Brother PJ Tattoo Stencils - The Big Secret

[@amynicholls3025]

Thanks!

[@maumusic1540]

Thank you soooo much for this precious info! i was struggling for so long to get good stencils and now it just works perfectly!!! you are a legend!

[@danonwatson2653]

Not all hero’s wear capes!! Thank you so much.

[@petegalloway2466]

Hi Paul. I hope you get to see this. Just like to say a Massive THANK YOU! Just got a 773 from killer ink. Came with the brother power. Got it working via WiFi via my phone, using Brother software. First go a printing DISASTER! Paper jam, just horrible. Watched this, plugged in an old hard drive power supply(12v2amp) next print, perfect! This has saved my a huge headache and troubling killer ink with my issues. You sorted everything out here. Your altruism knows no limits pal. May the universe be kind to you pal, as your a star 💫

[@ThatTattooShow]

Thankyou Pete! Glad it helped you. Paul 🙏

[@CeeAhwe]

It was frustrating me for soooo long. I just wanted to give him back i called to brother today. I would send him back to fix him because I have waranty. And i would have probably buyed the same one for the time that I have no printer so i can keep on working. Also because I didn't find any other good stencil printer.. I just found a 12V supplier from a beer light. Maannnn, the designs I tried and always jammed.. They go through now! A bit slow but it prints without jamming! Wow man, thanks!! Really saved me

[@ThatTattooShow]

You're welcome! p

[@shavedmonkey9821]

boss pedals have positive shroud, neg inner termina

[@michaelohare3157]

Iv seen some artists actually pulling/forcefully guiding thermal paper through to minimise any jamming.. but if this works better! Worth trying a few different plugs..

[@Zealant]

There is actually a setting if you look in one of the settings apps from their driver page - you have to be on updated firmware - for stencil mode and slower speeds. That worked for me a lot better than the 12v.

[@electricalscarecrow]

Yo my man. How do I access this setting? I'm using a Pocketjet 6 Plus and can't find it. Maybe my device is too old?

[@Zealant]

@@electricalscarecrow do a search for the exact pocketjet version for the Brothers software page that has drivers and the settings app

[@XanderOwls]

Yeah how

[@Zealant]

@@XanderOwls look up the drivers and apps for your printer. They’re on the Brother website.

[@Zealant]

@@electricalscarecrow yeah maybe. I did it on the PJ-773

[@drewatkins8757]

After years of using this and having all these issues to find out it was running just a lil to high on volts🤦‍♂️ thank you for the tip just printed the smoothest it’s ever printed

[@veronicanalbatska2646]

THANK YOU! You saved my brother 883 from going into the trash bin 😂 I was so sadand so mad, trying to figure it out on my own. Then I found your video. Today my new ac/dc adaptoe 12v 2a was delivered and the magic happened (plus density settings). Thank you!

[@thomasthomas6534]

How is the gradients on the 883 is it any good for portraits?

[@veronicanalbatska2646]

@@thomasthomas6534 i prepare the portrait before print it - I use to digital outline it using tablet. The stencil is really good this way. If I directly print the image, I'm not happy with the result

[@friedspider]

Hi Paul, great video, I am new to all this but have managed to purchase a brand new 623 with brother power supply, I have printed line work but have had issues with getting the stencil to transfer to skin. Could this be down to the power supply?

[@ThatTattooShow]

It's unlikely.

[@jacobcain6336]

What about with the new usb c supply? Is that ok for using stencil paper? Thanks

[@ThatTattooShow]

12volt is still better. But the new 883 with the usbc supply is much improved. Often, the limitation is the paper. It just can’t handle that much heat. 👍

[@yungdark4826]

opinion on brother 883 Wi-Fi bluetooth

[@rakheetattoos]

Ive tried all your tips, but my PJ723 just jams and scrunches the paper up if it's anything other than straight basic lines.... HELP!

[@tydevinci]

What if I don’t have the brother charger connected and just use the charged battery 🔋?

[@ThatTattooShow]

The battery will still produce 15v so you’ll have the same issues as you would with the brother psu. Turning on stencil mode will help this a little but 12v is always better with the 7 Series. - p

[@adrianchintoan5120]

​​@@ThatTattooShow If i live the battery in the printer, and the 12 volts charger conected to the printer,wich volts will the printer utilize 15 from the battery or 12 from the charger?

