Digital Printing Of Textiles

PRLog (Press Release) – Feb 14, 2007 – Digital printing of textiles

Edited by H Ujiie, Centre of Excellence in Digital Ink Jet Printing, Philadelphia University, USA

At present the textile industry produces the majority of its 34 billion square yards of printed textile fabric by screen printing. However as we move into the digital age developments in digital printing of paper are being adapted more and more for the textile market. Inkjet textile printing is growing while growth in analog textile printing remains stagnant. As digital print technologies improve offering faster production and larger cost-effective print runs, digital printing will grow to become the technology that provides the majority of the world’s printed textiles.

This comprehensive introduction to the subject is broken into five sections. After two introductory chapters, it goes on to look in a number of detailed chapters at printer and print head technologies. The next section examines the printer software required for successful colour design and management. The digital printing colouration process is explored next, with chapters on substrate preparation, pigmented ink, aqueous inkjet ink, pre-treatment and printing on cationized cotton with reactive inks. The book is concluded with three chapters on the design and business aspect of digital printing.

Digital printing of textiles contains fundamental technical explanations along with current research, and will prove to be an invaluable guide for product developers, retailers, designers and academic researchers.

Contents of Digital printing of textiles :

The evolution and progression of digital printing of textiles
V Cahill, VCE Solutions,VC Enterprises Inc. USA
- Introduction
- The origins of digital textile printing technologies
- Digital carpet printing
- Sublimation
- Thermal inkjet and textile printing
- Seiren
- Digital grand format and textile printing
- FESPA 1996
- FESPA and ITMA 1999
- ITMA 1999
- Drupa 2000
- Heimtextil 2001
- DPI 2001
- ITMA 2003
- DRUPA 2004
- SGIA 2004
- FESPA 2005
- Other key elements
- Conclusion
- References

A designer’s perspective – digital versus traditional
L Nicoll
- Introduction
- What difference does digital make? How is this done using traditional methods? How do they compare? How can the designer use these twinned technologies
- Freedom
- Thinking about creativity
- Resistance
- Transparency
- Conclusion