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2 COMMENT• The Year of Fast Production

4 INDUSTRY NEWS• Triton Systems Acquires VOmax• 325,000 Vintage Prints Online• Big Match Banners• Kornit and Fruit of the Loom to Partner• Climate Award for Eco-apparel• Twin Conferences at FESPA Asia

9 PRE-TREATMENT• Be Prepared

13, 18 TECHNOLOGY• Durst Spotlights Textile Division• La Meccanica Announces ‘K’ Series• Nazdar Unveils Dye-Sub Inks• KM Goes High-Speed• New VUTEk Sublimation Printer• Mimaki Launches Super-Wide Printer• Gerber to Cease Flatbed Production• Continuous Single-Pass Printing with

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16 FESPA AMERICAS• Orlando Success

24 DESIGN TRENDS• All the Fashion for 2012

27 SIGN & DIGITAL UK• Competitive Market in Polyester ‘Direct to Print’

28 FESPA DIGITAL• Digital Printing Enters a New Era

37 DIARY OF EVENTS

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To any observer of the digital-

textile printing scene, it will be

clear that 2011 is the year of the

fast production printer. It’s as

though every machine manufacturer with a

significant presence in textiles must be in

this market.

The first of the breed was Reggiani,

introducing the Kyocera print head for the

first time in its ReNOIR printer. Then there

was Zimmer with its Colaris, now promised

in a new XT version, specifically for home

textiles. And then MS of Italy came into the

market with its JPK series.

This year the bar is being pushed even

higher. Forthcoming, and due for launch at

FESPA Digital or ITMA Asia, are the Stork

Sphene, the La Meccanica QualiJet K

series and a so-far unnamed printer from

Durst’s new textile division – each targeted

at production of around 500m/hour – as

well as a 1,000 sqm/hour printer from

Konica Minolta and, topping them all in

productivity, the 7,000 sqm/hour MS-RIO.

What is striking about all these new

machines is that they are all aimed at a

market that so far scarcely exists. Those

fabric printers in the high-end fashion

sector that have already bought into the

digital-printing concept are scarcely

enough in number or output to soak up all

these new machines. And there’s no

evidence that the booming soft-signage

market wants or needs printers with this

level of productivity.

It follows that the commercial success of

all this R&D investment is dependent on a

wholesale change of direction in the

mainstream textile-printing market –

among the flat and rotary screenprinters,

most of them in Asia, who account for the

overwhelming majority of printed textiles

and for most of whom digital technology

has never before been a serious option.

If that happens, we may see digital

printing at last start to edge up from its

minute ±1% share of the global industry.

After a decade of false starts it’s a

turnaround that seems unlikely – but the

machinery builders have been prepared

to bet their cash on it, and they should

know their markets.

JOHN SCRIMSHAW

Editor

THE YEAR OF FASTPRODUCTION

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NEWS

Product-development company

Triton Systems has acquired a

majority interest in VOmax, a

manufacturer of performance

apparel for the cycling industry.

VOmax is the exclusive

manufacturer of licensed cycling

jerseys, shorts and arm warmers

for the US National Hockey

League (NHL), the National

Basketball Association (NBA) and

Major League Baseball (MLB).

Using dye-sublimation

printing, VOmax activewear

features custom and licensed

graphics, designed for the

cycling, triathlon and running

markets. According to the

company, its lightweight

speciality-fabric blends are

breathable, muscle supporting

and stretchable, offering superior

wicking and moisture resistance.

Ross Haghighat, Triton

president and CEO, said:

“Acquiring VOmax is a perfect

opportunity for Triton to partner

with an active lifestyle wear

company where we can apply our

Asset antimicrobial, water-

repellent and stain-resistant

coatings. Our Asset coatings

technology is an energy-efficient,

solvent-free process for ultra-

thin, rugged, highly functional

surface modifications and

coatings – ideal for woven and

non-woven fabrics.”

The company’s facilities in

Northhampton, Massachusetts,

will continue to operate under the

VOmax name.

Micheal Restuccia, president

and CEO of VOmax, said: “This is

great fit for both companies and

the transaction will strengthen

our ability to serve both new and

existing customers. We are

excited to partner with Triton as

we take VOmax to the next level.”

EzTextiles has added over 325,000 vintage prints to its

online digital-textile design resource. The new vintage

library includes over 75 categories of 300dpi TIF vintage prints

in a range of colours, also available in repeat. As fashions

evolve, the company plans to add more vintage prints and new

image categories.

Currently, EzTextiles.com contains over 25 million royalty-free

woven plaids, stripes, prints and knit designs for the apparel,

accessories and home-fashion industries. Each library offers

search and visualisation tools, with the capacity to save images

to a personal collection and evaluate patterns on 500 built-in

apparel, footwear, accessories, home-fashion and other product

sketches. The company has also launched a blog.

Tracy Sano, EzTextiles vice-president, said: “We are pleased to

make this exciting vintage collection and blog available to

EzTextiles.com visitors and subscribers. After years of collecting

and cataloguing these images, this important step furthers our

goal of providing a user-friendly and cost-effective design tool

for a wide range of industry students, freelancers, professionals,

and executives.”

Kornit and Fruit of the Loom to PartnerKornit Digital and apparel company Fruit of the Loom have formed a

strategic partnership aimed at the ‘direct-on-garment’ printing market.

The partnership will combine the printing capabilities of Kornit's

machines with Fruit of the Loom's new garment dyed T-Shirt. The T-

Shirt is made from a fine-gauge yarn with a tight stitch density, said to

produce a good print surface and super soft touch.

The two companies recently exhibited their combined technologies at

the Imprinted Sportswear show, where visitors were given the

opportunity to create their own shirt design via an interactive kiosk

and watch a live printing demonstration using Kornit printers.

Both companies will be exhibiting at the NBM Show in Indianapolis,

from June 9-11, the ASI Show in Chicago, from July 19-21, and at the

Imprinted Sportswear show in Texas, from September 29-October 1.

Triton SystemsAcquires VOmax

325,000 Vintage Prints Online

Brazils’s Textile Technicians

National Congress (CNTT) is to

take place in Fortaleza from

August 9-12, alongside the

Maquintex textile-machinery

show. Among the presentations

at the congress, Sintequimica

will outline results achieved with

its Superprint DPP pretreatment

for pigments.

Brazil Congress

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NEWS

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The recent Carling Cup football

final between Arsenal and

Birmingham City, at London’s

Wembley Stadium, was special in

more than just a sporting sense

for fabric-branding company Live

Event Branding.

In what it believes was the

largest-ever fabric display in

Europe, the company produced

more than 6,000 square metres of

pitch branding, featuring a mixture

of digitally printed banners and

bespoke pre-dyed cloth to Pantone

shades.

Before the kick-off the Wembley

pitch featured huge multi-coloured

banner strips in the finalists’ team

colours, with the crests of each

team and individual player

banners.

Live Event Branding director

Rory Blackwood said: “The

branding took four weeks to

complete and we were honoured

to be involved with event360, who

executed the whole event.

“It was a fantastic display and

wonderful for Live Event Branding

to once again be involved with

such a major sporting event, and

for the display to be seen by

80,000 people in the stadium and

millions worldwide.”

Julian Marks, partner at sports-

entertainment specialist event360,

said: “For a high profile event like

the Carling Cup Final it is vital that

our products exceed the

expectations of our clients. We

chose Live Event Branding for their

ability to deliver to our exacting

requirements and once again they

did a great job.”

Continental Clothing Company’s

EarthPositive Apparel was named

Best Initiative by a Small or

Medium-Sized Business at the

UK’s Climate Week Awards in

London, attended by the Secretary

of State for Energy and Climate

Change, Chris Huhne.

Continental Clothing, a supplier

of blank cotton T-shirts and

sweatshirts for fashion brands and

corporate use, has established a

‘blueprint’ for low-carbon fashion.

The maker of this year’s official

Climate Week T-shirt spent two

years developing its EarthPositive

range, which it says has a carbon

footprint 90% lower than conven-

tionally produced clothing.

Continental analysed and

improved every stage of its

production process. The clothing

uses organic cotton and is made

using electricity generated solely

from wind power. It is transported

without using air freight, with

100% biodegradable and recycled

packaging. Continental’s factory in

India treats wastewater to ensure

a low water footprint, and

minimises or recycles other

waste.

Mariusz Stochaj, head of

products at Continental Clothing,

said: “We are very excited to

receive the nomination. Our low-

carbon EarthPositive T-shirts have

been immensely popular, showing

not only that it is possible to make

clothes cleanly and responsibly,

but also that there is a growing

demand for low-carbon,

sustainable products.”

The awards were judged by an

‘all-star’ panel including best-

selling author Ian McEwan, Lord

Nicholas Stern (author of the

Stern Report), former Irish

President Mary Robinson, eco-

adventurer David de Rothschild,

and Tim Smit, founder of the Eden

project in Cornwall.

Inkjet Courses toPrecede ConferenceIMI Europe is to host two courses in advance of the 2011 IMI

Europe Ink-Jet Technology Showcase in Barcelona, in June.

Held from June 6-7, a course on ‘The theory of ink-jet

technology’ will cover the basics of ink jet and ink technologies,

through to the latest advances. It will be hosted by Mike Willis of

Pivotal Resources, as well as Dr Alan Hudd and Dr Tim Phillips of

Xennia Technology.

Held simultaneously, a UV ink-jet printing course will focus on the

formulation of UV-curable inks, their use and how to cure them.

The IMI Europe Ink-Jet Technology Showcase, held from June 8-

9, will include six tutorials and four keynote speeches from ink-jet

industry experts. In addition, suppliers of hardware, inks, curing

systems and other components will each give a 15 minute

presentation on their company and products.

Mike Willis, IMI Europe managing director, said: “This annual

event, now in its 10th year, brings together the leading suppliers

of ink jet technology and services. This is a tremendous learning

opportunity as the programmes will include keynote presen-

tations from leading industry experts plus Tech Talks discussing

some of the latest scientific findings and techniques critical to ink

jet integration and implementation.

The 2011 IMI Europe Ink Jet Technology Showcase will be held at

the Hesperia Tower Hotel in Barcelona, Spain, from June 8-9.

Both courses will be staged at the Hesperia Hotel, from June 6-7.

Climate Award for Eco-apparel

Big Match Banners


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NEWS

Neenah Paper Technical

Products has shifted direct sales

and distribution of its heat-

transfer papers in Europe to

Lahnstein, Germany.

Instead of shipping from the

US, the new arrangement enables

faster delivery and less expensive

transportation across the

European Union, said Neenah.

Gerry Rector, Neenah

associate marketing director,

said: “We have built an interna-

tional business with our heat

transfer papers for laser, ink-jet

and offset printing and this will

allow us to better meet the needs

of our European customers.”

In addition, the company’s

website now has the capacity to

supply direct orders from 100

sheets to multiple cartons.

FESPA Asia

2011 is to

host the

Digital Textile

Conference,

a forum designed to help printers

entering the digital market gather

strategic ideas, when it takes place

in Singapore in October.

The event will also stage the

FESPA Screen Conference, where

leading screen printers will

discuss the technical aspects of

print and special effects, alongside

current case studies, trends and

market.

James Ford, FESPA Asia event

manager, said: “Asia is a highly

dynamic market for wide format

print, and we're using our

campaign to call on printers in the

region to come to the event to find

the ideas and inspiration they need

to take pole position with their

businesses.

“FESPA has already run several

ground-breaking shows in Asia,

and our community's expectations

are high for this latest event in

Singapore, which is a world-class

event destination by any

standards, and is readily

accessible from across the Asia-

Pacific region, including

Australia.”

