Spread the cost of a DTG printer from £5,000 to £70,000+ with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance
Yes, dtg printers are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £5,000 to £60,000, and most deals are written over 12–84 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£5k – £60k
Approval Speed
24–48 hours
Same-day for < £100k
Rates From
4.5% APR
Your estimate
Indicative only. Not a quote and not an offer of finance.
Pre-filled with a typical dtg printer price. Indicative only, not a quote.
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For UK limited companies with 3+ months’ trading and monthly revenue.
On a purchase price of £16,000: a 10% deposit of £1,600, then 48 monthly payments of £338 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £17,824, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Entry-level single-pallet DTG printer | £5,000–£10,000 | Entry Single-Pallet |
| Production single-pallet DTG printer with white ink | £12,000–£22,000 | Production Single-Pallet |
| Multi-pallet DTG printer for high-volume decorators | £25,000–£45,000 | Multi-Pallet Production |
| Industrial DTG printer with integrated pretreatment | £40,000–£70,000 | Industrial with Pretreatment |
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A DTG printer qualifies for Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to £1,000,000. Hire purchase agreements let you claim capital allowances on the machine. Lease payments are generally deductible in full against profits as they fall due.
DTG (direct-to-garment) printers are bought by print-on-demand businesses, garment decorators and merchandise companies producing full-colour, photographic-quality prints on individual or small-batch garments where screen printing's setup cost doesn't make sense. Because throughput is largely fixed by the number of pallets and the pretreatment stage, buyers typically size the machine to their order pattern, single-pallet for on-demand or personalised work, multi-pallet for volume decorators, rather than buying more capacity than the order book supports. Ink, especially white ink for dark garments, and pretreatment fluid are ongoing consumable costs kept separate from the machine finance and can be a meaningful part of per-garment cost. Replacement is usually driven by wanting more pallets, faster curing or better wash durability rather than the printer failing, since print heads are the main wear component and are commonly serviced or replaced rather than the whole machine. A modest used market exists for established single-pallet models, though multi-pallet industrial systems are more often bought new given how application-specific their configuration tends to be.
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Check Eligibility →For UK limited companies with at least 3 months’ trading and monthly revenue.