The Underbase — Artistri® P1690
White
DTF Ink
Every bright print on a dark shirt starts invisible: a layer of high-opacity DuPont™ Artistri® P1690 White laid behind the colors. It is the most-consumed supply on any DTF floor — American-made, recirculation-ready, and rated for 90+ washes.
Artistri® P1690 • 1 LiterIn Stock — Tempe, AZ
White DTF Ink
High-opacity underbase — made in the USA
$73.00 per 1L bottle
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Same Art. Same Shirt.
One Difference.
Drag the slider. On the left, CMYK printed straight onto a black garment — the fibers drink the ink and the colors go muddy. On the right, the exact same art over a P1690 White underbase: the white blocks the garment, and every color sits on top at full strength.
That layer is invisible in the finished print and it decides everything — brightness, opacity, and how the transfer survives 90+ commercial washes. It is why white outsells every color on this site.
Inside The Bottle
What P1690 White
Is Built To Do
Job 01 — Block
Opacity On Demand
A high-opacity pigment load hides the garment color in a single pass, so a red tee, a navy hoodie, and a black jersey all print like white paper underneath.
Job 02 — Carry
Hold Colors Bright
CMYK, Orange, and Green land on the white layer instead of the fibers — the way P1690 prints on press, white first, is the way the transfer stays vivid for its whole life.
Job 03 — Flex
Stretch, Not Crack
Cured and pressed to spec, the underbase flexes with cotton, polyester, and blends through 90+ commercial wash cycles instead of cracking away from them.
- Product
- DuPont™ Artistri® P1690 White — direct-to-film underbase ink
- Chemistry
- Water-based pigment on DuPont proprietary dispersions, built for white-ink recirculation systems
- Printheads
- Epson I3200 (optimized), DX4, DX5, DX7
- Sizes
- 1-liter bottles (in stock), 10-liter and 200-liter drum volume programs
- Compliance
- OEKO-TEX certified • Prop 65 compliant • Country of Origin: USA on every label
White Ink, Happy Printer
Keep White Flowing
Gently agitate — never shake hard
Roll or gently agitate the bottle before loading so pigment is evenly suspended. Violent shaking whips air into the ink, and bubbles are the enemy of clean white jetting.
Load it and let the printer take over from there — P1690 is formulated for the white-ink recirculation systems built into modern DTF printers.
Let recirculation do its job
Keep the printer powered so recirculation runs — that constant motion is what keeps white in suspension between jobs. Run your manufacturer’s nozzle check at the start of each press day.
Dependable recirculation behavior is a core P1690 trait: it is engineered to keep moving so you are printing, not purging.
Sealed, room temperature, rotated
Store sealed bottles at room temperature, out of direct sun, and rotate by lot code — oldest liter loads first. The lot printed on every label makes first-in, first-out effortless.
White burns faster than any color, so put it on a standing order before the shelf runs thin — volume programs cover 10L and 200L for production floors.
White First, Then Color
Complete The Set
The underbase carries them — these six put the color on top. All American-made Artistri® P1600, all in stock in 1-liter bottles.
White DTF Ink, Answered
Frequently Asked Questions
Print. Press. Impress.
Stock The Underbase
Everything Rides On
P1690 White in 1-liter bottles at $73.00, shipped fast from Tempe, Arizona — with 10L and 200L programs when your floor runs white around the clock.
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