With two thirds of available

floor space already sold, FESPA

expects 7,500 of Asia’s top

printers, alongside business

owners and agencies, to attend.

The 180 exhibitors on show will

include EFI, first-time corporate

sponsor of the event, platinum

sponsor J-Teck3, Xaar, d.gen and

EskoArtwork, global software and

finishing partner.

FESPA Asia will also host to the

Asian round of the FESPA Wrap

Cup Series, recognising printed

graphics for vehicle wrapping. The

winners will progress into a grand

finale held at FESPA 2013 in

London.

FESPA Asia 2011 will be held at

Suntec, Singapore, from October

26-28. The FESPA Asia Summit

will be staged in Singapore from

June 16-17.

Large-format graphics

printer Best Digital used

April’s Sign & Digital UK

show to announce its

move into dye-

sublimation textile

printing, with the

purchase of an ATPColor

DFP 1000 printer. The

new printer is 2600mm wide and

has the capacity to print on a

variety of fabrics and weights.

“Dye-sublimation, with all its

green credentials, is the way

forward and this is just our first

toe in the water,” said Geoff

Rawlings, Best Digital managing

director. “With our in-house

production suite and state-of-the-

art large-format and grand-format

digital machines, our fully trained

installation teams are available to

install any project worldwide.”

• Dr John Provost, Technical Editor, Digital TextileDigital Textile Printing – Revolution or Evolution?

• Dr Andy Hancock, Technical Director, Mexar LtdDirect to Garment Printing – Past, Present and Future

• Jos Notermans, Business Unit Manager Digital Textiles, Stork Prints BVDigital and Rotary Printing: the Best of Both Worlds

• Mickael Mheidle, CEO and President, Sawgrass EuropeNew Chemistry to Speed-up

Growth of the Industrial Digital Printing Segment

• Paolo Milini (Sales Director) andOmar Ceruti (Export Sales Manager), MS ItalySuper-Fast Fashion – the New World of High-Speed Digital Fabric Production Printing

• Kevin Myers, Head of Global Inkjet Business, Huntsman Textile EffectsGetting Quality Coloration Results on Polyester with the Latest Technologies

• Sophie Matthews-Paul, Global Technical Consultant

Shifting Perceptions – the Flexibility of Digital Textile

• Alan Noble, Managing Director, Cameron BalloonsNiche Application of Digital Textile

• Mike Horsten, Owner, ZEMT ConsultingGraphic Applications of Digital Textile

• Hervé François, Managing Director, Color TextilDigital Investment for Tomorrow’sTextile Market

• Dr Mike Fralix, President and CEO, TC²

Sustainability, Mass Customization and the Digital Supply Chain

• Dr Alan Hudd, Managing Director of XenniaRevolutionising Functional Printing onto Textiles Using Inkjet Technology

• Professor Qinguo Fan, University of MassachusettsPushing the Frontiers of Digital Textile Printing

All that and more in just one day!Book now atwww.fespa.com/dtceuropeEXHIBITION PREVIEW PAGE 28

BE IN THE KNOWDT readers who haven’t yet booked their place at the FESPA Digital Textile Conference in Hamburg, on May 25, riskmissing out on fantastic line-up of speakers:

Neenah Moves Distribution to Germany

Twin Conferences at FESPA AsiaBest Goes into Dye-Sub


The Wild Group, a branding

specialist based in

Southampton, UK, was named

winner of the Best Textile

Printing Project award at the

recent Sign & Digital exhibition.

The Wild Group overcame harsh

time constraints and unusual print

substrates to produce an authentic

printed sail and 70 waterproof

garments for the launch of the

20th Century Fox’s ‘Chronicles of

Narnia’ film. The large solvent-

based print for the sail was

digitally printed on Dacron. The

Wild Group also produced Musto-

branded jackets

embroidered with

the Narnia logo.

Matt Straker, the

Wild Group

managing director,

said: “It hasn’t really

sunk in yet but it’s

awesome to be

recognised for all the

hard work and

impressive projects

we've worked on

over the years. It makes it all

worthwhile and we’re even-more

hungry for the next big project.”

The company has both

solvent and dye-print

capabilities, and has recently

purchased an HP dye-based

printer. Working on digital

printing, branding clothing,

exhibition work and signage, the

Wild Group specialises in

printing graphics for yachts and

other marine vessels.

In 1997, the Wild Group was

commissioned by round-the-

world yachtswoman Tracy

Edwards to livery her 92ft

catamaran, as she led the first

all-female crew to circum-

navigate the world non-stop.

The company was also the sole

supplier of all hull and sail

branding for the 2004 Olympic

Games, which involved the

production of 6,000m of digitally

printed vinyls and sailcloth.

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NEWS

Asia to Be ‘Fast Printing Hub’

Asia is likely to become the hub of high-speed digital-textile

printing, according to Sharadchandra Kothari, chairman of the Indian-

based ink producer Jaysynth.

Commenting ahead of May’s FESPA Digital show, in Hamburg,

Germany, Kothari based his prediction on the fact that half of all

conventional printing was carried out in the region. He added that the

ink price would play a significant role in bringing down running costs

and, when volumes rose, the cost of printers would also come down.

He saw ‘huge potential’ in digital printing of home textiles and said

quite a few large-format modified printers with high drop volume

were now available at budget prices. Jaysynth was already supplying

its high-viscosity reactive inks in this market.

But he said digital printing could not replace conventional print

without pigment inks, as early half of all conventional printing was

with pigment, which was more economical and user friendly that dye-

based inks. The home-textile sector was among the biggest users of

pigment inks, and Jaysynth was launching both high- and low-

viscosity pigment inks at FESPA Digital, for the home-textile and

garment markets.

• FESPA Digital – page 28

Jaysynth chairman Sharadchandra Kothari (centre) with hissons Parag Kothari (left) and Nikhil Kothari

Film FantasyNets Award

The Wild Group owner Greg Hoar (left) andmanaging director Matt Straker at the Sign& Digital awards.


The initial cloth preparation and the

subsequent pre-treatment for digital-

textile printing are among the most

critical steps in ensuring that the final

print delivers the required design aesthetics –

not only in terms of print definition, colour and

brightness, but also in terms of the colour-

fastness performance.

This area was discussed in detail in Digital

Textile Issue 1, 2010, with particular emphasis on

the pretreatment process routes for dye-based

inkjet-textile print systems, using reactive, acid

and disperse-dye based inkjet inks.

As we noted in that earlier article, the chemicals

normally added to conventional textile-printing

pastes to promote dye fixation, satisfactory

colour fastness and – importantly – print

definition cannot be added to inkjet-ink

formulations. These additives can be of a wide

range of chemical types (thickeners, urea, acid

donors, and alkalis) and there are many reasons

why they cannot be used, not least the rheology

properties of the print thickeners, which have

viscosity levels many times higher than can be

jetted from print heads. Also, many of the

chemicals used in conventional textile printing

have damaging effects on the manufacturing

materials used in the print head.

Therefore, the general process route in digital

inkjet printing of textiles is to run the fabric

though a chemical bath (padder) in order to fix

necessary chemicals on the fabric before the

printing stage. One of the key requirements is the

addition of a thickener agent or other propriety

chemicals to ‘hold’ the deposited inkjet ink on the

fabric and prevent it from ‘wicking’ and ‘flushing’

before it dries and during the fixation stage.

Over the last year, since the original article was

written, I have had many discussions with digital-

textile printers and digital-textile machinery

suppliers, some of whom were entering the

digital-textile printing world for the first time, and

one of the major focus areas was the pre-

treatment stage.

There are two approaches to pre-treatment for

the digital textile printer; one is simply to

purchase ‘pre-treated’ fabric from one of the

many agents, converters or suppliers to the

industry, for the particular textile end-use and ink

system being used.

Many of the digital-textile-machinery manufac-

turers have partnered digital-fabric suppliers and

recommend specific fabrics for their digital-textile

inks. With the new wide-format polyester signage

market, this is very much the industry practice –

for example, EFI (VUTEk), with its recently

launched wide-format signage printer, the

TX3250r, a 3.2-metre polyester printer, is

recommending polyester fabrics from Georg +

Otto Friedrich, of Germany, with its Hilord

disperse-dye inks. Other digital-fabric suppliers

and producers can equally supply suitable

polyesters for digital printing.

My only comment with this approach is to

choose a reliable supplier, which has control of

its production and pre-treatment stages and has

suitable quality-control systems in place. Also,

the digital-textile printer should carry out

printing trials under controlled conditions and,

importantly, ‘retain’ a reference sample of the

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BE PREPAREDPre-treatment is the Key to Success in in Digital Textile Printing

By Dr John Provost,Technical Editor

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PRE-TREATMENT

agreed polyester fabric (and store it under

controlled temperature/humidity conditions),

for subsequent testing if any quality dispute

should arise.

There are many instances of very wide ‘batch-

to-batch’ fabric variations from some agents

and suppliers, who are sourcing digital-textile

fabric from sources outside their control.

The second approach is to prepare your

own fabric for digital printing; many digital-

textile printers have to follow this route, partic-

ularly if they are processing a wide range of

different fabrics and cloth constructions for

their customers.

Here it starts to get a little more complicated!

In the conventional, analogue, screen textile-

printing industry, there is a well-known term

‘PFP’, which means ‘prepared for print’; this is

either done ‘in-house’ by the textile printer or is

commissioned to a 3rd -party textile producer.

Whichever method is used, the ‘greige’ (grey)

fabric must be efficiently prepared to controlled

test parameters that the digital-textile printer

and fabric producer have agreed.

For example, for a cotton fabric to be printed

with reactive dyes, the process route

consists of ‘Singeing-Desizing-Scouring-

Bleaching-Mercerisation-Wash-off-Controlled

dried’. There are different cloth-preparation

routes for the wide range of fabrics that can

be printed and there are many standard

textbooks, which give details of the process

routes involved and the test methods and

protocols, to ensure satisfactory preparation

(for example reference 1).

To differentiate the initial cloth preparation

from the pre-treatment required for digital-textile

printing, a new term, PFDP, should be used:

PFDP stands for ‘prepared for digital printing’.

Figure 1 gives an overview of the

digital-textile pre-treatment applications and

how the PFDP stage is an integral part of

digital-fabric production.

Detailed starting recipes for dye-based inkjet

systems were given in the earlier article (Digital

Textile Issue 1, 2010), and modifications by

particular textile-dye ink manufacturers can be

found in their respective literature (for example

Huntsman pre-treatment recommendations for

reactive inks can be found in reference 2).

Padding treatments for digital-textile printing,

as with all textile-processing recommendations,

are, at best, starting points only, as there are so

many possible machine and processing

variables within any textile plant. Therefore, it

goes without saying that individual digital textile

printers should carry out their own trials to

determine the optimum processing method.

However, some of the main points to watch in

the PFDP (prepared for digital printing) stage

are the follows:

• Pad liquor should be made up ‘fresh’ prior to

Figure 1 – Overview of digital textile pre-treatment applications

Figure 2 – Textile coating for digital printing at Neschen AG (Photo courtesy Neschen


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PRE-TREATMENT

padding and mixed well

• Pad liquor application should be uniform

across the fabric width, and efficient pad

mangles such as the Küsters ‘swimming-

roller’ types should be used

• Pad liquor pick-up should be as low

as possible

• Drying temperature should be controlled

across the width of the fabric and

‘face-to-back’, preferably using a modern

multi-bay stenter.

• After the fabric is pre-treated, the processed

fabric should be covered and kept in

controlled conditions, particularly to avoid

problems of moisture absorption and

exposure to light.

