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Digital Printing
Published in Asim Kumar Roy Choudhury, Principles of Textile Printing, 2023
In recent years, inkjet printers have become very popular in the field of printing on textile substrates. Digital textile printing is a printing method for textiles and garments that uses industrial inkjet technology to print colorants onto fabric. As an alternative option to traditional screen printing, printing textiles and garments with industrial inkjet systems offers many advantages for single pieces, midto small-run cycle production, and long-runs as an alternative option to screen printed fabric.
Inherent Safer Chemistry for Accident Prevention
Published in Aidé Sáenz-Galindo, Adali Oliva Castañeda-Facio, Raúl Rodríguez-Herrera, Green Chemistry and Applications, 2020
M. Andrade-Guel, C. Cabello-Alvarado, Carolina Caicedo, Leticia Melo, C. Ávila-Orta
The digital textile printing is a more ecological alternative compared to conventional textile printing because it is not necessary to use water in order to remove non-impregnated dye, in particular when dyeing cotton. This method uses large scale printers with special versions of jet printing heads designed to work with textile inks (Bomgardner, 2018).
The effect of weave structure on the quality of inkjet polyester printing
Published in The Journal of The Textile Institute, 2019
Abbas Hajipour, Ali Shams Nateri
Digital textile printing was appeared in the 1990s as a prototyping tool and instrument for printing of small batches of fabric, flag and banner (Savvidis, Karanikas, Nikolaidis, Eleftheriadis, & Tsatsaroni, 2014). In conventional digital textile printing, the images are printed directly on the fabric which is composed of tiny droplets of four or more inks (Aldib, 2015; Hwang, Kim, & Chan, 2015; Mikuž, Turk, & Tavčer, 2010). Inkjet printing technology offers a lot of advantages over the traditional printing methods such as flexibility, creativity in design patterns, simplicity, low effluent waste, less production cost, lower use of energy and water, quick respond to the increase demands of short runs and print quality (Kan, Yuen, & Tsoi, 2011; E. Karanikas, Nikolaidis, & Tsatsaroni, 2013; Kosolia, Varka, & Tsatsaroni, 2011; Liu, Fang, Gao, Liu, & Zhang, 2016; Mikuž et al., 2010; Wang & Wang, 2010). Hence, it is expected that the traditional printing techniques such as flat or rotary screen-printing and roller-printing may be replaced by digital printing technologies in the near future (Soleimani Gorgani, & Shakib, 2013).
Exploring apparel design and fit for older women: a technology intervention
Published in International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 2019
Youngji Lee, Chanmi Hwang, Fatma Baytar
Designers can adopt various applications of technologies for their apparel design processes to create novel apparel products (Persons & Campbell, 2004). Compared to conventional screen printing, the digital ink-jet printing process can offer economic means of achieving fast-response and short print runs (Dawson, 2012). Loker (2008) stated that digital textile printing evokes a future of design and offers paths to a sustainable fashion system by reducing resource use such as ink, dye, water and fabric use, producing only to order. Even though planning designs can be complex and require the use of pre- and post-treatment to fix colour, digital technology can be integrated with CAD design and produce pieces of garments efficiently. Loker et al. (2008) also anticipated that the development of digital technology would change the whole design process from the second dimension to the third dimension, which means that designers can create apparel designs virtually through the whole electronic prototype process. For example, they can do virtual draping using an avatar form to create their new designs (Loker et al., 2008) and address untapped consumer groups with different body types such as older women. Therefore, in the current study, we aimed to explore and suggest a digital design process framework for an untapped customer group, i.e. older women.
Digital printing cotton golf apparel for junior girls: a study of prototype development
Published in International Journal of Fashion Design, Technology and Education, 2018
According to Fibre2Fashion (n.d.), today’s consumers appear to be more demanding with specific choices in style, design and colour combinations, and digital fabric printing enables designers to meet consumers’ needs for variety, uniqueness and availability. Digital textile printing allows for more customisation and personalisation in terms of the design and colour flexibility (Savastano, 2016). Dupont stated that cotton is most commonly used for digital printing followed by blends of cotton and polyester because cotton is normally used for good washability (Fibre2Fashion, n.d.). Digital printing technology was used for this study to better meet customers’ aesthetic needs (e.g. junior girls’ preferred colours, patterns, designs) as they interrelate with the expressive needs (e.g. age appropriateness and identity) of female junior golfers.