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Digital printing of textiles

Edited by H Ujiie, Centre of Excellence in Digital Ink Jet Printing, Philadelphia University, USA

Woodhead Publishing Series in Textiles No. 53

…the only book of its kind currently to bring together in one volume so many aspects of the 'digital process' within textile printing.
Performance Textiles

 - provides coverage of all the current developments in digital textile printing
 - covers important areas such as printer and print head technologies, printer software, digital printing colouration and design and business for digital printing

At present the textile industry produces the majority of its 34 billion square yards of printed textile fabric by screen printing. However as we move into the digital age developments in digital printing of paper are being adapted more and more for the textile market. Inkjet textile printing is growing while growth in analog textile printing remains stagnant. As digital print technologies improve offering faster production and larger cost-effective print runs, digital printing will grow to become the technology that provides the majority of the world’s printed textiles.

This comprehensive introduction to the subject is broken into five sections. After two introductory chapters, it goes on to look in a number of detailed chapters at printer and print head technologies. The next section examines the printer software required for successful colour design and management. The digital printing colouration process is explored next, with chapters on substrate preparation, pigmented ink, aqueous inkjet ink, pre-treatment and printing on cationized cotton with reactive inks. The book is concluded with three chapters on the design and business aspect of digital printing.

Digital printing of textiles contains fundamental technical explanations along with recent research, and is an invaluable guide for product developers, retailers, designers and academic researchers.

Published in association with The Textile Institute

£160.00 / US$270.00 / €190.00

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About the editor

Hitoshi Ujiie has over twenty years experience in high-end textile design and manufacture, his achievements have combined first hand industry knowledge with academic pioneering in new technology. He is assistant professor of textile design at Philadelphia University

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Contents

PART 1 PRINTER / PRINT HEAD
PART 2 PRINTER SOFTWARE
PART 3 DIGITAL PRINTING COLOURATION
PART 4 DESIGN AND BUSINESS

The evolution and progression of digital printing of textiles
V Cahill, VCE Solutions,VC Enterprises Inc. USA
 - Introduction
 - The origins of digital textile printing technologies
 - Digital carpet printing
 - Sublimation
 - Thermal inkjet and textile printing
 - Seiren
 - Digital grand format and textile printing
 - FESPA 1996
 - FESPA and ITMA 1999
 - ITMA 1999
 - Drupa 2000
 - Heimtextil 2001
 - DPI 2001
 - ITMA 2003
 - DRUPA 2004
 - SGIA 2004
 - FESPA 2005
 - Other key elements
 - Conclusion
 - References

A designer’s perspective – digital versus traditional
L Nicoll
 - Introduction
 - What difference does digital make? How is this done using traditional methods? How do they compare? How can the designer use these twinned technologies
 - Freedom
 - Thinking about creativity
 - Resistance
 - Transparency
 - Conclusion

PART 1 PRINTER / PRINT HEAD

Inkjet printing technology (CIJ / DOD)
E Mariano Freire, DuPont Ink Jet, USA
 - Introduction
 - Ink jet technologies
 - Aspects to consider and metrics to use in the print head selection process
 - Companies currently active in print head technology
 - Future trends
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

Drop formation and impaction
W W Carr, H Park, H Ok, R Furbank and H Dong, Georgia Institute of Technology, and J F Morris, City College of New York, USA
 - Introduction
 - Drop formation from particle-laden liquids
 - Drop impaction
 - Future trends
 - References

Industrial production printers - DuPont Artistri™ 2020 Textile Printing System
M Raymond, DuPont Ink Jet, USA
 - Introduction
 - Industry needs
 - Markets and applications
 - Artistri™ 2020 printer
 - Competitive environment
 - Artistri™ 2020 textile printing technology
 - Process color printing versus spot color printing
 - Cost of printing
 - Opportunities and new markets
 - Artistri™ technology centre
 - Applications support, technical service and training
 - Future trends
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

