Category: Textile Printing

  • Countryside Art buys Mimaki textile coater

    Countryside Art, based in Lincolnshire in the UK, has installed a Mimaki TR300-1850C textile coating machine to optimise the performance of its cotton printing.

  • Kornit acquires Voxel8

    Kornit Digital, which makes several inkjet textile printers, has acquired 3D printing company Voxel8, which has developed technology for producing parts used in shoes and clothing.

  • Polyprint introduces film transfers

    Polyprint has announced a new direct to film textile option for use with its TexJet DtG printers called DTF Xpress, that allows users to produce textile transfers to avoid the need to pretreat DtG garments.

  • Do-it-yourself Web-to-Print

    Despite the growth of textile printing, there are still very few examples of this sector using web to print software mainly because digital printing is still a very small percentage of the overall textile market and has to fit into the established supply chains.

  • Mutoh launches XpertJet 1682WR dye sub

    Mutoh has announced a new wide format dye sublimation printer, the XpertJet 1682WR, which replaces the already discontinued ValueJet 1638WX. It’s designed to print to transfer paper up to 1625mm wide and is aimed at the interior decor, sportswear, promotional products and soft signage markets. 

  • Farbenpunkt develops textile ink

    Farbenpunkt has developed an interesting textile ink called Peracto that promises to be more sustainable than other alternatives as there’s no requirement for pretreatment or for washing post printing. Ricoh has been so taken with this development that it’s stocking this ink through its own sales network. 

  • Polyprint adds mask option

    Polyprint, which makes a number of desktop direct-to-garment printers, has developed a snap-on platen to help its customers print masks, called the 2-IN-1 ‘Fit & Flat’ Snap-On, face mask platen.

  • Moti Fabrics invests in Mimaki Tiger

    Moti Fabrics, based in Pakistan, has installed three Mimaki Tiger-1800B MkII textile printers to adapt to changes in the textile industry.

  • Inkjet and leather

    There’s been a lot written in recent years about printing to various fabrics but very little so far about printing to leather. However, Agfa has developed an inkjet solution, called Alussa, for decorating high-quality genuine leathers as used by the fashion, upholstery, automotive, aviation and nautical industries. Alussa can create unique and durable digital prints on…

  • Epson reorganises for industrial textiles

    Epson has announced a new entry-level industrial textile printer, the Monna Lisa 8000, but the real significance of this printer is that it will be built in Japan rather than Italy and that it signals Epson’s intention to aggressively grow this market.

  • Polyprint introduces PreTreater

    Earlier this summer Polyprint introduced a new machine, the PreTreater Pro, which is primarily designed for use in conjunction with direct to garment printers.

  • Ricoh develops Ri 2000 DTG

    Ricoh has introduced a new model to its range of desktop direct to garment printers, the Ri 2000, which builds on the existing Ri 1000 but with some interesting improvements.