Digital Textile Printing

Digital Decorating: Direct-To-Garment DTG Growth Opportunities for 2021

Today’s online shopper has their eye on the instant gratification of direct-to-garment (DTG) printing. “We live in an instant gratification world where companies like Amazon deliver whatever we want to buy, sometimes the same day,” says Equipment Zones’ Terry Combs. “The new mantra of the modern consumer is: I want one, I want it custom and I want it now!” DTG Printing Strength and Weaknesses The strength of DTG decorating has been and will continue to be the ability to instantly print a...

Digital Textile Printing

By Cassandra Balentine Textile printing is a hot and growing industry segment. Wide format digital print technologies evolve to better serve this market, especially for direct printing methods. Advancements in inks, and media—including pre-coatings—are essential. However, printheads specifically designed for textile printing help improve speed and quality as well as reduce challenges commonly associated with textile printing. Water-based inks are popular for printing to textiles, and printheads designed for textile printing are advancing to better accommodate these inks. The number of nozzles...