. The Thaler v. Perlmutter opinion (Source 2) only addresses works generated entirely by AI with no human involvement and does not address the edited-derivative-work scenario at all. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/83-a-seller-who-uploads-a-prompt-only-ai-image-to-printful/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/83-a-seller-who-uploads-a-prompt-only-ai-image-to-printful/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The U.S. Copyright Office's 2023 policy statement holds that copyright protects only human-authored material, and a work generated purely from a text prompt lacks the human creative contribution needed for protection, so no one — including the seller — holds ownership rights over it. Printful's content policy requires the uploader to confirm they "have the rights to use, sell, and distribute" the print file, but a seller of a prompt-only AI image cannot truthfully warrant ownership of rights that, per the Copyright Office, never come into existence for such unedited AI output. The two sources therefore contradict the claim: Printful assumes uploaded content carries ownable rights, while the Copyright Office source shows prompt-only AI images do not. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/85-a-shop-that-removes-a-blank-s-neck-tag-and-attaches-its/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/85-a-shop-that-removes-a-blank-s-neck-tag-and-attaches-its/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Article 15(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1007/2011, as reproduced in Source 2, states the opposite: a distributor is considered a manufacturer precisely when they place the product on the market under their own name or trademark, or attach the label themselves. A shop that removes the blank's neck tag and attaches its own label falls squarely into that provision. The claim is directly contradicted by the sourced text of Article 15(2). https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/86-the-eu-s-general-product-safety-regulation-2023-988-rep/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/86-the-eu-s-general-product-safety-regulation-2023-988-rep/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Source 1 states the 2023/988 replacement of the 2005 Regulations occurred only in Northern Ireland, not across the whole UK. The same page is titled 'General product safety regulations: Great Britain' and explicitly 'Applies to England, Scotland and Wales', meaning GB continues under the 2005 Regulations. The claim's 'whole of the UK' scope is directly contradicted by the gov.uk source, the better authority here since it is the primary regulator's guidance page. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/87-a-general-certificate-of-conformity-such-as-the-cpsia-s/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/87-a-general-certificate-of-conformity-such-as-the-cpsia-s/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT CPSC's own page distinguishes the General Certificate of Conformity (GCC), which applies to general-use products, from the Children's Product Certificate (CPC), which Section 14 of the CPSA and 16 CFR part 1110 require for children's products based on third-party testing to applicable children's product safety rules. The Stahls document is explicitly titled a 'General Certification of Conformity,' meaning it is the wrong certificate type for a children's garment. CPSC states children's products 'require third-party testing and certification' via a CPC, not a GCC, so the claim contradicts the source. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/88-enfocus-says-griffin-s-true-shape-nesting-and-gang-run-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/88-enfocus-says-griffin-s-true-shape-nesting-and-gang-run-/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Enfocus's own Griffin page attributes an 'up to 50%' figure to true-shape nesting, but it is phrased as a waste reduction, not a material-cost reduction, and the source separately lists cutting costs as a distinct benefit without a percentage. The page does describe combining multiple jobs on one sheet/roll, which resembles gang-run printing, but it never uses that term, so the claim's wording is a loose paraphrase rather than a verbatim match. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/89-oeko-tex-certification-on-dtg-kit-lands-on-the-inks-und/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/89-oeko-tex-certification-on-dtg-kit-lands-on-the-inks-und/ 2026-09-07 Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Both Source 2 (Roland DG) and Source 3 (Brother DTG) show the certification is awarded to the inks (and primers) used in DTG printing, explicitly under ECO PASSPORT, not to the printer hardware itself. Source 1 confirms STANDARD 100 is a distinct label scoped to finished textile articles tested for harmful substances, not to chemical products like inks, so the ink certification correctly falls outside STANDARD 100. The three sources are consistent and jointly settle the claim. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-02/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-02/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 10 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/50-high-standard-dtg-ink-should-withstand-50-cycles-withou/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/50-high-standard-dtg-ink-should-withstand-50-cycles-withou/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The 50+ wash figure appears only in Winnerjet's curing blog, where it is the payoff of correctly balancing time, temperature and pressure during curing — not a property of the ink itself, and given with no test method, wash protocol or standard. INKBANK, the ink manufacturer publishing actual technical data, is the better authority on ink performance and never states a wash count: its TDS reports washing fastness as grade 4-5 on a 0-5 scale, with dry rubbing 4 and wet rubbing 3. So the sources support '50+ washes' as a cured-print outcome claim from one vendor, not as a measured professional benchmark for high-standard DTG ink. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/51-the-standard-dtg-ink-curing-temperature-is-330-f-165-c-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/51-the-standard-dtg-ink-curing-temperature-is-330-f-165-c-/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 330°F (165°C) for 90 seconds appears verbatim in Source 1, but only as that vendor's own framing, and the same page immediately qualifies it with a 320–340°F range and then contradicts it in its own brand table: Epson OEM and Kodak cure at 320°F/90s, DuPont and Firebird at 330°F for 60–90s, and Image Armor at 350°F for 35s. Source 2 (Firebird) supports 330°F but only for FIREBIRD white ink on dark shirts and gives no 90-second figure. No source establishes 330°F/90s as an industry-wide standard; it is one point inside a documented spread that varies by ink brand, garment, and cure method. