Direct-to-film know-how permits printers to create premium transferred designs for customised merchandising, sportswear, and an array of different promotional textile purposes.
Marc Verbeem, Supervisor Product Administration, Mimaki Europe
Within the printing trade, direct-to-film know-how is having a transformative affect on the attire ornament house. It gives a easy and reasonably priced garment printing course of that facilitates vibrant, dynamic, full-colour designs with a sturdy print. It opens up alternatives for digital print service suppliers (PSPs) to broaden their product choices within the textile trade, their community of potential prospects, and due to the flexibility of the method, broaden the big selection of materials they’ll print on. As its reputation grows within the textile sector, Mimaki recognised the necessity for a top quality resolution that utilises our core applied sciences to take the method to the following stage, mixed with our well-established producer help.
Direct-to-film vs. Display Printing
Direct-to-film printing is the method of digitally printing instantly onto a particular switch movie sheet. That is subsequently utilized to cloth selections with a hot-melt powder and heated. As soon as the switch sheet is cured and dried, it may be heat-pressed onto a wide range of materials to create premium transferred designs for customised merchandising, sportswear, and an array of different promotional purposes for the textile market. In contrast with the normal strategies of display screen printing, the plate creation required for display screen printing is way too time-consuming. Not solely this, however the course of doesn’t meet direct-to-film’s potential to provide vivid colors and high quality particulars equivalent to shapes, lettering, and motifs usually wanted within the promotional and merchandising house for bespoke textiles.
Why DTF?
For Mimaki, the transfer into direct-to-film know-how is an thrilling enterprise right into a brand-new section. Why did we select to go down this path? For one, we knew we might supply a market-leading resolution with our core applied sciences and the technical proficiency of the digital printers in our textile portfolio. Along with this, there’s a market want for a secure, dependable direct-to-film printing resolution; for a fancy print course of like this, a trusted accomplice with reliable aftercare is paramount. Mimaki’s status is synonymous with help, which is what direct-to-film prospects can anticipate each step of the way in which.
The Mimaki TxF150-75
Mimaki’s first direct-to-film inkjet printer is the TxF150-75, a becoming extension to the 150 collection, with a most printing width of 80cm. Providing a secure printing plotter, the mannequin’s built-in ink circulation system and degassed ink pack are resolutions to widespread direct-to-film challenges equivalent to poor ink ejection and white ink clogging. The brand new printer additionally contains core Mimaki options together with NCU (Nozzle Examine Unit) and NRS (Nozzle Restoration System) for secure, uninterrupted print manufacturing. Working in concord with the textile printer itself is Mimaki’s ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® licensed water-based pigment textile inks, formulated particularly for the TxF150-75. Coupled with Mimaki’s RasterLink7 RIP software program, customers are provided end-to-end oversight and effectivity from inventive design to closing product.
As well as, and in keeping with Mimaki’s collaborative strategy to assembly buyer wants, Adkins has developed an 80cm broad powder shaker remedy unit to finish this ‘A model’ direct-to-film Printing resolution. By providing the printer and post-processing unit at 80cm broad, prospects can print bigger clothes with much less waste and faster manufacturing occasions, making the method a lot more economical.
The Mimaki TxF150-75 resolution represents an thrilling alternative for Mimaki prospects who’re energetic within the adorned attire sector or are searching for the suitable resolution to facilitate entry into the digital textile printing market.