Industrial production printers – DReAM
L Caccia and M Nespeca, Reggiani Machine S.p.A, Italy
 - Introductory section: the DReAM project in the present textile printing scenery
 - Goals of the project and DReAM machine’s description (technical and technological parts: Reggiani, Ciba Specialty Chemicals & Scitex Vision)
 - New opportunities offered by the new Reggiani digital printing machine: Digital Technological Center (DTC)
 - References

Industrial production printers - Miami’s Tx series
H Kobayahi, Mimaki Industries, Japan
 - Evolution of digital printing
 - Marketing profile of Miami’s Tx series
 - Market needs for digital textile printing
 - Technical issues and solutions
 - Future of digital printing

Integration of fabric formation and coloration processes
B R George, D Wood, M Govindaraj, H Ujiie, M Fruscello, A Tremere and S Nandekar, Philadelphia University, USA
 - Introduction
 - Experimental
 - Results and discussion
 - Conclusions
 - References

PART 2 PRINTER SOFTWARE

Digital image design, data encoding and formation of printed images
T L Dawson, formerly of University of Manchester, UK
 - Introduction
 - Computer aided design, editing and data storage systems
 - Pixel and image formation by ink jet printers
 - Control of the printing machine
 - Machine performance monitoring
 - Future trends
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

Digital colour management
T L Dawson, formerly of University of Manchester, UK
 - Introduction
 - General numerical colour specification
 - Characterising display, input and output devices
 - Colour gamut and rendering intent
 - Colour communication
 - Colour reproduction performance of equipment operated with a CMM
 - Future trends in colour management
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

ICC color management for digital inkjet textile printing
E Loser and H-P Tobler, ErgoSoft AG, Switzerland
 - Introduction
 - Overview textile colors and common color spaces
 - ICC Basics
 - ICC Advantages and disadvantages
 - Requirements and problems for ICC profiling
 - Current technologies
 - Results
 - Conclusion and future trends
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

PART 3 DIGITAL PRINTING COLOURATION

Substrate preparation for ink-jet printing
C Hawkyard, University of Manchester, UK
 - Introduction
 - Ink systems
 - Fabric pretreatments
 - Pretreatments for ink jet printing
 - Post-treatments
 - Jet printing machines
 - Limitations
 - Future trends
 - Bibliography
 - References

Pigmented ink formulation
Z Fu, Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, USA
 - Introduction
 - Overview
 - Pigmented ink formulation for digital textile printing
 - Tests and test methods for pigmented textile inks
 - Optional pre and post treatments for pigmented digital textile printing
 - White ink
 - Sources of further information and advice
 - References

Formulation of aqueous inkjet ink
H Noguchi and K Shirota, Canon Inc., Japan
 - Dye-fiber interaction
 - Organic solvents and surface energy of ink
 - Time dependent phenomena and surface-active components
 - Additives
 - Reliability
 - Production process of inkjet textile
 - Reactive dye ink
 - Disperse dye ink
 - Acid and direct dye ink formulation
 - References

Effect of pretreatment on print quality and its measurement
Y K Kim, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, USA
 - Introduction
 - Textile pretreatments for inkjet printing
 - Effect of pretreatments on print quality
 - Concluding remarks and future trends
 - References

Ink jet printing of cationized cotton with reactive inks
P J Hauser, North Carolina State University, USA and M Kanik, University of Uludag, Turkey
 - Introduction
 - Experimental
 - Results and discussions
 - Conclusions
 - References

PART 4 DESIGN AND BUSINESS

Digital printing and mass customization
M Fralix, [TC]2, USA
 - Introduction
 - From craft to mass production to mass customization
 - Limitations of mass customization
 - Time, technology, and connectivity
 - Roduct life cycles
 - Forecasting the opportunities
 - Traditional supply chains
 - Direct digital printing supply chains
 - Future trends in the digital supply chain
 - References

Just–In–Time printing
K M King, [TC]2, USA
 - Introduction to just-in-time printing
 - Enabling the process
 - Just-In-Time order processing
 - Case studies
 - Conclusion
 - References

Design and workflow in digital inkjet printing
H Ujiie, Philadelphia University, USA
 - Introduction
 - Evolution of textile printing workflow
 - New design styles
 - New definitions for textile printing industry
 - Future trends
 - References