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/53-dtf-running-cost-is-3-5-per-print-versus-dtg-s-3-8-per-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/53-dtf-running-cost-is-3-5-per-print-versus-dtg-s-3-8-per-/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The $3-5 and $3-8 per-print figures appear verbatim only in Source 1, the Transfer Superstars cost table, which is self-published by a DTF transfer vendor and marked accurate 'as of October 2023' with no methodology, sample, or definition of what 'running cost' includes. The ranges overlap across most of their span, so they do not establish DTF as cheaper per unit, and the same table puts vinyl heat transfer at $1-3 and screen printing at $2-5, both below DTF. Source 2, the Impressions Magazine trade article, is the better authority on in-house DTF economics but gives no cost-per-print figure at all on the page as we read it, so it neither corroborates nor contradicts the numbers. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/55-tpu-hot-melt-dtf-adhesive-powder-is-marketed-as-non-tox/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/55-tpu-hot-melt-dtf-adhesive-powder-is-marketed-as-non-tox/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT DTF Station's Color Prime Flex product page — the only source text supplied here, and the one backed by a downloadable Safety Data Sheet — labels its polyurethane hot-melt DTF powder as harmful if swallowed, potentially skin-irritating, and requiring a mask, gloves and protective clothing during handling. That directly contradicts the 'non-toxic, non-irritating to human skin, harmless to the human body' representation. The subli-star.com promotional page carrying that marketing language was not provided, and vendor promotional copy is in any case a weaker authority than an SDS-backed hazard warning for the same material class. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/56-fda-s-ceramic-mug-lead-rule-cpg-sec-545-450-mandates-ke/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/56-fda-s-ceramic-mug-lead-rule-cpg-sec-545-450-mandates-ke/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT The only 20 mm rim provision present in the sources is section 3 of Canada's Glazed Ceramics and Glassware Regulations (SOR/2016-175), and it does not ban decoration in that zone — it permits exterior decoration within 20 mm of the rim provided the vessel releases no more than 4 mg/L lead and 0.4 mg/L cadmium under the ASTM C927-80 lip-and-rim extraction method, where 20 mm is the depth of extraction solution the rim is submerged in. That is a migration-limit and test-geometry rule, not a keep-off-the-lip decoration mandate, and it is Health Canada's, not FDA's. No text of FDA CPG Sec. 545.450 appears in the source texts, so the attribution to FDA is unsupported here while the substantive mechanism the claim describes is contradicted by the one authority actually provided. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/58-xaar-s-tf-technology-is-unique-to-xaar-and-is-the-best-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/58-xaar-s-tf-technology-is-unique-to-xaar-and-is-the-best-/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Xaar's own page carries this sentence word-for-word, so the claim is an accurate quotation of Xaar marketing copy, not an independently established fact. Ricoh's printhead page — the only comparison source here — lists three "Ink Recirculating Model" families (MH5320/5340, MH5421F/5421MF, MH2810F/2910F) plus the TH6310F "supporting ink recirculation system", confirming rivals ship recirculation but saying nothing about relative reliability or print quality. Neither source provides any comparative measurement, so the superiority and uniqueness assertions remain unsupported vendor claims. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/59-ingramspark-removed-book-setup-fees-in-2023-as-part-of-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/59-ingramspark-removed-book-setup-fees-in-2023-as-part-of-/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1% is the fee IngramSpark announced in May 2023, and Source 1 confirms free title setup was launched as part of its 10-Year Anniversary initiatives, so the setup-fee half of the claim holds. But IngramSpark never calls it a 'market access fee' and never states it is a percentage of list price — it is described only as a fee on books sold through the wholesale global distribution network. Source 2 (ALLi), the better authority on current rates because it is updated to April 2026 while the IngramSpark post is frozen at May 2023, states the 'global distribution fee has risen from 1.5% to 1.875%' in February 2026, so the 1% figure is also outdated. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/60-156-mesh-count-is-the-standard-go-to-screen-for-plastis/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/60-156-mesh-count-is-the-standard-go-to-screen-for-plastis/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 156 is stated as a general standard for plastisol only by ScreenPrinting.com, and even there it is bounded: the same page directs 200-305 mesh for soft hand feel, above 200 for detail, paper and heat transfers, and higher mesh over an underbase. Atlas Screen Supply's mesh chart never lists 156 at all, assigning 110 to bold plastisol prints and thicker white underbases and 160 to general garment printing. ScreenPrinting.com is the better authority for the specific figure because it names 156 for plastisol explicitly, but neither source presents it as a universal go-to for t-shirts — it is a default only for direct-to-fabric, lower-detail plastisol work. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/61-screen-printing-holds-roughly-40-60-of-the-custom-decor/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/61-screen-printing-holds-roughly-40-60-of-the-custom-decor/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 46.0% is the only share figure in the sources, and it comes from Future Market Insights for the custom t-shirt printing market in 2026 — a forecast from FMI's proprietary model, scoped to printing-technique sales of custom t-shirts, not the broader decorated apparel market the claim names. IMARC's report names screen printing among the technologies but gives no share for it on the page as we read it, so no second source corroborates the number and the 40-60% range rests on one vendor's single-year estimate. FMI is the better authority here only because it is the sole source that states a figure at all. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/63-in-a-poly-cotton-blend-or-tri-blend-with-less-than-65-p/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/63-in-a-poly-cotton-blend-or-tri-blend-with-less-than-65-p/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT SanMar's 65% polyester threshold is stated verbatim in Source 1, which says that in a poly/cotton blend or tri-blend below that figure the dye will not bond to the cotton and will eventually wash out, giving dull colors and blurry images versus 100% polyester. Source 2 (Sawgrass) never gives a percentage and softens the outcome to 'Lower poly counts give a softer, more vintage finish,' so it does not contradict the mechanism, only the framing. SanMar is the better authority here because it is the only source that supplies the numeric cutoff and the wash-out mechanism, while the Sawgrass page is a glossary written around its own VersiFlex cotton product. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/64-aatcc-117-is-a-standardized-test-method-which-is-used-t/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/64-aatcc-117-is-a-standardized-test-method-which-is-used-t/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT AATCC TM117 is titled "Test Method for Colorfastness to Heat: Dry (Excluding Pressing)" and covers dry heat, so the dry-heat half of the claim holds, but the AATCC store page scopes it to "textiles of all kinds and in all forms," not to synthetic textiles, and it excludes pressing. AATCC's own store listing is the better authority over vendor marketing, since it reproduces the method's Purpose and Scope; nothing on either page uses the word "sublimation" or supports the vendor label "AATCC 117 Color Fastness to Sublimation," and the vendor page itself was not on the page as a source text. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/66-coloreel-s-thread-coloring-unit-can-produce-over-12-mil/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/66-coloreel-s-thread-coloring-unit-can-produce-over-12-mil/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 12 million colors and the ~80% Pantone figure are stated verbatim in Coloreel's own FAQ, the manufacturer and better authority here. Source 2 (ZSK, a reseller) does not give numbers, describing only "unlimited colors" via the CMYK process, and adds that "Certain tones fall outside the CMYK spectrum used by Coloreel's technology" — consistent with, not contradicting, the 80% coverage figure. Neither source is an independent measurement; both trace to Coloreel's marketing. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/67-tajima-s-i-tm-automated-tensioning-system-eliminates-te/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/67-tajima-s-i-tm-automated-tensioning-system-eliminates-te/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Tajima, the manufacturer, states only that trial sewing and adjustment time "can be reduced" — not eliminated — and attributes the effect to i-TM working together with the Digitally Controlled Presser foot (DCP), not to i-TM alone. The stronger wording "eliminate test runs" appears only in Source 1, a Hirsch Solutions distributor press release, which also softens its own claim elsewhere to "virtually eliminating manual tensioning." Source 2 is the better authority as the OEM's own product documentation, and its footnote zeroes out only upper-thread adjustment man-hours, not test runs. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/68-melco-summit-runs-at-up-to-1-500-stitches-per-minute-on/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/68-melco-summit-runs-at-up-to-1-500-stitches-per-minute-on/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1,500 stitches per minute is stated directly by Melco's own SUMMIT product page, both in the feature list ("Up to 1500 Stitches Per Minute") and in the "Peak Performance" section, which also carries the exact superlative quoted in the claim. Source 2 (Tajima TMBP2-SC) does not contradict this: it lists a maximum speed of 1,200 rpm for a different manufacturer's machine, which is consistent with Melco's relative claim rather than opposed to it. Note that the superlative is vendor marketing copy from Melco itself, not an independent benchmark, so it is confirmed as an attributed quote rather than as a verified industry ranking. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/69-a-1-de00-is-deemed-the-threshold-indicating-that-any-va/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/69-a-1-de00-is-deemed-the-threshold-indicating-that-any-va/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 1 Delta E 2000 as the perceptibility threshold is stated verbatim by Source 1 (Techkon/Datacolor), a vendor blog, but Source 2 contradicts the figure: the peer-reviewed 2024 J Clin Exp Dent study measured 50%:50% perceptibility thresholds of Delta E 2000 = 2.29 for dentists and Delta E 2000 = 2.27 for patients — over twice the claimed value. Source 2 is the better authority, being a controlled visual study under D65 illumination with stated statistics, whereas Source 1 offers the '1' figure as a generalization with no supporting data; the claim is therefore only defensible as a rule of thumb, not as a measured threshold. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/70-roqfold-automatic-folding-machine-reaches-up-to-800-pie/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/70-roqfold-automatic-folding-machine-reaches-up-to-800-pie/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 700 pieces/hour is the manufacturer's stated maximum, not 800. ROQ International's own product page gives "Maximum production - (pieces/h) 700*" with a footnote that the figure applies to a piece the size of a DIN A4 sheet, and lists "Processing speed of 700 pieces/hour" in its technical specs; the reseller page repeating "up to 800" contradicts itself, since its own specification table also lists "maximum production (pieces/h)700". ROQ is the better authority here as the machine's maker, and the reseller's marketing copy is refuted by the spec table on the same page. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/71-global-textile-production-releases-more-than-58-000-ton/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/71-global-textile-production-releases-more-than-58-000-ton/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 58,000 tonnes is confirmed: Earth Action's report From Shedding to Solutions states that of an estimated 92,000 tonnes of microfibre losses generated annually during textile production, 63% — more than 58,000 tonnes — reaches the environment. Source 2 (Earth Action, the report's publisher) is the better authority and Source 1 (Printwear & Promotion) reports the same figures without contradiction. Note the scope both sources set: the figure covers the production/manufacturing phase of the textile value chain, not consumer washing or other lifecycle stages. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/73-online-apparel-return-rates-cluster-around-a-25-median-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/73-online-apparel-return-rates-cluster-around-a-25-median-/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT 25% median with a 20-30% range is stated exactly, but only in Eightx's own 35-brand DTC portfolio table, and it is a DTC-channel figure rather than an all-of-online one. The same page's channel table puts apparel on Amazon FBA at 35-45%, well outside the claimed range, so 'online apparel' as a whole is not bounded by 20-30%. NRF, the better authority here (2,006 consumers plus 358 ecommerce professionals at $500M+ merchants), gives only an all-category online rate of 19.3% for 2025 and no apparel breakout, so it neither confirms nor contradicts the 25% median. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/78-upload-rights-warranty-is-unhonourable-for-prompt-only-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/78-upload-rights-warranty-is-unhonourable-for-prompt-only-/ 2026-09-02 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Printful's print file content policy asks uploaders to confirm they hold the rights to use, sell, and distribute the content — not that they own a registrable copyright in it — so uncopyrightable material does not by itself make that warranty impossible to honour. The Copyright Office's March 16, 2023 statement of policy (88 FR 16190) speaks only to examination and registration practice, e.g. the Zarya of the Dawn conclusion that the Midjourney-generated images could not be protected by copyright; it says nothing about platform upload warranties. Source 2 is the better authority on copyrightability and Source 1 on the warranty's wording, and neither states the claimed conclusion. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-01/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-09-01/ 2026-09-01 Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 5 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-31/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-31/ 2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 1 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/44-eton-systems-unit-production-system-can-boost-productio/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/44-eton-systems-unit-production-system-can-boost-productio/ 2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT No 30-100% figure — or any percentage — appears anywhere in the Eton Systems garments page, which is the only source provided. The page discusses efficiency gains from its overhead conveyor system in purely qualitative terms (less manual handling, more sewing time, no wasted transport) and never uses the term "Unit Production System" or quantifies a productivity uplift. The sources discuss the subject but do not settle the number. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/48-canvaspop-advertises-stretched-gallery-wrapped-canvas-p/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/48-canvaspop-advertises-stretched-gallery-wrapped-canvas-p/ 2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT CanvasPop's product page uses archival and durability language — "museum-quality archival canvas," prints "guaranteed to stand the test of time," and "made by hand to last a lifetime" — but states no year figure anywhere, so the '100+ year archival guarantee' is not supported by the source. The page does confirm stretched canvas (2 cm or 3 cm depth) and photo-wrapped edges, so only the permanence number is missing. A separate sweep note from Wilhelm Imaging Research adds that displayed canvas should be framed under glass for any archival rating to hold, but that source does not attribute any figure to CanvasPop either. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/49-automatic-screen-printing-presses-run-at-a-specific-com/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/49-automatic-screen-printing-presses-run-at-a-specific-com/ 2026-08-31 Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT M&R's own Gauntlet 4 product page — the manufacturer's primary spec source for its flagship automatic press — describes throughput only qualitatively as "high production speed" and offers a "Real-time production speed monitor" for the operator to measure, never publishing a pieces- or impressions-per-hour figure. DTG vendors by contrast do publish exactly such numbers: Kornit states "Generating up to 400 impressions per hour" for the Apollo, and Brother publishes "up to 42 dark garments or 57 light garments per hour". The asymmetry contradicts the claim: the screen-printing side ships a measurement tool instead of a rated number, because output depends on operator, ink, and job setup rather than a fixed machine rate. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-30/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-30/ 2026-08-30 Sun, 30 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 2 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-29/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-29/ 2026-08-29 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 4 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/37-durst-announces-next-generation-digital-printing-lineup/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/37-durst-announces-next-generation-digital-printing-lineup/ 2026-08-29 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Durst Group announced its next-generation label and flexible packaging lineup for LOUPE Americas in an August 2026 release from Rochester, NY, showcasing the Tau G3 Peak's North American debut, the KJet inkjet/flexo hybrid, and Durst Workflow Label and Analytics software in booth #3121. Source 1, the Durst US announcement page, is the authoritative document for this event and directly states the claim, including the 2026 date. Source 2 covers the earlier Labelexpo Europe 2025 world premiere of the same Tau G3 platform and does not contradict Source 1. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/38-mecolour-breaks-down-production-differences-between-aut/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/38-mecolour-breaks-down-production-differences-between-aut/ 2026-08-29 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mecolour's article directly compares automatic and manual mug presses for sublimation drinkware, contrasting them across operation, initial investment, operator involvement, production volume, pressure control, workflow, and target user in a dedicated comparison table. It explicitly ties manual presses to small-to-medium volume and lower cost, and automatic presses to medium-to-high volume and repetitive production runs, while noting automatic does not inherently mean better transfer quality. Source 2 (Cricut Mug Press FAQ) is product support documentation for one consumer press and does not make this automatic-versus-manual production comparison, so Source 1 is the governing authority here. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/40-sharp-adds-visualis3r-embellishment-software-to-its-pro/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/40-sharp-adds-visualis3r-embellishment-software-to-its-pro/ 2026-08-29 Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Visualis3R is confirmed by both sources as a print embellishment visualization software added to Sharp's production print portfolio, announced by Sharp Imaging and Information Company of America (SIICA). Sharp's own newsroom release (Aug. 20, 2026) is the primary authority and its headline states the addition directly; The Cannata Report (Aug. 28, 2026) reprints the same press release verbatim. One qualification worth noting, though not contradicting the claim: the software is distributed through Color-Logic rather than developed by Sharp. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-28/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-28/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 8 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/28-astronova-launches-the-ql-125-industrial-desktop-color-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/28-astronova-launches-the-ql-125-industrial-desktop-color-/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The QL-125 launch is confirmed: AstroNova introduced the QuickLabel QL-125 as its next-generation flagship desktop industrial color label printer, available now. However, the source frames it as purpose-built for high-volume label production in manufacturing, pharmaceutical, food and beverage, and logistics environments, not for on-demand packaging. The phrase 'on-demand packaging' appears nowhere in the source, so that part of the claim is an unsupported qualification. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/29-midland-paper-introduces-tools-to-streamline-specialty-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/29-midland-paper-introduces-tools-to-streamline-specialty-/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Midland is showcasing existing selection aids — specialty media swatchbooks, application guides, product catalogs and hands-on samples — at PRINTING United Expo 2026, Booth N6343, rather than introducing new tools. The source supports the goal of simplifying specialty media and paper selection, including digital substrates, but frames it as an exhibit of an established portfolio and expert guidance from the Specialty Paper & Film Division; it also refers to the company only as "Midland," never "Midland Paper." https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/30-william-smith-launches-a-free-crash-course-on-architect/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/30-william-smith-launches-a-free-crash-course-on-architect/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT William Smith Training Academy did launch a free online crash course — the Architextural Crash Course — on architectural film installation, aimed at people in signage, vehicle wrapping and interior fit-out. The material qualification the claim omits is that the source describes architectural film installation, not "architectural vinyl wrapping," and the audience is broader than graphics installers. The source also notes it takes under ten minutes and is a primer, not a qualification. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/31-girls-who-print-reveals-survey-findings-on-workplace-pr/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/31-girls-who-print-reveals-survey-findings-on-workplace-pr/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Girls Who Print released its 2026 Industry Insights Report drawing on 210 survey responses and 242 mentorship program applications from women across the global print and graphic communications industry. The source explicitly frames the findings around career priorities, mentorship, technology fluency, leadership and entrepreneurship — workplace priorities across the print sector. The claim matches the source, which is headlined "Girls Who Print reveals women's priorities in print". https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/32-made-smarter-expands-its-advisory-team-to-accelerate-di/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/32-made-smarter-expands-its-advisory-team-to-accelerate-di/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Four new specialists were recruited, but the source limits this to Made Smarter's North West team serving North West SME manufacturers, not UK manufacturing as a whole. The programme cited is Made Smarter North West, launched in 2019, with figures covering the region's 2,500 engaged manufacturers. The claim's 'across UK manufacturing' scope overstates the source. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/33-new-hardware-breakdowns-on-epson-surecolor-f2100-printe/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/33-new-hardware-breakdowns-on-epson-surecolor-f2100-printe/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT One user, KingDeyvy, describes a single used Epson F2100 with clogged white ink lines and a clogged printhead, plus a spring dislodged during a DIY teardown — not a pattern of breakdowns across machines. The source mentions the damper assembly only as the area the poster is asking about, and records no damper replacement being performed or ordered. The thread has 0 replies and says nothing about localized repair support. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/34-dupli-appointed-official-uk-distributor-for-eastman-kod/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/34-dupli-appointed-official-uk-distributor-for-eastman-kod/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 48 Eastman Kodak films are what Dupli actually added, specifically the Kodacolor line in 35mm, 120, and large-format, not a broad range of "imaging products." The source describes a distribution deal for film only, and Dupli simultaneously retains its Kodak Alaris distributorship so the two lines sit side by side. The word "official" appointment is not used; the source reports Dupli's own announcement and a post on the Dupli site. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/35-2-million-raised-by-motion-to-deploy-humanoid-robotics-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/35-2-million-raised-by-motion-to-deploy-humanoid-robotics-/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT $2 million is confirmed: Motion raised a $2 million pre-seed round led by Extantia Capital with participation from Norrsken Evolve. The source states the funding will take Motion's five live pilots with Belgian industrial, warehouse and logistics players into full production and grow its robot fleet, starting in the Benelux. This matches the claim of deploying humanoid robotics in European production environments. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/36-recurring-heat-press-pressure-marks-and-stiff-hand-feel/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/36-recurring-heat-press-pressure-marks-and-stiff-hand-feel/ 2026-08-28 Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The thread concerns bubbles/air pockets in DTF transfers, which respondents attribute to moisture turning to steam and to applying adhesive powder before the ink has dried to a satin finish. Nothing in the source mentions heat press pressure marks or a stiff hand-feel on the finished garment. The claim's specific symptoms are absent from the discussion entirely. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-27/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-27/ 2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 6 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/24-managed-workwear-services-provide-a-model-for-circular-/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/24-managed-workwear-services-provide-a-model-for-circular-/ 2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Textiles Intelligence's 14-page report states managed workwear services could provide a blueprint for a more circular textile industry, with providers extending garment lifespans through repair, laundering, reuse and recycling. The source also confirms the sustainable production element: workwear is designed to withstand hundreds of industrial washing cycles while remaining easy to repair, with ownership creating incentives to prioritise durability, repair and material recovery. Companies named as examples include Alsico, CWS Workwear, Elis, Fristads, Lindström, Mascot and Mewa. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/25-hp-indigo-6k-hp-indigo-v12-and-hp-indigo-200k-digital-p/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/25-hp-indigo-6k-hp-indigo-v12-and-hp-indigo-200k-digital-p/ 2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT All three presses — HP Indigo 6K+, V12, and 200K — are confirmed as showcased at LOUPE Americas 2026 for label and packaging production, with the V12 described as delivering industrial-scale productivity. However, the source never mentions commercial production; the entire portfolio is framed around labels, flexible packaging, and converters. The claim's 'commercial production' element is a material addition not supported by the text. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/26-mike-grossman-shares-insights-on-risk-management-and-in/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/26-mike-grossman-shares-insights-on-risk-management-and-in/ 2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Mike Grossman does discuss risk and innovation — failure, pivots, startup survival indicators, and AI adoption — so that half of the claim holds. However, the source situates those insights in tech consulting, fintech startups, and Silicon Valley culture; it never mentions customized print-on-demand or photo merchandise. The claim omits that material qualification about the subject matter. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/27-zeno360-ag-promotes-3d-digital-configuration-and-mass-c/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/27-zeno360-ag-promotes-3d-digital-configuration-and-mass-c/ 2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Zeno360 AG is described as a print finishing and book-binding hardware provider, promoting the Layflat IND530-2000 RF book block system and the Casing-In IND410-420 casing-in machine at PRINTING United Expo. The source mentions no 3D digital configuration or mass-customization software tools; the products listed are physical finishing machines shown at APS Imaging Solutions Inc. booth N7143. The claim contradicts the source's characterization of what Zeno360 promotes. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/39-dallas-impressions-expo-highlights-upcoming-exhibits-an/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/39-dallas-impressions-expo-highlights-upcoming-exhibits-an/ 2026-08-27 Thu, 27 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The source confirms the Dallas Impressions Expo article highlights around 110 exhibitors, nearly 30 new exhibitors, and a named list of show sponsors including STAHLS', Lane Seven, Ninja Transfers, and SanMar for the Oct. 21-23, 2026 decorated apparel show. The material qualification the claim omits is embroidery: the article never singles out embroidery production, naming it only in the site's generic topic navigation menus rather than in any exhibit or sponsor description. Its substantive coverage is heat transfer, blank apparel, and decorating equipment. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/18-royal-de-vries-closes-after-152-years-with-commercial-p/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/18-royal-de-vries-closes-after-152-years-with-commercial-p/ 2026-08-26 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Royal De Vries did close after 152 years, and Allaoui acquired all corporate assets which are now being offered for sale — both elements of the claim hold. The material qualification: the assets are folding-carton packaging equipment (BOBST EXPERTFOLD 110 A2, BOBST VISIONCUT 106 LER, die-cutters, folder-gluers), not "commercial print" assets; the source describes De Vries as a packaging printer producing folding cartons. The single KBA Rapida 106 offset press is part of that packaging line, not a separate commercial print operation. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/19-paris-newspaper-publishers-invest-in-high-speed-digital/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/19-paris-newspaper-publishers-invest-in-high-speed-digital/ 2026-08-26 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT One Paris plant — Eucles Daily Print, part of the Riccobono group since 2019 — installed a single Screen TruepressJet 520NX running at 225 m/min, not "Paris newspaper publishers" plural investing in presses plural. Eucles is a print operation serving 80 international titles with runs rarely exceeding 2,000 per title, so the short-run rationale holds, but it is a printer rather than a group of Parisian publishers. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/20-pod-inks-oeko-tex-standard-100-and-gots/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/20-pod-inks-oeko-tex-standard-100-and-gots/ 2026-08-26 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Both marks are real and both are cited at the wrong object. STANDARD 100 is “a label for textiles tested for harmful substances… from yarn to finished product” — it certifies the printed garment, and the certificate belongs to whoever made that garment, not to the ink in it. The mark an ink can carry is ECO PASSPORT, “designed for manufacturers and distributors of chemicals”. GOTS certifies no ink either: inks are Chemical Inputs, “assessed and approved… by a Scope 4 Approved Certifier” and issued a Letter of Approval that covers the liquid, not the shirt it is printed on. “Non-toxic” is the certifiers' own words against it — Global Standards states that “Approval does not mean that an input is free from all hazardous substances”. Which certificates Kornit actually holds is unconfirmed here: kornit.com answers 403 to the honest user agent. OEKO-TEX · Global Standards https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/21-edward-baiden-named-president-and-ceo-of-digital-printi/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/21-edward-baiden-named-president-and-ceo-of-digital-printi/ 2026-08-26 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Edward (Ed) Baiden is confirmed as Nazdar's incoming president and CEO, succeeding Richard Bowles, but the appointment takes effect Sept. 8, 2026, a date the claim omits. The source also never describes Nazdar as a 'digital printing ink formulation specialist'; it refers only to the company's reputation across the global printing industry. The core personnel fact holds, the company descriptor and effective date do not come from this text. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/22-rob-watson-longtime-ceo-of-decorated-apparel-supplier-v/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/22-rob-watson-longtime-ceo-of-decorated-apparel-supplier-v/ 2026-08-26 Wed, 26 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Rob Watson's death and Vantage Apparel's remembrance are directly confirmed: the source reports the company "announces the sudden passing of its CEO Rob Watson" and that colleagues "took to social media to express condolences, share stories, and remember their friend." However, the source does not support "longtime CEO" — its related-content listing points to "Rob Watson Returns to Vantage Apparel as New CEO," indicating a recent return to the CEO role rather than a long continuous tenure. The claim is therefore accurate except for that unsupported qualifier. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-25/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-25/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 13 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/10-european-commission-releases-implementation-strategy-ro/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/10-european-commission-releases-implementation-strategy-ro/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The source document is the Commission's implementation strategy for the VAT in the Digital Age (ViDA) package, not for Digital Product Passports. It covers Digital Reporting Requirements, the platform economy, and Single VAT Registration under Council Directive (EU) 2025/516 and related acts; Digital Product Passports are never mentioned. The claim misattributes the subject matter of the document. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/11-european-commission-opens-call-for-evidence-on-certific/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/11-european-commission-opens-call-for-evidence-on-certific/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The Commission launched a public consultation on 9 April 2025 covering the need for a certification scheme for Digital Product Passport service providers, with feedback due via the Have Your Say Portal by 1 July 2025. The source calls it a "public consultation," not a "call for evidence" — a distinct instrument in the Commission's Have Your Say process — and certification is only one of two topics, alongside how data should be stored and managed. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/12-etc-supplies-rolls-out-an-end-to-end-direct-to-film-dtf/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/12-etc-supplies-rolls-out-an-end-to-end-direct-to-film-dtf/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT ETC Supplies' "complete DTF solution" is a consumables system — DTF inks (CMYK and white), anti-static Hot-Peel Film, and Hot-Melt Powder — not an end-to-end printing system. The source explicitly notes the inks are "compatible with a wide selection of Epson printheads," so no printer or hardware is part of the offering. The claim is accurate about the three coordinated products for garment decorators but overstates the scope to "printing system." https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/13-22-automated-sorting-systems-and-1-900-unmanned-deliver/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/13-22-automated-sorting-systems-and-1-900-unmanned-deliver/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT 22 is the number of sorting systems added in the first half of 2026, not the total deployed — the source gives a network total of 435 sets. The 1,900 unmanned delivery vehicles figure is stated as "more than 1,900" and is specific to China, up 87 percent from the end of 2025. The claim's numbers appear in the source but omit that 22 is an increment against a 435-set base. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/14-product-zone-introduces-the-ultimate-cap-blank-headwear/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/14-product-zone-introduces-the-ultimate-cap-blank-headwear/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The caps are real and specified: PZ031/2 cotton in five and six panel with a metal buckle, PZ033/4 polyester with a sundae buckle, sold to embroiderers and printers for decoration or as plain stock. But this is a delivery, not a launch. Product Zone announces “the arrival of its latest shipment”, and the PZ031/2 range it calls popular “has now landed”. “The Ultimate Cap” is the headline on Printwear & Promotion and appears nowhere in the body, so it names an article, not a collection. Printwear & Promotion https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/15-fespa-evaluates-entry-level-wide-format-print-technolog/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/15-fespa-evaluates-entry-level-wide-format-print-technolog/ 2026-08-25 Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT The comparison is there: eco-solvent, latex/resin and UV-curable set against each other in the 1.6 m roll-fed segment, in a piece credited to Nessan Cleary and dated 24 August 2026. But “evaluates” overstates what it is. This is one author’s editorial article published on FESPA’s site, not an assessment carried out by the organisation, and it sets out no methodology and no comparative testing. FESPA https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-24/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-24/ 2026-08-24 Mon, 24 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 5 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-23/ https://nozzlecheck.com/pulse/2026-08-23/ 2026-08-23 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Weekly briefing — 4 items, every one sourced. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/09-regulation-eu-2019-1020-market-surveillance-and-complia/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/09-regulation-eu-2019-1020-market-surveillance-and-complia/ 2026-08-23 Sun, 23 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 is titled exactly as claimed: it is the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on market surveillance and compliance of products. The source adds that it also amends Directive 2004/42/EC and Regulations (EC) No 765/2008 and (EU) No 305/2011, and was published in OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, pp. 1–44. The claim's short title matches the official title's operative subject matter. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/01-kornit-apollo-400-per-hour/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/01-kornit-apollo-400-per-hour/ 2026-08 Kornit's own page says all three: “up to 400 *impressions* per hour” in the hero, “Up to 400 shirts per hour” in the technical specifications, and “350-400 prints per hour” in the FAQ. The vendor is not consistent with itself, and the same FAQ puts a realistic figure lower — “an output of ranging from 270-330 prints per hours”. Take the spec number as a ceiling on one design in one colourway; pretreatment and flattening are inline. Kornit · Images · Printweek https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/02-kyocera-kj4b-ink-recirculation/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/02-kyocera-kj4b-ink-recirculation/ 2026-08 True for the Kyocera “-RC” variants: the KJ4B-EX1200-RC, announced Feb 2024 and shipping from April, is the one “with Ink Recirculation”. Plain KJ4B heads do not have it. In the StarFire line recirculation is not new either: Fujifilm’s REDIJET is standard on the SG1024 F-Series and was already in the product line in 2023. Kyocera · Fujifilm https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/03-kornit-qualiset-nozzle-compensation/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/03-kornit-qualiset-nozzle-compensation/ 2026-08 QualiSet exists, and it is autonomous, machine-vision-based calibration. But no Kornit source describes it as on-the-fly nozzle compensation. Kornit (PDF) https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/04-libiao-raas-peak-robots/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/04-libiao-raas-peak-robots/ 2026-08 The flexible peak fleet is real and documented, in Libiao’s own words: “After the peak, we will come and take away the additional bots.” But the “30–50” range appears in no source. Documented fleets are an order of magnitude larger: 80 robots at THG Fulfil, then 430 in Manchester. R&AN · THG blog · THG press release https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/05-avt-helios-tubescan-on-apparel/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/05-avt-helios-tubescan-on-apparel/ 2026-08 Both are label and narrow-web systems, in their makers’ own words. AVT: Helios is “AVT’s 100% automatic print inspection solution for narrow web and label printing”. BST: TubeScan is “a flexible and cost-efficient solution for reliable 100% print inspection in label and narrow-web printing”. Neither product page mentions textile, garment or apparel, and no deployment on garments is documented anywhere. AVT · BST https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/06-8k-line-scan-cameras-in-dtg/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/06-8k-line-scan-cameras-in-dtg/ 2026-08 No vendor or fulfiller has documented such a deployment. The closest thing: the inline camera in the EFI Reggiani BOLT (printing on fabric, not garments). A real market gap, not a standard. https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/07-dpp-mandatory-for-textiles-2026/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/07-dpp-mandatory-for-textiles-2026/ 2026-08 The Commission’s working plan COM(2025) 187 lists Textiles/Apparel in a column headed “Indicative timeline for adoption” against the year 2027. That is the date the delegated act is adopted, not the date anyone has to comply. Article 4(4) of ESPR then says the date of application “shall not be earlier than 18 months from its entry into force, except in duly justified cases”. That exception is why 2029 is a planning assumption and not a floor. The schedule also calls itself indicative, in its own column header. Working plan · ESPR https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/08-pigment-ink-drying-energy/ https://nozzlecheck.com/factcheck/08-pigment-ink-drying-energy/ 2026-08 The direction is true, the range is made up. What is documented is a 2020 study by the Spanish institute Technical Advice at a Western European mill: against reactive printing, pigment cut water use 86%, energy 58% and CO₂ 56% across the whole process, not the drying step alone. TexIntel