As we have said, the initial fabric preparation

(PFP) stage is just as important as the digital-

textile pre-treatment stage and should have

been carried out efficiently, as many of the

problems that are claimed to be the fault of

poor digital-textile pre-treatment (PFDP) are in

fact caused by poor initial fabric preparation.

One of the digital-textile printing sectors that

is growing significantly is DTG (Direct to

Garment) printing. In the main, this means

digital textile pigment printing of T-shirts.

The DTG printer must be aware that the

garment preparation of his T–shirt can have a

significant effect on his final print, although in

the majority of cases, the knitted-yarn quality,

garment manufacture, cloth preparation and

‘finishing’ (usually a pre-shrinkage stage) are

really out of his control. Also, for the DTG

printer, control of the exhaust-dyeing stage (for

dark grounds) is equally out of his hands.

However, some printing faults can be caused

by poor yarn quality, inadequate singeing and

the application of ‘softening’ agents after the

garment manufacture, and the DTG printer

must be able to recognise some of these faults.

In the best-case scenario, the sourcing and

quality of the T-shirt should be controlled and

monitored, although in reality this is only

possible for the largest T- shirt print producers.

The application of the DTG pre-treatment is

normally a propriety chemical mixture (usually

a textile acrylic polymer and an inorganic acid

catalyst – for example, reference 3), and is

applied by one of three different methods:

• Manual spray system prior to DTG printing

• Automatic ‘off-line’ spraying system (controlled-

nozzle systems)

• In-line system – integrated into the print stage

(‘wet-on-wet’)

Again, as with dye-based digital-textile

systems described earlier in this article,

whichever method is used, it must be

repeatable under controlled conditions and

periodically monitored by a defined quality-

control technique.

In conclusion, pre-treatment is a critical stage

in both dye and pigment digital-textile printing

systems, and there are no ‘shortcuts’ to

ensuring quality textile prints. The initial cloth-

preparation stage, termed PFP, is just as

important as the PFDP stage, and whichever

textile fabric is being processed, the initial

processing trials and final established

production method have to be controlled and

continuously monitored to ensure optimum

textile prints. DT

1. ‘Chemistry & Technology of Fabric Preparation & Finishing’,

Dr Charles Tomasino, College of Textiles, NC State University,

USA, 1992 (http://www.p2pays.org/ref/06/05815.pdf - last

accessed 05/04/2011)

2. http://www.huntsman.com/textile_effects/Media/

873034e_NOVACRON_MI_intra.pdf

3. US Patent 2008/0092309 (Priority Date 15th September 2006)

References

The Küsters DyePad


DurstSpotlightsTextile DivisionDurst Phototechnik, a

manufacturer of industrial digital

printing equipment, is to present

its new textile business unit at

the FESPA trade show in

Hamburg from May 24-27.

Based at the company’s

development facility in Kufstein,

Austria, the Durst Textile Team

is tasked with designing high-

performance textile machines

and exploiting the proprietary

Durst Quadro printhead

technology for a variety of

textile specifications.

The company is also currently

in the process of developing a

digital textile printer with a

printing speed of over 500

sqm/hour, to be unveiled at

ITMA 2011 in Barcelona. As part

of its KAPPA project, Durst

researchers in Lienz, Austria,

have been testing high-grade

textile inks based on dispersion,

reactive and acid inks for

compatibility with the machine.

Christoph Gamper, segment

manager for textiles at Durst,

said: “With the KAPPA project,

we will be moving digital textile

technology a significant step

forward. Although digital textile

has made a name for itself in the

fields of design sampling and

soft signage, it still plays a

comparatively minor role in the

global textile supply chain.

“Particularly with the

European textile sector in mind,

digital textile offers the

opportunity of responding

swiftly to customers' changing

requirements and achieving

diversification and an edge over

the Asian-based mass

producers. We are confident that

a new era for textile printing will

be ushered in at ITMA 2011.”

“We are engineers - but with a

commercial dimension. Our

customers expect from us high-

end technical systems which will

ensure them a clear return on

investment,” said Durst CEO Dr

Richard Piock. “With the KAPPA

project we will be offering our

customers all of this at ITMA

2011 and we will be

demonstrating our competency

in the digital textile sector.”

Last year Durst brought out

the Rhotex 320 dye-sublimation

textile printer.

TECHNOLOGY

ISSUE 2 2011 13

La Meccanica is the latest machinery developer to

announce a wide-format textile production printer

based on the Kyocera KJ4B print head.

The new QualiJet K8 and K16, to be shown at both

FESPA Digital and ITMA, will be equipped with

either a single row of 8 heads or a double row of

16. In the 16-head version it will have a maximum

speed of 560 sqm/hour, at 600x600dpi, or 490

sqm/hour in quality mode. Ink set-up may be

either 8 colours or 4 x 4 colours.

The machine will come with a driven unwinding

system as standard and fabric ttransport by

adhesive belt, with a double-brush washing

system. The in-line dryer can be specified with a

choice of heat sources.

An open bulk ink system offers a total capacity of

20 litres per colour, in double 10-litre talks with

automated switching.

Digital ink manufacturer Nazdar

has launched a new range of

Lyson digital water-based dye-

sublimation ink for transfer on

to textile substrates. The

company will present the inks at

FESPA Digital.

The Lyson TX650 series is

designed to deliver vibrant

colour and durability for

sportswear garments, soft

signage and home textiles.

The inks are formulated for

use on a variety of wide-format

digital printers using Epson

DX4 and DX5 print heads,

including Roland, Mimaki and

Mutoh models.

Richard Bowles, vice

president and general manager

at Nazdar, said: “The wide-

format dye-sublimation market

has been evolving into longer

print runs with expanded

colour gamuts.

“Our new Lyson TX650 ink

set has exceeded user demands

in these categories at each

early-adopter site and we expect

general market expectations will

be exceeded as well.”

The Lyson TX650 series inks

are available in cyan, magenta,

yellow, black, light cyan and

light magenta. The 1 litre bottles

are compatible with the majority

of bulk-feed systems currently

available, said Nazdar.

La Meccanica Announces ‘K’ Series

Nazdar Unveils Dye-Sub Inks

La Meccanica QualiJet K

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Stand-AloneFixation UnitSETeMA is to launch the stand-

alone version of its I-Fix direct

textile fixation unit at FESPA

Digital 2011.

I -Fix is an autonomous heat

fixation unit developed for the

fixation of disperse direct and

disperse transfer/sublimation

dyes. When used in its stand-

alone version, the unit can

manage a print output of

approximately 200 sqm/hour.

All SETeMa products are

available in three fabric widths

- 1.85m, 2.50m and 3.40m.

I-Fix can also be coupled in-

line to each digital printer

without the need for a

mechanical or electrical

interface, synchronising textile

printing and fixation in one

step. Placed in-line behind the

printer, the I-Fix will not

influence the printing

process with heat generation

and evaporated solvents,

said SETeMA.

Existing printers, without an

on-board fixation, can be

upgraded with the I-Fix as it

works independently from the

printer hardware and software.

Due to its pressure-free

fixation, I-Fix has been

designed to maintain textile

structure. The unit offers low

overall energy consumption

due to a closed isolated

chamber. In addition, the

printer’s winding system can

be re-used. An integrated

exhaust removes noxious

fumes to keep the working

environment clean.

With a temperature range

between 50°C-220°C, and

dwell times from 10 seconds

to several minutes, I-Fix has

been engineered for a wide

range of fixation and drying

applications. Operational

within 15 minutes, the unit is

designed to guarantee a quick

heat transfer to the textile

resulting in sharp, deep

shades and good penetration

of the ink/dyestuff through

the substrate.

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TECHNOLOGY

Fisher Textiles has added GF

2328 Satin (FR) to its line of

grand-format fabrics for

dye-sublimation, UV and

latex printing.

GF 2328 Satin is a high-

sheen satin fabric that is

lightweight (3.8 oz/y2) and

100% polyester. It is flame-

retardant, passes the NFPA 701

test and is available for the first

time at 120in as well as 79in

wide. Fisher says the new

fabric offers ‘great definition’

and presents a very high-

quality print, which is excellent

for elegant-type applications,

including banners, roll-up

banner stands and

trade-show exhibits.

Media One USA has installed the USA’s first

d.gen Teleios GT large-format direct-to-fabric

printer at and WS Display’s facility in

Carlsbad, California.

The 74-inch (1800mm) Teleios GT is

capable of printing 100 sqm/hour and is

claimed to run round the clock without loss

of quality. Eight print heads, with 540dpi, are

installed in a staggered configuration,

delivering 4-colours in 3-pass mode. A 120-

inch version is scheduled for introduction in

May, when a second 77-inch model is also

due to be installed at Rainbow Pennant in

Oklahoma City.

The machine takes 2kg bulk ink cartridges

and is available with the TU-400 (take up unit)

and RF-400 (roll feeder unit). A ‘unique’

textile-feeding system is claimed to allow

easy printing on textile without curvature

or twisting.

"We are thrilled with the d.gen Teleios GT. It

will not only allow us to increase

production, but also maintain the

exceptional prints that our cliental have come

to expect," said the owner of WS Display,

Craig Van Velzer.

The Teleios GT was also presented by

distributor Multi-Plot at EuroShop 2011, in

Düsseldorf, Germany, in March. Multi-Plot

said that with appropriate water-based

inks, the final textile product was eudermic

and eco-friendly.

First Teleios GT in USA

Grand Format

Teleios GT at EuroShop


Scan the QR code for more information

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FESPA AMERICAS

The first ever FESPA Americas show,

held alongside Graphics of the

Americas and the ISS show, from

February 24-26h in Orlando, Florida,

saw visitor numbers up by 16% compared with last

year’s GoA – partly vindicating European-based

FESPA’s controversial decision to test its mettle in

the USA.

David Murphy, HP’s director of marketing for the

Americas, reflected the general opinion when he

said: “We’re really pleased with what we have seen

here at FESPA Americas – it is a really busy and

successful show.

You can feel a new

level of energy and

dynamic exchange

of ideas among

attendees.”

Next year the

show returns to

GoA’s traditional

home in Miami,

which most agree

is a more

appropriate venue.

FESPA Americas offered a packed visitor

programme, designed to appeal to a broad

spectrum of the industry- screen, fabric and digital

printers. This included the Textile Debate – an hour

long panel session chaired by Digital Textile editor

John Scrimshaw and opened with an industry

overview from technical editor Dr John Provost.

Other panel participants were Dr Mike Fralix, of

[TC]2, and Kevin Kelly, of garment printer Blue

Heron Industries.

Attractions included the Wide Format Print Shop

Live!, a world-first from FESPA bringing together

global brands EFI, HP, Roland, Caldera and

EskoArtwork to run three functioning, end-to-end

print production lines on the show-floor.

The show also introduced the Screen Master’s

Workshop, a ‘boot-camp’ for aspiring screen-

printers. Screen masters Michel Caza, Scott

Fresener, Charlie Taublieb, Bhargav Mistry and

Ad Versteeg offered workshop participants a

hands-on learning experience of the complete

screen printing process.

Describing FESPA’s intentions in launching the

ORLANDOSUCCESSBusy Show Proves Doubters Wrong

Nike’s Martin Wragg

‘Rock Star’ winner Robert Parker(right) is congratulated byFESPA’s Marcus Timson

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Americas event, which stirred up a hostile reaction

from the rival SGIA, sales and marketing director

Marcus Timson said: “With FESPA Americas, we

wanted to create an event which brought something

completely new to the American market. For us, that

meant introducing visitors to the newest, innovative

technologies on the market, educating them on the

latest market trends, and ensuring everyone got the

most out of the event ‘experience’- which we started

before the show even began with the introduction of

our Rock Star Treatment competition.”

