Digital Printing of Textiles

H Ujiie (Edited by)

9781855739512, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 28 April 2006

384 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm, 0.73 kg

"…the only book of its kind currently to bring together in one volume so many aspects of the 'digital process' within textile printing." --Performance Textiles

At present the textile industry produces the majority of its 34 billion square yards of printed textile fabric by screen printing. However as we move into the digital age developments in digital printing of paper are being adapted more and more for the textile market. Inkjet textile printing is growing while growth in analog textile printing remains stagnant. As digital print technologies improve offering faster production and larger cost-effective print runs, digital printing will grow to become the technology that provides the majority of the world’s printed textiles.This comprehensive introduction to the subject is broken into five sections. After two introductory chapters, it goes on to look in a number of detailed chapters at printer and print head technologies. The next section examines the printer software required for successful colour design and management. The digital printing colouration process is explored next, with chapters on substrate preparation, pigmented ink, aqueous inkjet ink, pre-treatment and printing on cationized cotton with reactive inks. The book is concluded with three chapters on the design and business aspect of digital printing.Digital printing of textiles contains fundamental technical explanations along with recent research, and is an invaluable guide for product developers, retailers, designers and academic researchers.

The evolution and progression of digital printing of textiles
A designer’s perspective – digital versus traditional. Part 1 Printer / print head: Inkjet printing technology (CIJ / DOD)
Drop formation and impaction
Industrial production printers - DuPont Artistri™ 2020 Textile Printing System
Industrial production printers – DReAM
Industrial production printers - Miami’s Tx series
Integration of fabric formation and coloration processes. Part 2 Printer software: Digital image design, data encoding and formation of printed images
Digital colour management
ICC color management for digital inkjet textile printing. Part 3 Digital printing coloration: Substrate preparation for ink-jet printing
Pigmented ink formulation
Formulation of aqueous inkjet ink
Effect of pretreatment on print quality and its measurement
Ink jet printing of cationized cotton with reactive inks. Part 4 Design and business: Digital printing and mass customization
Just–In–Time printing
Design and workflow in digital inkjet printing.

Subject Areas: Textile & fibre technology [TDH]