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Fashion Printing

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Fashion Printing

Basics

  • Fabric may be from woven or knitted construction.
  • Material may be from cellulose or artificial fiber.
  • The construction may be incoherent or firm and tight, open or tense, elastic in length and/or width etc.
  • The fabric surface may be flat or structured jacquard, rip, velour, plush or others.
  • Fabric weight may range from 20 g/m² up to 300 g/m².

Printing Methods

Fashion may be printed with any type of machine and process:

RotaSCREEN - ZIMMER AUSTRIA Klagenfurt - 001

ROTASCREEN.PRINTING

This is the method for mass production:

  • Fast print speed of up to 100 m/min
  • Limited repeat
  • Limited number of colors
MagnoPRINT - ZIMMER AUSTRIA Klagenfurt - 001

FLATSCREEN.PRINTING

This was the preferred method in the past and is still used widely:

  • Simple but labour-intensive process
  • Limited number of colors
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COLARIS.TEXTILE PRINTER

| Inkjet printing
 

The most flexible method of the future - already available;

  • Highest flexibility in design and colors
  • Not all type of dye systems can be used

Printing on Cellulose and Protein Fiber based Fabrics

  • Cellulose based fabric can be printed with Reactive or VAT dye inks.
  • PA (Nylon) and Protein fiber based fabrics are mostly printed with Acid dye inks.
  • Pigment inks may be used on fabric made from any fiber or yarn blend.
  • Reactive prints are known for brilliant and bright print results with good washing fastness, but have a limited light fastness, especially with red shades.
  • Acid dye prints are very bright, but have limited light fastness properties. Chlorine fastness is poor.
  • VAT dye inks have excellent light and wash fastness properties, including chlorine bleach. For real high-end fabrics, VAT dye inks are the best solution.
  • Pigment inks are good for high light fastness, but have poor haptics and a low resistance against dry and wet rubbing.

Printing on PES Fabrics

  • On PES and PES Microfiber fabrics, direct disperse and direct sublimation inks are used.
  • PES inks give bright and brilliant prints and have excellent light, rub and wash fastness properties.

 

Printing Process

Printing Process Colaris

Reactive printing

  • Inkjet pre-treatment for the fabric
  • Design printing with COLARIS systems using Reactive dye inks
  • Drying

Offline processing

  • Ink fixation through steaming process
  • Post-print washing to clear the fabric from unfixed dyes and pre-treatment chemicals
  • Final fabric finishing according to the customer's individual needs

VAT dye printing

  • Inline inkjet pre-treatment applied by the CHROMOJET digital pre-coating unit
  • Design printing with COLARIS with VAT dye inks
  • Inline fixation for about 40 seconds by steam process
  • Inline post-print neutralization and washing-out of unfixed dyes and pre-treatment chemicals
  • Final fabric finishing according to the customer's individual needs

COLARIS.PIGMENT PRINTING

  • Inkjet pre-treatment of the fabric
  • Design printing with COLARIS with inline drying
  • Rub fastness improvement by applying a fixing agent, followed by a polymerization process
  • Final fabric finishing according to the customer's individual needs

Option: Mechanical finishing to improve the fabric's haptics.

Disperse and direct sublimation dye printing

  • Inkjet pre-treatment of the fabric
  • Design printing with COLARIS with direct disperse or direct sublimation inks
  • Post-print drying - inline right after printing
  • HT steam fixation in a loop steamer for 8 to 10 minutes
  • Reductive washing and vacuum extraction for high light and rubbing fastness

Option: Inline inkjet pre-treatment applied by the CHROMOJET digital pre-coating unit
Option: SUPRAPRESS penetration support
Option: Inline fixation for about 4 minutes

 

Printing Machines

As most of the fabrics come with a width of 1,400 to 1,600 mm, the COLARIS.PRINTER with 2,200 mm working width will cover the demand easily.

 

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COLARIS.TEXTILE PRINTER

Equipped with FUJIFILM Dimatix StarFire™ printheads, this printer is perfect for high-volume printing and for special applications.

  • The ReadyJet™ ink circulation system guarantees sufficient ink availability at any working condition.
  • The ink circulation prevents the sedimentation of solid ink particles. This is important especially when printing with VAT dyes or Pigment inks.
  • The COLARIS.PRINTER concept allows a flexible layout, especially in regard to the requirement of different ink dye classes.
  • The open ink system offers ink selection from various manufacturers present in the market.

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