Visitors who registered to attend FESPA Americas

were asked to submit a 100-word answer to the

question (What do you think 2011 holds for the wide

format marketplace?). From the hundreds of entries

received, Robert Parker, owner of Visually

Adaptable Graphics, was selected to receive an all-

expenses paid VIP trip to the show.

While there he had the chance to participate in the

2-day Global Business Forum, where the keynote

address was given by Nike’s product-decoration

chief Martin Wragg, discussing the company’s

sustainability ethos.

The next FESPA Americas will be in Miami from

March 1-3, 2012. DT

FESPA AMERICAS

ISSUE 2 2011 17

A celebratory cake to mark GoA’s 35th anniversary

Orange County Convention Centre

The Textile Debate - Kevin Kelly (left), Dr Mike Fralix, Dr John Provost andJohn Scrimshaw

Busy circulation inthe halls

Brother GT782 dual plater garment printer

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TECHNOLOGY

Ink Technologies Ltd (ITL), a British manufacturer of after-

market inkjet inks, has changed its name to Digitl Ink Ltd. The

company will continue to operate in Manchester, UK, with

former sales and marketing director Peter Williams appointed

managing director.

Digitl Ink will continue to produce its range of quality-

matched alternative inks for small, wide and large format

printing applications. The series includes eco and full-solvent,

water-based, UV-curable and coding inks.

Mr Williams said: “Digitl Ink was already the mainstay of our

brand identity, so it was a logical transition to make it our name

when we decided to reinitiate the company. We remain committed

to providing consistent, high-quality alternative inks for all leading

printer brands, to continuing production in Great Britain and to

offering the best customer service available in this sector.”

Digitl Ink products are suitable for Roland, Mimaki, Mutoh,

Agfa, HP and Seiko printers. Last year the company released

Versatile Textile and Vinyl (VTV), which enables production on

both fabric and film substrates, without ink changeover.

Printable-fabric manufacturer

InteliCoat Technologies has

signed a partnership agreement

with Sentec International BV and

its affiliate Plottec GmbH, to

supply Europe, the Middle East

and Africa (EMEA).

As part of the agreement,

InteliCoat will change its supply

route for its textiles and other

printable substrates in the EMEA

area. Its master-roll inventory

will now be stocked locally and

converted by Plottec GmbH, a

German converting company.

Sentec, a distributor of large-

format media in the EMEA area,

will distribute the finished rolls

on behalf of InteliCoat, which

hopes the changes will result in

greater availability of its

products to European markets,

as well as shorter lead times and

improved service levels.

Joseph Lupone, president

and CEO of InteliCoat

Technologies, said: “We want

to emphasise that under this

new arrangement, the products

that our customers receive

will be the same InteliCoat-

made products that they know

and love and that they will

continue to work directly with

InteliCoat sales and support

personnel, who have been

transferred to Sentec.

“This is truly a positive

change for our European users,

as the quality, support and

stability of InteliCoat will now be

further enhanced by Sentec,

which has a long history of

outstanding work.”

Mimaki has launched a super-

wide inkjet printer, available in

Europe from April. Based on the

JV33 series, the new JV34-260

has a printing width of 2.6m and

is designed for signage, banners

and flags. The printer is

compatible with water-based,

solvent or sublimation inks on a

variety of materials, including

transfer paper and polyester.

The JV34-260 incorporates

two print heads in a staggered

arrangement, producing a print

speed of approximately 30sq

m/h, at 540 x 720 dpi. The

variable-dot technology is said to

offer accurate and high-quality

images with smooth gradations

even when printing in a four-

colour mode.

The print head can be

adjusted according to the

thickness of the substrate.

Narrow media widths of less

than 1,620mm are supported by

the small take-up device.

The printer features Mimaki’s

Automatic Media Feeder,

engineered to ensure continuous

web tension over the whole width

of the substrate. The feeder

supports a maximum roll weight

of 100kg.

Designed to allow continuous

ink supply, the JV34-260 includes

Mimaki’s Uninterrupted Ink

Supply System, which automat-

ically detects when an ink

cartridge is empty and supplies

ink from another cartridge. This

system can be used in

combination with the company’s

Bulk Ink System, which contains

two litres per colour.

The printer also has a

three-stage heater, which

warms the substrate at the

start of the process and dries

the ink after printing.

InteliCoat in EMEA Distribution Partnership

Mimaki Launches Super-Wide Printer

Mimaki JV34-260

Peter Williams

Ink Technologies Rebrands


TECHNOLOGY

ISSUE 2 2011 19

EFI chose the Sign &

Digital UK show to unveil

its new grand-format

dye-sublimation fabric

printer. The EFI VUTEk

TX3250r 3.2m is

designed to print direct-

to-textile or indirect via

transfer and comes with

odourless sublimation

inks from Hilord, said to

offer rich, durable colours for

polyester-based materials.

The new fast-drying ink

enables the TX3250r to print at

speeds up to 100sq m an hour,

on polyester-coated, rigid or

flexible substrates. At this

speed, says EFI, flags can be

printed with excellent colour

saturation on both sides.

In conjunction with the

Klieverik calender, the TX3250r

can be used for a range of

industrial applications, such as

soft signs, banners, point-of-

sale and flags.

Scott Schinlever, EFI

VUTEk's general manager,

said: “We are very excited to

be adding the TX3250r to our

leading portfolio of

superwide format products. It

is an outstanding example of

EFI bringing innovation to

the market.

“The TX3250r offers

unrivalled print quality

and saturated colours for

wide-format textile at

production speeds, so our

customers can tap into high-

growth applications.”

EFI says the new printer's

industrial design makes it

suitable for 24/7 operations. It

evolved from the original

VUTEk FabriVu printer

concept, which was

introduced in 2002.

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New VUTEk Sublimation Printer

Impression Technology Europe (ITE) is to launch its M Series of

DTG direct-to-garment printers at May’s FESPA Digital show in

Hamburg, Germany.

A feature of the new machines is the !QW Interweave

correction formula, which the company says eradicates the

banding that is a frequent fault in lower-resolution printing. The

system detects the hard edge commonly seen between each pass

and compensates with an intelligent dot placement and ink flow to

give sharper prints.

Even with bi-directional printing, says ITE, the !QW dot

replacement vastly reduces or even eliminates the band-to-band

tone differences. This allows faster, lower-resolution printing and

so thus increases the productivity of the machine. A new ink-

delivery system helps control the levels of ink delivered to the

head, greatly reducing wastage.

ITE said it had DTG had established itself over the years as

market leader in this field, and much of this was due to the fact

that its R&D was always aimed at making the machines more

productive. This new model was no different, with a host of

hardware, firmware and

software changes that

would ensure DTG

customers maintained

their advantage over

the competition.

DTG to Launch ‘M’ Series

VUTEk TX3250r

DTG ‘M’ Series


UK supplier McLink has

launched its SoftSign range of

wide-format printers, all offered

with a choice of inks from

Huntsman, whose range

encompasses dye sublimation,

disperse, reactive, acid and

pigment. Bulk-ink delivery is

standard, from l-litre bottles

The Softsign Print & Fix, for

direct-to-textile printing, is

based on the Roland RS Versa

Art and includes a 1.6m-width

printer complete with McLink

Sublifix fixation unit and

software. The recommended

inks are Huntsman’s Terasil

Brite disperse range. Tested

using Brook International fabric

products, the printer is

compatible with both light and

heavy weights.

The SoftSign Calender Belt

model has an in-line fixation

calender. Based on the Roland

XJ printer, it has been designed

to eliminate the need for

transfer paper, by allowing the

direct printing of polyester

fabrics.

The new McLink series also

features a printer with in-line

Sticky Belt and built-in washing

unit, meaning the fabric moves

along the bed with greater

accuracy.

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TECHNOLOGY

RIP-software specialist

ColorGATE has launched its

Productionserver 6 Mimaki

Edition, which it says

provides perfect support for

the complete range of

functions of Mimaki’s large-

format printers in the JV33

and CJV30 series.

ColorGATE managing director

Thomas Kirschner said: “The

Productionserver 6 Mimaki

Edition takes the best

possible advantage of what

these printers have to offer,

particularly of such innovative

printer functionalities as

spectacular metallic effects

for banners or for car wraps,

as well as brilliant full-colour

printing on transparent

substrates with white ink.”

This Edition supports all Cat 1

printer drivers for Mimaki

printers and offers modules

such as Container, Color

Correction, Linearization

Assistant and Media Device

Synchronization (MDS).

Expansion packages include

Quality Control, Profiling,

Contour Cutting, Finishing

and Cost Calculation.

MimakiSoftware

McLink Introduces SoftSign

Soft Sign System

Calender Belt

Sticky Belt


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ISSUE 2 2011 21

Konica Minolta has revealed it is to launch a

high-speed inkjet textile printer, equipped with

newly developed print heads, at ITMA 2011.

The model features print-bars furnished with

over 80,000 nozzles, to deliver a maximum

print speed in excess of 1,000 sqm/hour.

ITMA 2011 will be held in Barcelona, Spain,

from September 22-29.

Fujifilm Dimatix has launched a

new series of models

expanding its Spectra Polaris

brand of 512-jet, general-

purpose, binary, drop-on-

demand print heads.

Known as the PQ-512/15

AAA-2C, PQ-512/35 AAA-2C

and PQ-512/85 AAA-2C, the

three new models have 15, 35

and 85 picolitre drop sizes.

Arrayed at 100 dpi, on Polaris

512-jet print head can

simultaneously jet

two-colours. The new configu-

ration allows for two print

heads to be used to produce

full four-colour images.

The print heads have a metal

nozzle plate and integrated

mounting frame, designed to

ensure drop-in alignment. The

machines also include Dimatix

VersaDrop jetting binary

operating technology.

A repairable feature allows

each 256-channel jet module to

be exchanged and registered

without need for special tools

or recalibration. Each channel

jet module is dual-ported to

facilitate fast ink flushing and

recirculation. Heaters and

temperature sensors control ink

viscosity at jetting temperatures

up to 60°C.

Polaris 512 print heads are

equipped with a fluid interface

allowing single or two-colour

operation. Shared physical

qualities across Fujifilm’s Q-

Class platform allow printer

designs to be cross between

different model types and

printing applications.

As an AAA designated print

head, Polaris is compatible with

aqueous ink formulations, UV-

curable and aggressive organic

solvents, making it suitable for

commercial and industrial

printing of wide-format

graphics, textiles, ceramics,

labels and packaging at

resolutions of up to 1000 dpi,

said Fujifilm.

Marc Torrey, vice president of

marketing at Fujifilm Dimatix,

said: “Our new two-colour

Polaris PQ-512 AAA-2C print

heads continue to demonstrate

the power and flexibility of the

Q-Class platform to drive a new

range of printer models from

high performance to value

priced products.

“Its integral mounting frame

solves many complex design

issues like print head-to-print

head registration and

orientation, colour capability,

temperature control and

replacement strategy, resulting

in a decrease in time-to-market

for new printer products.”

Gerber toCease FlatbedProductionGerber Scientific, the parent

company Spandex Ltd, is to

exit its flatbed-printer

business to focus on thermal-

printing products, in a move

expected to save the

company approximately

$3.3m annually.

Gerber will immediately cease

production of its UV flatbed

printers, including the Gerber

CAT UV and Solara ion. The

revenue generated from its

UV flatbed printer business is

expected to be around

$3.5m-4m for the fiscal year

ending April 30. According to

the company, the flatbed

printer market cannot

support its long-term growth

and earnings objectives.

