Digital Fabric Printing is by far one of the most exciting developments in the textile industry. Not only does it open up endless opportunities for customization, small run printing, prototyping and experimentation but it also puts textile printing within the budget of your average illustrator. From small runs to big productions, all can be printed with ease while maintaining the demanding parameters of textiles.
This technology uses large format digital inkjet printers. Practically it is the same technique used by desk top inkjet printers to print paper. Due to which digital Textile printing has various advantages over traditional printing. Some of these include:
Digital Fabric Printing is widely used in garment,technical textiles(industry textiles),home textile,etc.
Garment:Fabric in trousers,jacket,dress,etc,sample prepared.Technical textiles:bags,tents,covers printing,etc. Home textile:bed sheeting,table cloth,curtain,etc.
This technology uses large format digital inkjet printers. Practically it is the same technique used by desk top inkjet printers to print paper. Due to which digital Textile printing has various advantages over traditional printing. Some of these include:
The following points explain the details:
Rejection level as compared to traditional printing: Rejection level of printed fabric is much higher as compared to other forms of printing. Specially where the print area is insignificant as compared to the entire fabric surface.
Cost of printing for bigger production runs is much more as compared to other forms of printing.
No sure shot formula to achieve desired results in case of photographic files. Attaining good results in digital textile printing for photographic files is an art where good desired results can be achieved only after correcting the file after various rounds of strike off. It takes few attempts / trials, before the optimum results are achieved. There is always a minor difference between the colors of the screen or artwork in comparison with the printed fabric.
One digital printing machine can print about 10-15 meters per hour according to the printing machine style.So if have supplier who have 4 digital printing machine,can produce 1440 meters at most without rest time per day.
Printing design swatches will take about 1-3 days for chinese designer according to the original design.
Digital printing fabric have a good quality,widely used in garment,advertisement.Printing fabric small quantity or printing design size that is more than 120cm cycle,digital printing will be better than traditional printing.Digital printing on polyester fabric,color fastness level will be 4 at less.