[@tattoojerryg]

Hi Paul. Thanx brother

[@QuintenVVVVV]

Hi paul, can you help me out? I’v changed the power supply to a 12v 2amp cause with the 15v it chewed the paper away, Now with the 12v charger it wont chew it but in the middle of the stencil the printer just turns off itself everytime. You know how to fix this problem?

[@ThatTattooShow]

That fault is usually caused by a bad power supply or a bad power lead 👍

[@GabrielaGolstein]

Wow you are amazing!!! Thank you so much!

[@ThatTattooShow]

You're so welcome!

[@shavedmonkey9821]

thanks...i had a 623 for 10 years ...probs we had was we had to unplug the power supply when printing or we got a gap in the print.

[@ThatTattooShow]

I had a similar problem to that. Turned out it was the power lead. It had broken inside but the outer casing looked fine. My printer would randomly stop printing etc. All because of a Dodgy lead!

[@Laukysstudio]

thanks for amaizing video, hellped a lot as my printer alwas jamed stencil paper and couldn't undestand what is wrong.

[@ThatTattooShow]

Glad it helped!

[@mariehuntrods4694]

Hi Paul - My PJ773 has DC IN 12V-15V on the machine. Can you recommend a good adaptor to buy instead of using the Brother 15v which was supplied with the machine?

[@LinesInkTattoo]

Man my stencil machine is so bad for small tattoos or details :( i will try this.. hope works better! I have the Brother PJ-723 and i use Spirit Stencil paper..

[@ThatTattooShow]

The 723 will print small details but often you need too thicken the stencil lines a little. p

[@shanehendrick2884]

I'm having nothing but issues with mine

[@freshface_2106]

Can you tell me what device are you using with this printer, is it an iPad Mac or ?

[@albertoruiz1830]

Muchas gracias tenia ese problema ,excelente video y gran ayuda

[@callmebyrony]

there is no risk of burning the device using a lower voltage and amperage!?

[@ThatTattooShow]

No. It’s a lower voltage and within the voltage range of the machine 👍

[@soishoro]

I made stancil on same way with smaler adapter 12v 2A and on Brother pocketjet PJ-773 wotk perfect. Specialy with Brother app where i can setting intesivity. Thank you.

[@ThatTattooShow]

Thanks for sharing. p

[@juancb9216]

the pj 773 works with cable without batery?¿ or i need to buy also the batery?¿ 🤙💯

[@Muse9319]

Can you do a video on how to print a document with regular paper. I’ve been trying for an hour or longer. Just keeps feeding paper the opposite way it should go, then switches back and shoots the paper out all in one go. There a certain paper I have to use because even when I got it to cooperate it fed out blank. And why would it start feeding the wrong way? I have the 763-Mfi

[@ThatTattooShow]

You can’t print regular paper with a thermal printer. It needs to be thermal paper (fax paper)

[@manosvenieris8982]

Can someone please tell me If it is 12 V BUT 4A is it gonna still chew up and make a mess? ? I d like to know before I try

[@ThatTattooShow]

12v 2amp works best

[@chevalde31]

I am in Canada and on Amazon there is a 3 to 24 V dc variable output power supply with a bundle of 14 different output plugs and polarity inversion adapter. Usable rotary switch output compatible values for Brother PJ-XXX Printer series are 10-12-14 Vdc @ 3 A and there is a big LED voltmeter on it. It should be very easy to choose a value corresponding to your preferred or future stencil paper choice.

[@JodyeHen]

you just saved my life. thank you sooooo much!

[@ThatTattooShow]

Glad it helped!

[@sophiedouceliigne5091]

Thank you for this video!!

[@ThatTattooShow]

You are so welcome!

[@mjiriparker9923]

Thanks Paul!

[@sinister2055]

Preciate the Game bro 💯

[@kozmums]

oookey so I just bought from killer ink, got it today and it didnt print out antything, not even a dot. I use Spirit thermal paper now. So why do they give us that adapter then when obviosly I wanna use it on stencil?? :( I have a big tattoowork in few days and this was supposed to help me now. And I cant even find 12V 2A herein norway, ugh...... Killer ink should do something about this, paid for it for this use.

[@Baphometh69]

Hei! 🇳🇴Which PJ do you have, and is it working correctly now? I have both a PJ 763 and a 763MFI.