Marc Giles, Gerber Scientific

president and CEO, said: “We

are committed to achieving

our transformation objectives

and could not justify the cost

of capital for a product line

whose market fundamentals

have not improved

appreciably since the

economic recovery began.”

Gerber will now focus on its

line of thermal products,

including the EdgeFx printer,

Omega software and

speciality graphics

materials. The company

will, however, continue to

provide its existing flatbed

printer customers with

access to service, support,

parts and ink for a minimum

of five years from the date

of the announcement.

Fujifilm Launches Polaris Heads

KM Goes High-Speed


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TECHNOLOGY

To better understand the great

advantages that might be

gained by continuous-mode,

single pass digital printing of

fabrics, it is first necessary to explain

how the features of such a system

compare with existing installations in the

digital-printing field – the familiar multi-

pass printers.

Multi-Pass Digital Printing(Discontinuous)

1. Preparation

This phase needs chemical solutions that

must be applied to the textile before

printing, to help the fixing of the water

based inks by steaming after printing.

They are usually applied with foulard

machinery or flat-screen tables and then

dried in stenter machinery or under

conventional dryers.

2. Digital Printing

The digital printers available on the

market today all operate in multi-pass

mode. This means that the textile moves

step by step, in increments that vary

according to the dimensions of the heads

and technological capacities such as

resolution, etc. In this scenario the heads

on the carriages move from selvedge to

selvedge, printing the colours needed to

create the design. After printing, the

textile needs to be fixed by passage

through several drying units, according to

the printing speed that can be handled.

In our solution, the MS-JPK series, we

can reach up to 370 linear metres per

hour on a version settable with three lines

of heads in a width of 1.6m, enough to

produce between 2,000 and 5,000

metres daily, according to settings and

working shifts – which is equal to the

traditional flat-screen production available

today. This means that multi-pass digital

printing can easily be a substitute for

traditional, conventional production in

application such as sampling, and small

and medium runs.

3. Steaming

After preparation and digital printing the

textile needs to be steamed at settings

that will vary depending on the

composition of the textile, the water-

based inks used and the coverage of the

designs applied. This phase requires

between 10 and 45 minutes with our MS-

VAPO Steamers, with 15 to 110 metres

capacity, dedicated to digital printing with

the latest generation of water-based inks.

4. Washing and Drying

After preparation, digital printing and

steaming, the textile needs to be washed

and dried, when all the excess ink on the

textile will be released rather than

adhering to the final fabric. Here, we have

a continuous MS-WASH unit, capable of

washing fabric in expanded rather than

rope form.

This multi-pass process has the

flexibility to be comfortable for small and

medium runs that have been the typical

digital output in recent years, but it

carries inconvenience in its complicated

and discontinuous production route,

which is due the fact that the various

different phases are handled in separate

modes, or even in different production

plants – or even in different companies!

This increases production time and

results in slower delivery to the final

customer.

MS-RIO – Single PassContinuous Digital Printing

1. Digital Printing

Digital printing in continuous single-pass

mode with the MS-RIO achieves its

advantages over multi-pass discon-

tinuous printing by virtue of the high

number of print heads deployed.

In a conventional multi-pass machine

the heads, positioned on carriages above

the textile, move from edge to edge of the

printer. Carriages can have different

dimensions and settings according to

each manufacturer’s design, and the

pause in fabric transport necessary for

the passage of the carriage increases the

time needed to print.

Figure 1 shows the movement of the

heads on the MS-JPK, which can easily

reach a speed of 370 linear metres per

hour, depending on the resolution and

pass settings.

CONTINUOUS SINGLE-PASSPRINTING WITH THE MS-RIOPaolo Milini and Omar Ceruti, of MS Italy, explain how their new super-fast machine can beat the performance of rotary screenprinting

Figure 1: Multi-pass printing, showinghead movement on the MS-JPK

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Figure 2, in contrast, shows the single-

pass continuous configuration of the MS-

RIO, with fixed heads mounted across

the belt of the machine, on several

transverse bars, according to the

numbers of colours. Delivering high

resolution across a 1.9-metre width, this

intuitive configuration of print heads

permits continuous printing without losing

the time taken up in setting and printing in

uni- or bi-directional scanning mode, thus

increasing the speed of the digital printer

according to the number of lines installed

on each bar, which can be 1 or 2.

Obviously, the number of bars and

heads on the MS-RIO will depend on

the number of colours to be printed,

and can also adjusted according to the

calibrations chosen by user.

As already demonstrated by our model

MS-JPK38, we can easily ramp up to fast

production. Our MS-RIO project can

reach speeds up 75 metres per minute,

so this machine can run faster than the

traditional rotary screenprinting machines

available on the market today, without all

the setting time and test runs of a few

metres before the production, with

cylinders mounted on the machine to

compose the ‘X’ number of rotary

screens. Users can start directly from the

first metre of textile inserted and

positioned

on the belt and run it

until the last has been

printed.

Table A shows the advantages of the

MS-RIO single-pass continuous machine

over traditional, conventional rotary

printing machines.

The range type of textiles that can be

printed in our MS-RIO single-pass

continuous machine is complete –

practically all textiles that today can be

printed on conventional digital printers. To

deliver the optimum solution, we decided

to leave free the final choice of ink

supplier so that each end-user can

continue

to work with its

own suppliers of auxiliaries and inks, and

this decision will also make the market

more competitive. In the future we are

sure there will be a reduction in the ink

cost, which today is still more than 50% of

the cost of digital print.

Our vision for the future is a digital-

printing mill with a complete MS-RIO line,

as illustrated in Figure 3. DT

Table A: Comparison on the MS-RIO and traditional rotary screenprinting machines

Traditional Rotary Conventional MS-RIO Continuous Single-Pass

No. of Colours per Design Limited to the Cylinders from 8 to 12 Unlimited

Max Dimensions of Design

Repeat 640mm most common Repeat 1180mm very rare Up to 8 meters

Printing Speed Up to 30 m/min with magnetUp to 45 m/min with blade Up to 75 m/min.

Type of Design andShades

Limited to the possibilities of the mesh of the cylinders

Very detailed with linear shadesdue to perfect grey scales

Defects and selvedgebandings Sometimes difficult to avoid or eliminate Not existing

Ecology impact andsustainability

Very high due the waste for the washing ofcylinders and excess of colours printed. Near to zero

Minimum Quantities Very high cost per metre depending oncylinder costs

From 1 to any number of metresprinted the cost of engraving isalways zero

Dead Time settings forchanging designs orcolourways

Very high depending on number of cylindersto be mounted and washed Zero

Personnel involved 2 men for each machine, +1 for colourkitchen, +1 for services 2 persons

Time for sampling design Depending on engraving timing of cylinders,maybe some weeks In real time

Costs collection designs Very high for effect of engraving thecylinders

Very low: limited only to the printingand textile costs

Figure 2: MS-RIO single-pass continuousprinting, showing 1 or 2 lines of heads oneach colour bar

1. Huge introduction roll of textile 2. Foulard squeezing and preparing machine3. Continuous digital printing machine MS-RIO Single-Pass

4. MS-HT (High Temperature) steamer 5. MS-WASHER 8V continuous washing plant 6. MS-2T400/40 drying unit

Figure 3: A continuous printing-line concept incorporating the MS-RIO

An impression of theforthcoming MS-RIO

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DESIGN TRENDS

Janet Prescott reviews print design themes forthe coming seasons

ALL THE FASHIONFOR 2012

Prints are bringing out the colour that has been injected

into the fashion mix for 2012. After several seasons

where blocked colour has been dominant, prints have

become high-profile and individual.

At the season’s fabric shows in Milan and Paris there was a

wide variety of styles and inspiration, so that very few

choices were repeated from one design label to the other,

apart from the approach to colour. The economic situation

has resulted in designers making sure that they are offering

something new and unique.

Most of the prints seen in the new collections have been

digitally engineered, as the technique enables an original idea to

be made unique by altering small details. Digital printing is not

chosen because it is cheaper, it was stressed – contrary to the

impression of many. Though it is more flexible and allows infinite

rapid changes during development, the cost of the inks involved

often cancels out any other price advantages over more

traditional ways of transferring a design to a length of fabric.

The main attraction is the consistency of end-product, the

scope afforded by digitally engineering an image, the

possibilities for use of mixed media, artworks and photography

combined, and the edgy, urban look achieved, which has come

to be associated with many of the more cutting-edge digital

designers. However, many designs, including florals or precise,

old-fashioned botanical themes, were also digitally created.

The technique was initially used mainly for womenswear,

but men’s designers are now exploiting its potential,

especially with super-realist photo prints, to appeal to the

youth market. The dynamic, young casual market and

upmarket jeans area relies on unusual approaches for trend-

defining original visuals. Imaginative prints for menswear

formed part of Winter collections 2011/12 at Pitti Immagine

Uomo in Florence, in January, ranging from large, bold

designs to pointilliste, micro looks.

The major fabric shows for the next season (Summer

2012), including Première Vision, in Paris, and Milano Unica,

displayed eye-catching examples of digitally produced

printed fabrics, prominently in the trend areas – sometimes

dedicating a whole fashion trend to digital designs, though

professionals remarked that it was becoming difficult to

distinguish digital from traditional techniques.

Designs that were originated for men’s fashion – florid ‘60s

resort shirts, further revived in the ‘80s, with colourful, large,

‘over-the-top’ designs – appeared again in women’s collections

for Spring-Simmer 2012. Complicated photographic effects, with

the advent of digital techniques, put disparate images side-by-

side, united by the colour: palm trees, swimming turtles and car

lots were printed on one fabric, in a pale-blue cotton, printed

with super-realist clarity, to be used for ultra-cool jeans-wear.

Many designs for Summer 2012 were very small and detailed,

aimed at shirtings, dress and blouse fabrics. These gave an all-

over effect of dense colour, but on looking closer revealed micro

designs, such as Leggiuno’s botanical drawings of sea

creatures, fishes and ships, arranged in a dense pattern with an

ecru ground and coloured in green, blue, gold and orange at

Milano Unica. All over lozenge shapes appeared in pale

watercolours at Liberty Fabrics, designed in a painterly impres-

sionist style, together with town-art motifs featuring coloured

ladders. Cover Italia and Ercea International prints were also

creative and pointed new directions.

Bold designs, overlaid images, contrast and colour caught the

Leggiuno’s botanical drawings of sea creatures

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eye. Key colours included blues, greens, pinks and primrose

yellows, in soft tones, often used in revived historic prints –

wildlife themes such as parrot prints, seascapes and

abstracts, all recoloured. There was a strong bent towards

bolder and arresting art themes of the 1950s and ‘60s,

interpreted in deep bold colours and unusual, confident

abstract shapes. Warm terracotta, orange and red grounds

contrasted with bold shapes in black and white, sometimes

outlined with thick black lines, or on a ground of primitive

symbols. Mondrian-style blocks of colour and Picasso-esque

bold shapes resulted, as in the example shown top right. Big

bold shapes and splashes of colour over a decorated

ground, made the fabrics full of visual interest. Some Italian

printers are commissioning young painters to capture the

spirit of the moment.

Trends at Pitti Uomo had emphasised the fashion for

darker urban scenes, interpreted in ultra-cool prints of

buildings, roads and everyday landscapes, washed with

colour like red, pale green or blue, and graffiti shapes –

seen in black, white and red at Ercea International.

One of the more notable new looks at Moda In centred

round patchwork-look prints, made up of bright photo

images for a montage of postcards, in a carefree 1960s-

vacation style – Beach Boys and the surfing scene.

