Terry Products
Basics
Terry towels and other terry products are economically printed in roll-to-roll form.
The fiber is normally out of cotton and is being printed with reactive dye or inks. To achieve highest fastness level, VAT dyes are used.
There are several challenges:
- To deliver the fabric onto the printer with minimum distortion
- To print the design in the center of each towel, although the length of each towel is varying slightly.
Applications
Printed terry products are used for promotion items as well as for fashionables.
- Promotion and advertising towels
- Custom-made club towels
- High-end towels for hospitality business
- Beach towels
- Bath robes
Printing Methods
Flat screen printing
This was the preferred method in the past and is still used for economic production of high-quantity beach towels.
- Simple but labour-intensive process
- Limited number of colors
- It is also possible to print individual towels
- Large space required
CHROMOJET.PRINTER
| Process color jet printing
This process is used for medium to high-pile terry products.
- Up to 16 spot or process colors
- No special pre-coating needed
- Relatively low production speed
COLARIS.TEXTILE PRINTER
| Inkjet printing
This is the preferred method for low-pile velour fabrics.
- Only 4 up to 12 colors needed
- Finest details and definition
- Good penetration on low-pile velour type terry fabric
- Fabric must be pre-coated either with CHROMOJET or with MAGNOROLL GMA inline pre-coat application
Printing Process
CHROMOJET printing
- Feeding system: The fabric with 1 to 3 rows of towels is positioned on the printing blanket by a special feeding device, which feeds the towels as straight as possible
- Measurement of the length of the printable part
- Design printing with CHROMOJET, using up to 16 spot or process colors
- Drying
Offline process
- Steaming for about 10 minutes at 120°C / 250°F
- Washing
- Drying
COLARIS inkjet printing
- Feeding system: The fabric with 1 to 3 rows of towels is positioned on the printing blanket by a special feeding device, which feeds the towels as straight as possible
- Digital pre-coating with CHROMOJET
- Design printing with COLARIS, using 4 up to 12 process colors
- Drying or inline fixation
Option: SUPRAPRESS to enhance penetration
Offline process
- Steaming for about 10 minutes at 120°C / 250°F
- Washing
- Drying
- Finishing
Inline process
- Printing
- Inline fixation (steaming & drying) followed by offline washing & finishing
Alternative processing
- Stenter drying at about 160°C / 320°F
- Washing
- Tumbler drying
Technical Data
Printing Machines |
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| Machine | CHROMOJET.PRINTER | COLARIS.TEXTILE PRINTER |
| APPLICATIONS | 76 dpi Spot or Process Colors |
Process Colors |
| Dye system | Reactive dyes | Reactive inks for cellulose Disperse inks for polyester VAT inks for high light fastness |
| Printing widths | 2,200 mm | 2,200, 2,600 or 3,400 mm |
| Number of colors | 16 | 4 up to 12 |
| Jets / Printheads per color | 256 jets | 8 up to 16 printheads (Starfire 1024) |
| Resolutions | 76 x 50 or 76 x 76 dpi | 400 x 800 dpi |
| Printing speed | up to 2 m/min | up to 6 m/min |
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