[@misha6046]

holy shit that solved it :)) lol! never in a Milion years I would thought about that. Dayum! 10000x thx

[@ThatTattooShow]

Happy to help

[@manosvenieris8982]

Massive thanks!

[@DantesDX]

will try it with the 722 . Eats the paper too often

[@ThatTattooShow]

I think you'll see a big difference. p

[@graffics7665]

1:50 12 is EXACTLY in between 9 & 15 lol (I had to point that out- sorry!)

[@ThatTattooShow]

lol! Yes it is. p

[@deanmoreland1691]

The brother printer wizard.

[@ThatTattooShow]

thanks! p

[@gioly5619]

GENIAL

[@EShady92]

Нужно 12v 2a?

[@ThatTattooShow]

Output of the power brick should be = 12volts 2 amps

[@monkiemind1596]

👍👍👍

[@imbadman6658]

Paper jams always. Even i tilt the image a bit. I already tried your other tips and tricks video. It needs to 3-5 tries before you get the right density for it not to jam. But when i use stencil mode its too LIGHT. I don’t recommend this printer.

[@ThatTattooShow]

I do. Mine Never Jams. Sorry you couldn't figure it out.

[@miguelsantarosa5123]

ImBadman I have the same issue paper is jamming around the middle section of the pape.r At this point I think the eco tank printers are better tbh.

[@michaelohare3157]

​@@miguelsantarosa5123 all crap, iv been through 2!! Expensive ecotank printers trying to do thermal printing with that purple crap.. 🤣 also iv seen other artist pulling the paper through the feed to stop any jams! Hope this helps

[@electricalscarecrow]

Just change the density settings my man.

[@ThatTattooShow]

Good luck with that

[@electricalscarecrow]

@@ThatTattooShow I mean, that's what I did. Changed density settings from 6 to 3 using the brother tool. Works awesome.

[@louiecrowomerta]

💪👍

[@ARTniyet]

You should update firmware instead of using OEM adapter. Thank me later.

[@ThatTattooShow]

Sadly, that won’t work as the firmware cannot throttle the running voltage to 12v. The only effective way to make the machines run correctly with thermal paper is by using a 12v 2amp adapter. Period. You’re welcome.

[@ARTniyet]

@@ThatTattooShow Brother has a firmware update software where there is an option that you can mark your printer as a "STENCIL PRINTER". I did this several times on 600 and 700 series. My latest try was on a PJ 773 Wifi version and I use it with a 5 amp adapter which is stronger than the original one. After updating, my printer works perfectly!

[@aurimaspovilionis3304]

As the matter of fact.. all you should use is not the cables, but the settings themselves. Open printing options and try to experiment with the setting which is called “density”. As far as I remember it has scale from 1 to 10. Bigger the number - more aggressive the printer is. For a couple of years I’ve been using 3-4 number and I was totally fine. But.. that firmware update could also help. Didn’t know that.. so thanks for sharing useful information 👊🏻

[@danielshevlin4159]

@@ARTniyet Wow…all that experience with different stencil making yet not one tattoo to show for it!

[@friedspider]

@ARTniyet How on earth did you manage to put stencil mode on several 600 series printers when brother have not released it yet? Also stencil mode is not done via firmware update. I'm a newbie but c'mon seriously!!

[@vhaleryanadamant1975]

Overpriced stencil printers imo, I have a 763 and the stencil mode is complete jackshit as it barely prints anything, and guess what, I have the stronger adapter which should give it more power I just end up printing without stencil mode or using a chinese 150 dollars printer Yes brother is still good for crisp lines, but anything other than that is complete complicated jackshit

[@ThatTattooShow]

Drag your cheap printer around the world for 10 years where it MUST work everytime and never fail EVER and let me know how you get on. I doubt that any of the brother copies on the market will last more than a year. As for it barely printing anything? I can print ANYTHING on it and I never have a problem with my stencils. It’s just like learning to tube coil machines. You have to understand it and work with it. It will print whatever you need it to with a little practice and it will never let you down. - p

[@vhaleryanadamant1975]

It's not about any learning curve I have maximum settings on density ( 10 ), dither or binary, once I choose the stencil mode it won't print anything. There is nothing to learn there, so I use it normal mode. When a device with a dedicated mode fails on that mode, it clearly says a message about how much thought they put into it. Could be just my machine, obviously, but it's not like I'm gonna pay for another one to find out @@ThatTattooShow