Super-realist photo images of people and folk icons, such

a clown, faces looking out and hands extended, gave a

3D, trompe l’oeil result, with collage effects, portraits of

faces or images of buildings. DT

Pale watercolours from Liberty Fabrics Some prints are inspired by artists such as Mondrian and Picasso

Palm trees, turtles and car lots come together in a singledesign at Milano Unica

Parrot print at Milano Unica

Apparent 3D effects were seen at Moda In

Urban inspired print from Ercea International

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The annual Sign & Digital UK show, at the NEC in

April, saw the introduction of another digital-textile

printer aimed at the polyester wide-format signage

market – the EFI VUTEk TX3250r, using the ‘direct-

to-print’ method.

This adds to the growing number of digital-textile printers

introduced into this sector in the last few years. All these printers

are using disperse dyes of the low-energy types (dye-

sublimation chemistry), in different ink formulations, developed

for direct printing on to polyester and subsequent fixation (either

‘in-line’ or by a separate fixation stage using a heat calender).

The advantage with polyester ‘direct to print’ is that there is no

wash-off stage after the fixation and it shortens the process route

of dye-sublimation systems, which require an intermediate

paper-printing stage, followed by heat-calender transfer/fixation.

Since the introduction of the polyester ‘direct-to-print’ approach

at FESPA in 2004, by d.gen with its Teleios digital-textile printer,

more and more digital-textile-printer manufacturers have entered

this market. In addition, the grand-format digital-printer manufac-

turers, whose primary signage media was PVC, have also seen

the opportunities and followed the trend - first Agfa with its

AquaJet Jeti 3324, then Durst with the Rhotex 320 at FESPA

Munich last year, and now EFI VUTEk, with its TX3250r.

Table 1 summarises some of the currently available polyester

‘direct-to-print’ machines.

The EFI VUTEk TX3250r (pictured) is a development from the

VUTEk FabriVU model and uses Seiko print heads. EFI VUTEk

has partnered Hilord to provide the disperse-dye inks for the

machine, and these inks differ from the aqueous disperse-dye

inks used in the other machines in Table 1, in being solvent-

based – which it is claimed gives improved ‘dot gain’ and

print definition.

The fixation stage is off-

line and at the exhibition

Klieverik was on the VUTEk

stand, demonstrating its

grand-format GTC81/3400

heat calender. As with all

direct-to-print digital

polyester printers, pre-

treated fabric is used and

VUTEk has partnered with

Georg + Otto Friedrich to

supply polyester fabrics.

The introduction of the

new EFI VUTEk machine,

added to the number of

‘direct-to-print’ polyester-

signage printers already in

the market, makes this one

of the most competitive

segments in digital textiles.

This is good news for the

digital-textile-signage

printers, as it gives more

machine options and

should put increased

pressure on prices of both

hardware and

consumables.

Elsewhere at Sign &

Digital UK, Hybrid Services

launched several new

products, including the

Mimaki JV34-260 2.6m-

wide dye-sub banner

printer and the TS3-1600

entry-level dye-sub printer for soft-signage production.

Mutoh was promoting its various textile offers, such as the

Viper TX 100, incorporating a built-in, switchable and rotatable

print bed; the Viper TX SoftSign with in-line fixation unit; and the

Viper TX Professional direct-to-fabric production printer with

adhesive belt and integral dryer. DT

Dr John Provost reports

COMPETITIVE MARKET INPOLYESTER ‘DIRECT TO PRINT’

Table 1 – Polyester ‘direct-to-print’ digital-textile printers(using disperse-dye inks)

Manufacturer Model Print Head Print Head

D.gen Teleios GT Seiko 508 2.10

Mimaki JV34-260 Epson DX5 2.60

Mutoh Viper TX Epson DX4 2.24

ATP Color DFP 1320G4 Epson DX5 3.30

Hollanders ColorBooster XL320v Seiko 508 3.20

Agfa AquaJet Jeti 3324 Fuji Dimatix 3.20

Durst Rhotex 320 Fuji Dimatix 3.20

EFI VUTEk TX3250r Seiko 3.20

EFI VUTEk TX 3250r direct-to-polyester digital-textile printer

EFI VUTEk TX3250r (with Seikoprint heads)

Klieverik grand-format heatcalender GTC 81/3400

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FESPA DIGITAL

FESPA Digital will open in Hamburg,

Germany, on May 24, as a sell-out event.

More than 360 exhibitors – including 60

that are new to the show – have taken over

18,000sqm of space.

Frazer Chesterman, FESPA managing director,

says much has changed since the last edition of the

show in 2009 – not only in terms of the economic

climate but also in the widespread take-up of digital

technology across broad areas of printing. “Back in

2009, digital wide-format printing was still, to a large

extent, in its adoption phase, with the majority of

printers in our community still deliberating a digital

investment, or making gradual progress up the

digital learning curve,” he said.

“In the two years since that show, the economic

challenges faced by all businesses have reshaped

the wide-format print landscape, encouraging PSPs

to develop new revenue streams, adopt innovative

technologies and business strategies to win new

business and carve out new niches. Without doubt,

digital has played a key part in their evolution.

“From every quarter, we hear that digital

capabilities were a defining factor for the

businesses that best weathered the economic

storm. More than two-thirds of visitors to FESPA

2010 in Munich last year said that digital was a

priority for them, and the focus on digital investment

for the future has never been stronger.”

Textile specialists will take note of the spate of

new, fast production machines arriving in the

market, taking advantage of the latest generation of

print heads from manufacturers such as Kyocera

and Seiko. There is also increasing competition in

the market for wide-format and grand-format

polyester signage printing – with much research

being devoted to the development of new and

better sublimation and disperse-dye inks.

TEXTILE CONFERENCEMany of these technical achievements and the

business opportunities associated with them will

be reflected in the programme of the one-day

FESPA Digital Textile Conference, on May 25, in

which the topics will range from garment printing

to industrial fabric functionalisation. Packed with

expert knowledge and opinion, the conference

will include open panel sessions in which

delegates will be able to ask questions and

make their own contributions.

On the recent announcement of the signing of

Hollanders as Gold Sponsor, Digital Textile editor

John Scrimshaw, who will also chair the

conference, said: "We're delighted to have the

support of Hollanders for

the FESPA Digital Textile

Conference.

"As a company that is

dedicated to textile

applications, Hollanders has

always been among the

DIGITAL PRINTINGENTERS A NEW ERAOpportunity Knocks at Sell-Out Hamburg Show

Frazer Chesterman

Hamburg Messe

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A. BergerA1 B10

Unveiling a new label, to unify

all its printable textiles under a

single brand, Berger will show

textiles up to 505cm wide. The

range contains fabrics for

dye-sublimation technologies,

printed directly with water-, oil-

or solvent-based sublimation

inks or by dye-sublimation

transfer, as well as with UV-

curable and eco-

solvent/solvent inks. Among

them, Berger is showing three

new polyester art-canvas

products, as a high-quality

but less-expensive alternative

to cotton canvas. The new

Canvas Banner Kandinsky,

Canvas Banner Warhol and

Canvas Banner Gauguin are

claimed to be the

lowest-cost entry products

to the art-reproduction

market on frames. There will

also be ancillary products and

accessories for

textile finishing.

Barbieri ElectronicA1 C30

Barbieri is to present a new-

model spectrophotometer,

specially designed for a large-

format printing applications. It

will complement the existing

Spectro LFP for large-format,

flatbed and industrial printing,

and the Spectro Swing for

aqueous and solvent printers.

Beaver PapierA1 C11

Beaver Paper will present its

TexPrint range of dye-

sublimation media products,

including TexPrint GREEN,

launched in 2009 and

claimed to be 100% eco-

friendly. TexPrint GREEN is

made with fibre from

managed forestry reserves

and contains no bleaching

agents. It is said to have

excellent dimensional stability

at high print speeds and

heavy ink saturation, with no

back gassing.

BrotherB1 100

Brother will be providing live

demonstrations of its GT-541

and GT-782 direct-to-

garment printers.

BrunnerA2-B68

See Spandex

Cham PaperA4 D30

Cham is launching Transjet

Industrial, its latest innovation

in dye sublimation. The

65gsm lightweight sublimation

paper is designed to increase

process efficiency in industrial

textile printing and the

company says it can reduce

transfer times by up to 25%.

ColdenhoveA4 D16

Visitors to Coldenhove’s stand

will see the history of paper

making, from the traditional to

the ultra-modern, and the

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leaders in driving the industry forward and its involvement in

Hamburg will add strength and prestige to this key event."

Xennia Technology and J-Teck3 are also sponsoring the event.

Full programme details are at www.fespa.com/dtceurope.

EDUCATION PROGRAMMEAlthough referred to usually just as FESPA Digital, this event

comprises two sister exhibitions – FESPA Digital itself, running

from May 24-27; and FESPA Fabric, with a focus on garment

printing, which will conclude one day earlier, on May 26.

Among the features of the two shows is the evolution-themed

educational programme in the Digital Showcase Theatre (Hall

A2) and Fresener’s Fabric Showcase Theatre (Hall B1).

The comprehensive programme for the Digital Showcase

Theatre, which consists of 15 free-to-attend seminars, is now

available online at http://bit.ly/gF5kdy. Taking place between

11:00 and 16:00 in Hall A2 on the first three days of FESPA

Digital, it will allow deliver intelligent insights on a variety of

digital-printing topics.

The theatre sessions will be delivered by some of the

digital-print industry’s key figures, including Ronen Zioni of

HP and Mark Alexander of Xaar. Steve Bennett, VP of sign

and display business at EskoArtwork will discuss the latest

large format finishing technologies, share EskoArtwork’s

future vision of workflow automation, and guide delegates on

streamlining their manufacturing process.

In addition, d.gen’s CEO and president Kilhun Lee will

explain the advantages and disadvantages of digital-textile

printing for soft signage and explore the prospects and

marketability of this application.

The Fresener’s Fabric Showcase Theatre programme is

specifically compiled to benefit the garment decorators and

textile printers who will visit FESPA Fabric. The programme

will support them with latest industry intelligence, guide

them through recent technology developments, and

demonstrate how these can be used to grow business.

The three-day Fresener’s Fabric Showcase Theatre

programme can be accessed at http://bit.ly/i9CO9X. It

features 18 sessions co-ordinated by Scott Fresener, SGIA

Parmele Award winner and owner of T-Biz International.

Fresener will himself host a number of seminars on topics

ranging from ‘Secrets of High End Screen Printing on T-

Shirts’ to ‘The State of Direct-to-Garment Today and Beyond’.

Among other leading garment-industry people will share

their expertise is Kornit Digital’s Sarel Ashkenazi, who will

cover high-performance direct-to-garment solutions –

segmenting the garment-printing market and the

technologies used by each of the segments.

Mario Panter, CEO of Print Equipment, will deliver a session

on ‘How to Make Money with Sublimation’. DT

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stand itself will be decorated

throughout with materials

printed by dye-sub

technology. Coldenhove is

launching Jetcol DHS, the

newest member of Jetcol

range and designed for

transferring images on to hard

substrates.

ColorGATEA4 C20

ColorGATE is promoting both

its ColorGATE RIP software

and its capability in the

development of ICC profiles

and printer drivers for a wide

variety of printers and

application areas.

Concordia TextilesA1 A30

Concordia offers a range of

fabrics for all digital-printing

techniques – including

Sublitexco heatset polyester

fabrics for dye-sublimation

transfer printing; Distexco

heatset, FR-treated fabrics for

direct printing with water-

based dye, pigment and

sublimation inks; and Soltexco

heatset, FR-treated fabrics for

direct printing with eco-

solvent inks. Wider Soltexco

fabrics and a new finish are

being launched at FESPA

Digital, as well as more stretch

fabrics in all three product

groups.

d.genA1 C70

D.gen has not announced the

details of its display at FESPA

Digital, but it is likely to

include the Teleios GT

1800mm direct-to-fabric

polyester printer (see page

14)

DuPontA1 C15

DuPont is emphasising its

Imvelo range of substrates,

described as a ‘sustainable

solution’ for large-format

printing. Both strong sand

lightweight, the nonwoven

materials are made from

polypropylene and can be

glued, stitched and stapled.

Durst PhototechnikA1 D80

Durst will give visitors their first

detailed insights into the work

of the recently created Durst

Textile Team, based in

Kufstein, Austria. Last year,

the company brought out the

Rhotex 320 dye-sublimation

textile printer and is now

working towards the launch of

a new 500 sqm/hour

production textile printer,

although this will not be

unveiled until the ITMA show

in Barcelona, in September.

EFI VUTEkA1 A10

EFI has not revealed its

detailed plans for FESPA

digital, but is likely to show the

recently unveiled TX3250r

direct-to-polyester printer, with

Seiko print heads, which

takes its product line into

previously untried territory.

EpsonA1 D30

Epson has said it will

showcase its latest range of

large-format printers and

specialist media.

ErgoSoftA2 A5

ErgoSoft will present the

TexPrint V14 RIP solution for

digital-textile production. It

says TexPrint makes it

possible to create and

produce professional

colourways, using preview-

based custom spot-colour

replacement tools to improve

colour accuracy and reduce

job make-ready times.

TexPrint 14 also provides

superior colour and image

quality for direct-to-garment,

direct-to-fabric and soft-

signage applications.

Gandy DigitalA1 B43

Gandy Digital is showing its

Pred8tor, described as a true

flatbed and roll-to-roll combo

printer that achieves the same

print quality on all roll

materials without compro-

mising true flatbed capability.

It will print high-resolution

1,200dpi (apparent)

photographic quality with in-

line white or clear and Gandy

claims it is the first commer-

cially available high-speed,

grey-scale printer delivering a

six-picolitre droplet. The

machine is also claimed to be

the world’s first to operate with

full machine controls from an

iPad.

HP A4 C40/C41

HP’s line-up will include an

expanded range of HP latex

technologies, building on the

qualities of the popular HP

Scitex LX800 printer. It says

these enhanced products will

enable PSPs to offer greater

versatility to an increasing

number of customers seeking

products and solutions that

are designed for the

environment.

HeytexA1 B30

Heytex manufactures coated

and laminated textiles for L-

XXL digital printing and will be

showcasing its full line of new

and improved digital coated

and laminated printing media

for the wide- and superwide-

format digital printing market.

The focus will be on the

launch of new product lines

HEYblue digitex and HEYblue

digiline.

HilordA1 B41

Hilord's product catalogue

includes a full portfolio of

water, solvent, dye

Guandong ItaliaA1 D81

Textile producer

Guandong is

introducing new

Cotton Canvas and

Polyester Canvas,

both Gloss and Matt,

suitable for pigment

inks and for UV printing. It says the highlight of its Banner

Collection is the new Intercast, a third-generation banner that

includes a wide variety of products, from the 340gsm

laminated to the 800gsm cast.


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sublimation, textile, and

UV inks. In addition, it says

can custom-design any ink

to outlast and outperform

its competitors.

HuntsmanA1 C88

Huntsman will showcase

its various ranges of

digital-textile inks,

including Terasil Brite inks

for direct-to-textile and

transfer printing –

described as a new

generation of sublimation

inks, engineered for

brighter, deeper colours on

direct-to-textile prints. Also

on show will be Novacron

XKS inks for reactive

printing of cellulosics,

Lanaset XKS for polyamide

and silk, Terasil XKS for

polyester – and the latest

Eriofast XKS range for

high-speed printing of

polyamide, silk and

cellulosics.

Imprifab.comA3 C61

Imprifab.com is a young

company offering a wide

range of ‘ecological’

woven, knitted and

nonwoven fabrics for

large-format and digital

printing, as well as a range

of complementary

products for finishing. Its

products are available

worldwide through a

network of dealers and

distributors.

IVM SignTexB1 108

IVM SignTEX is a specialist

in textile pre-treatments,

including fabric

preparation for dye-

sublimation transfer.

JaysynthA2 B21

Digital-ink producer

Jaysynth is launching both

low- and high-viscosity

pigment inks in Hamburg,

aimed at the garment and

home-textile sectors. The

new ranges will be offered

in CMYK + White. Jaysynth

Impression Technology EuropeA3 B23

ITE is launching its M Series of DTG direct-to-

garment printers, featuring the company’s !QW

Interweave correction formula, said to eradicate

banding in lower-resolution printing. The system

detects the hard edge commonly seen between

each pass and compensates with an intelligent dot

placement and ink flow to give sharper prints.


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will also be promoting its

degassed ink pouches of 1,

2 and 3 litres, along with

Universal Needle Connector,

which it says provides

‘complete freedom’ for

customers with closed

systems.

JetbestA4 E25

Jetbest Corporation will focus

on its capabilities as a custom

ink developer. The company

says it can develop water-, oil-

and solvent-based inks, and

eco-solvent based inks –

including dye-sublimation,

reactive-dye and acid-dye

inks – in ‘real time’. It also

supplies printer spares.

Jin Kwang ChemicalA3 D23

Jin Kwang is a manufacturer

and exporter of digital-printing

media and chemicals,

including inkjet media is

available for use with latex,

solvent, dye/pigment, Seiko oil

and direct-sublimation

technologies. Its range

includes adhesive-coating

liquids for digital printing, as

well as self-adhesive fabric.

KalaA1 E60

Best known as a

manufacturer of wide-format

laminators, Kala will also be

showing a new 67-inch-wide

heat-transfer calender for the

textile market. It says the

economically priced calender

will open opportunities for

printers looking to move into

textile printing for a modest

investment.

J-Teck3A4 B46

J-Teck is launching a new line of water-based

disperse-dye inks to complement its established

J-Eco Nano ‘green’ inks for polyester fabrics. In

2003, J-Teck became the first dye-sublimation

ink producer to remove phenols from its

formulation. Its inks are formulated using its

unique Nanodot Technology, which aids

pigment-particle dispersion and so improves ink passage through piezo print heads

and promotes fast drying on the substrate.

Other products manufactured by J-Teck include water-based pigment inks for graphic and

textile applications, acid dyes for printing of silk and Lycra, and reactive dyes for printing

cotton. All J-Teck inks are designed to work with bulk feeding systems.

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KiianA1 C10

Kiian’s digital division will

show a wide variety of inks, for

applications including fashion,

sport, interior decoration,

contracts and advertising.

Kornit DigitalB1 -175

Kornit will be showing its

market-leading technology for

direct-to-garment printing. Its

latest introduction is the Kornit

Avalanche 951, with 12

print heads (8 x CMYK, 4 x

White) for high-volume

industrial printing.

KlieverikHall A1 – A33

Klieverik is to present the

recently developed Fixation

Unit GFC, for dye fixation of

directly printed fabric and for

heat-transfer printing on any

polyester base fabric. Also in

show will be the successful

GTC 81 series, for

continuous production of

direct and transfer dye-sub

printing, and the GTC

81/1850 Sport, for continuous

transfer printing of precut

pieces for sports clothing.

Klieverik calenders are

available in working

with widths from 1650mm

to 3200mm.

LiteksA3 A10

Liteks Textile, Turkey’s biggest

fabric-coating company, is to

present the Pesent’e Canvas

range for digital printing,

suitable for both solvent and

water-based inks and

available in different qualities.

Mehler TexnologiesA1 D31

Mehler Texnologies

manufactures and supplies

coated fabrics under the

brands Valmex, Polymar

and Airtex. It also offers a

range of high-strength

MarabuA3 D41

Marabu is expanding its digital printing portfolio to include

water-based inkjet inks for dye-sublimation printing and will

give live demonstrations. The new TexaJet DX-SHE is a

hybrid ink for both transfer and direct digital printing on

pre-treated polyester, and is optimised for Epson DX4 and

DX5 print heads. Marabu says a high-density black ink,

coupled with intensive colours, generates high print quality

and superb colour gamut. The inks are suitable for all

textiles with a minimum polyester content of 60%.


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materials for both screen and

digital printing, including

frontlit, backlit, mesh,

blockout and truck.

MimakiA4 D20

Mimaki is to showcase almost

its complete portfolio of

printers and cutters, including

the newly launched JV34-260

super-wide-format printer and

examples of its dye-

sublimation printers. The

JV34-260 will itself soon be

available in a dye-sub

version, but the model on

display will be set up for

solvent inks. Mimaki says it

prints 70% faster than its

predecessor, the JV33-260.

Visitors will also gain an

overview of Mimaki´s

solutions for soft signage and

apparel, including the high-

volume TX400-1800D and

super-wide-format JV5-

320DS.

Monti AntonioA4 C28

Monti Antonio is to present a

new range of compact

reactivation cylinders and

systems for use with direct-

to-textile inks. The machines

complement its existing

sublimation portfolio,

comprising a range that

stretches from small,

economical solutions up to

sophisticated high-

production systems.

MS ItalyA3 C42

MS will be promoting its new

and ‘revolutionary’ single-

pass MS-RIO, the fastest

textile inkjet machine yet –

although the machine will not

be present in Hamburg. MS-

RIO is able to print in high

resolution at a rate of

between 25 and 75 linear

metres per minute and is the

digital textile printer first to

challenge rotary screen-

printing. MS will also be

focusing on its MS-JP6 entry-

level machine and the

Kyocera-based MS-JPK

series, capable of printing

over 300 linear metres per

hour. Both models are

multiple-pass systems and

suitable for MS-Universal Ink,

a special range of ink able to

print on any kind of fabric

except polyester and acrylic.

MS also offers

steamers/washers and

stenters dedicated to the

digital-printing production.

NazdarA1 B42

Nazdar offers a compre-

hensive selection of UV,

water-based and solvent-

based printing inks for digital

inkjet applications, but for

textile printers the main

interest will be the new Lyson

TX650 range of water-based

dye-sublimation transfer inks.

The inks are formulated for

use on wide-format printers

using Epson DX4 and DX5

print heads, including

Roland, Mimaki and

Mutoh models.

NeschenA4 B11

Neschen will present its

comprehensive range of

digital-print media and

laminating films, including its

new ‘made in Germany’

textiles – DYEtex flag 110 B1,

DYEtex display 220 B1 and

VARItex decoframe 250 B1

CA, which it says are

positioned in the ‘top quality

range’. The DYEtex products

are pure sublimation media

for flags/banners and

display systems, and are said

to be available with attractive

prices and volume

conditions.

Optimum Digital PlanetA1 B40

Optimum Digital services the

advertising sector with

solutions that include large-

format, digital, solvent, UV,

textile printers and inks.

Plastic TechDevelopmentsA4 B41

Plastic Tech

(PLASTGrommet) will

showcase its new line of

‘green’ eyelets for digital

printing, along with setting

equipment specially

designed for them.

Poli-TapeA1 B25

Poli-Tape is a manufacturer

of textile-transfer systems

and pressure-sensitive

adhesive tapes, with a

strong focus on advertising

and display lettering. The

company’s Textile Graphics

range comprises textile-

transfer films in almost any

colour and quality. The Sign

& Digital range offers a

selection of paper and film-

based application tapes as

well as stencil tapes. Poli-

Wall is a range of digitally

printable wall coverings.

PolyprintB1 90a

Polyprint will demonstrate its

Texjet direct-to-garment

inkjet printers, now installed

in 43 countries, according to

the company.

PromattexA3 E55, B1 62

Promattex is to introduce the

TS-3838ME low-cost, small

and light heat-transfer

press, with a pressing area

of 38x38cm and facility to

allow interchange

accessories for different

media. Also on show will be

the large-format (150x60cm)

TS-15060ME press for

dye-sublimation.

Rainbow PigmentA3 B44

Rainbow will show its

Chromoink range of inkjet

inks, which include

sublimation, pigment, acid

and reactive textile inks.

RimslowA1 C90

Rimslow will show its well-

known range of textile-

processing systems, which

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include machines for fabric

pre-treatment, ink fixation

and washing – a ‘total

solution’ that it says makes

possible a small ‘digital

factory’. Rimslow also offers

continuous fabric steamers,

fabric pre-treatment/coating

systems, continuous fabric

washing systems and

in-line solutions for direct

fabric printing.

Robart InternationalA1 C76

Robart’s range includes the

RG-3300 Rollslitter,

designed to slit banner,

paper, textile, mesh and

vinyl (3.2-5m widths).

RolandA3 B10

Among Roland’s machines

for textile printing are the

VersaArt RS-640S and RS-

540S entry-level dye-

sublimation printers,

launched last year. The

company promises

innovations in both digital-

textile and UV printing.

SawgrassA4 B55

Sawgrass claims to have a

‘green-ink’ solution for

almost every application

and will be highlighting four

recently introduced product

lines – M Inks, a series of

water-based pigment inks;

SubliM Direct, the ‘next-

generation’ sublimation-ink

technology for high-speed

SETeMaA1 E25

New from SETeMa is a stand-

alone version of the I-Fix direct

textile fixation unit – functionality

that can also be integrated into

the standard I-Fix configuration for

a more flexible workflow. The I-Fix

is a completely autonomous heat-

fixation unit for direct-disperse

and sublimation-transfer dyes. It

can be coupled in-line to each digital printer without a mechanical or electrical interface.

Textile printing and fixation are synchronised to a one-step process. When used stand-

alone, the fixation unit can manage a print output of almost 200sqm. Models are available

in 1.85m, 2.50m and 3.40m widths.

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production environments;

SubliJet-R, offering fast

printing speeds, energy

efficiency, high capacity

and ‘brilliant’ colour output;

and ChromaBlast-R fast,

low cost, inks for short-run

garment printing.

Seiko InstrumentsA3 B11

Seiko I Infotech is a

leading developer and

manufacturer of inkjet print

heads and a subsidiary

of Japan’s Seiko

Instruments Inc.

Sensient ImagingA1 E20

Sublimation-ink specialist

Sensient will showcase its

recently launched Elvajet

range for both direct and

transfer printing to textile,

which it says has set a

new benchmark in the

industry. Optimised for the

new generation of faster

print heads, including

Epson, Ricoh, Kyocera

and Spectra, the new inks

are quick drying, which

Sentient says allows

printing on lighter-weight

transfer papers, while

keeping cockling/waving

issues to a minimum.

Sepiax InkA3 B31

The Sepiax range includes

water-based resin inks for

indoor, outdoor and

industrial applications.

Sepiax says it has

developed and distributes

the world’s first, harmless

water-based pigmented

ink incorporating

properties otherwise only

found in harmful solvent

inks or UV inks. All

Sepiax inks are water-

based and in composition

completely harmless for

humans and the

environment. Sepiax says

its product is the first

really ‘green’ ink that is

able to replace harmful

inks whilst also opening up

new business

opportunities, for new

applications, in the world

of printing.

SigntradeA4 B21a

Signtrade will present its

Hydrotex textile inks for

direct and sublimation

printing on the

Signracer printer.

SolunarisA2 B20

Founded last year, Solunaris

supplies products and

services for both digital-textile

printing and conventional

textile dyeing and printing. It

has launched a range of

water-based Antelos inks for

digital printing on natural and

synthetic fibres with common

print-head technologies, such

as Epson, Seiko and Kyocera.

The basic product ranges are

Antelos R reactive inks for

cotton, viscose and silk, and

Antelos A acid inks for silk,

polyamide and wool.

Solunaris also offers Antelos

Cleaner and Antelos

Conditioner for printer

cleaning and maintenance.

SpandexA2 B68

Spandex (Brunner in

Germany) describes itself

as a one-stop supplier of

complete offerings to the

digital-printing and

signmaking industries. On

show will be printable

substrates from manufac-

turers including Avery,

3M, Orafol and Mactac, as

well as the company’s own

ImagePerfect portfolio.

Spandex will also show

visitors a variety of

aluminium textile-display

solutions.

StahlsB1 170

Stahls, a specialist in heat

printing for apparel

decoration, will

demonstrate its Hotronix

heat presses, CAD-CUT

film materials, CAD-

COLOR digital media and

a range of custom

transfers and inkjet a

papers.

StorkA1 B31

Stork Prints will showcase

its brand-new Sphene

digital-textile printer, as

well as the new Nebula

reactive-dye inks for the

Kyocera print head.

Sphene is the company’s

latest fast-production

fabric printer, with print

speeds up to 550

sqm/hour. The Nebula inks,

claimed to be the only 8-

colour inkset licensed by

Kyocera, can also be used

in the Reggiani Renoir, MS-

JP and MS-JPK series

printers. Stork’s full line of

digital inks will be

displayed, with reactive,

acid, disperse and

sublimation inks for

Mimaki, Roland, MS, La

Meccanica and Mutoh

digital textile printers, and

reactive inks for Robustelli

Monna Lisa printers.

Texo Trade ServicesA1 E68

TTS is a specialist supplier

of transfer-printing media,

printable textiles and

accessories. It will be

showing TexoTrans SX

sublimation-transfer

papers, which cover all

water-based printing

applications from A4

desktop up to 320cm

grand format, and which

can be used for soft

signage and sportswear

applications. Also on show

will be TexPrint SX40GFS,

for solvent-based dye-

sublimation inks, PPX

Protection Paper for

calenders and

TexoFabrics for transfer

and direct dye-sublimation

printing with water, oil, and

solvent-based dye

sublimation inks.

WasatchA4 A45

Wasatch has launched

SoftRIP 6.8, with

enhanced support for

dye-sublimation and

textile printing. Press

Curves and Calibration

Curves are now available

in all editions and make it

easier for users to

construct colour profiles

for processes that suffer

from extreme dot gain. The

custom-inkset creator now

allows users to configure

SoftRIP with custom

Hi-Fi inksets.


MARCH 2009

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MAY 201124-26 FESPA Digital, Hamburg, Germany. FESPA.

Tel. +44 1737 240788;

Fax +44 1737 240770;

Website: www.fespa.com

25 FESPA Digital Textile Europe – one-day

conference, Hamburg, Germany.

Contact: FESPA. Tel. +44 1737 240788;

Fax +44 1737 240770;

Website: www.fespadigital.com

24-26 Techtextil, International Trade Fair for

Technical Textiles and Nonwovens,

Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Contact: Messe Frankfurt,

Tel: +49 69 75 75-58 55;

Fax: +49 69 75 75-67 04.

E-mail: [email protected];

www.textilefairs.messefrankfurt.com

24-26 Techtextil Symposium, Messe Frankfurt,

Frankfurt am Main, Germany.


Tel: +49 69 75 75-58 55;

Fax: +49 69 75 75-67 04.



24-26 Avantex Symposium, Messe Frankfurt,

Frankfurt am Main, Germany.


Tel: +49 69 75 75-58 55;

Fax: +49 69 75 75-67 04.



24-27 Texprocess 2011: International Trade Fair for

Processing Textile and Flexible Materials,

Messe Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.


Tel: +49 69 75 75-58 55;

Fax: +49 69 75 75-67 04.



JULY 201120-23 Serigrafia, Expo Center Norte, São Paolo,

Brazil, Website: www.gruposertec.com.br/

eventos-serigrafia-sign.asp

AUGUST 20111-3 Print Source New York, Fall-Winter 2012

Preview, 7W New York, USA.

Contact: Printsource New York Inc,

Tel. +1 212 352 1005.

E-mail: [email protected]

9-12 Maquintex, Centro de Convenções do Ceará,

Fortaleza, Brazil.

Website: www.maquintex.com.br

9-12 XXIV- CNTT 2011 (National Congress of Textile

Technicians), Centro de Eventos Ceará,

Fortaleza, Brazil.

Website: www.abtt.org.br

SEPTEMBER 201122-29 ITMA, Barcelona, Fira Gran Via de Barcelona,

Spain. Contact: Pearl Yang,

E-mail: [email protected].

Website: www.itma.com

OCTOBER 201119-22 SGIA Expo, Ernest N. Morial Convention

Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Contact: SGIA, Tel. +1 703 385 1335.


Website: www.sgia.org

26-28 FESPA Asia, Suntec, Singapore.


Fax +44 1737 240770;

Website: www.fespaasia.com

27 FESPA Digital Textile Asia – one-day

conference, Singapore.


Fax +44 1737 240770;

Website: www.fespaasia.com

NOVEMBER 201111-12 Inkjet India – digital printing conference,

Mumbai, India.

Website: www.inkjetforumindia.com

2012

FEBRUARY 20122-4 TV TecStyle Visions, Stuttgart, Germany.

Contact: Christin Fügner,

Landesmesse Stuttgart GmbH.

Tel. +49 711 18560 – 2920;

Fax. +49 711 18560 – 2657;


Website: www. www.tecstyle-visions.com

21-24 Barcelona, Spain. FESPA.

Tel. +44 1737 240788;

Fax +44 1737 240770;

Website: www.fespa.com

JUNE 201212-16 ITMA Asia, Shanghai New International Expo

Centre, China.

Website www.itmaasia.com

AUGUST 201214-17 Febratex, Brazilian Textile Industry Fair,

Parque Vila Germanica, Blumenau SC, Brazil.

Website: www.febratex.com.br

2013

OCTOBER 201323-25 SGIA Expo, Orange County Convention Center,

Orlando, Forida, USA. Contact: SGIA,

Tel. +1 703 385 1335.


Website: www.sgia.org

23-25 IFAI Expo Americas, Orange County

Convention Center, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Contact: IFAI, Tel. +1 651 222 2508.

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: www.ifai.com

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www.worldtextilesummit.comwww.worldtextilesummit.com21st September 2011, Barcelona, Palau de Congressos de Catalunya Conference Centre

The World Textile Summit 2011 is organised in partnership by:

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The fi rst World Textile Summit will be a unique one-day event that brings together textile-industry leaders and some of the world’s most infl uential thinkers and policymakers in strategically important fi elds such as economics, trade, technology and sustainability.

Be Inspired!Be Inspired!

Former UN-Secretary General and Nobel Prize Winner.

Keynote Speaker Kofi AnnanKeynote Speaker Kofi Annan

President of China National Textile & Apparel Council (CNTAC).

Speaker Du YuzhouSpeaker Du Yuzhou

President and CEO of TenCate.

Speaker Loek de VriesSpeaker Loek de Vries

COO of Oerlikon Group and CEO of Oerlikon Textile.

Speaker Thomas BabacanSpeaker Thomas Babacan

New speakers confi rmed – fi nal speaker line-up to be announced soonNew speakers confi rmed – fi nal speaker line-up to be announced soon

Co-founder and managing director of Alok Industries Limited.

Speaker Dilip B. JiwrajkaSpeaker Dilip B. Jiwrajka

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