Contributor contact details xiii The evolution and progression of digital printing of textiles 1 V CA H I L L, VCE Solutions, USA 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 A designer's perspective - digital versus traditional 16 L NI c o L L, Consultant, Italy What difference does digital make?
vi Contents 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 The new market Part I Printerlprint head 3 Ink jet printing technology (CIJIDOD) E. MARIANO FREIRE, DuPont Ink Jet, USA 3.1 29 3.2 Ink jet technologies 29 3.3 Aspects to consider and metrics to use in the print head selection process 45 3.4 Companies currently active in print head technology 48 3.5 Future trends 49 3.6 Sources of Wher information and advice 49 3.7 52 4 Drop formation and impaction 53 W W CARR, H PARK, H OK, R FURBANK and H DONG, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA and J F MORRIS, City College of New York, USA 4.1 4.2 Drop formation from particle-laden liquids 4.3 Drop impaction 4.4 Future trends 4.5 5 Industrial production printers - Du Pont ~ rtistri~~ 2020 textile printing system 69 M RAY M o N D, DuPont Ink Jet, USA 5.1 5.2 Industry needs 5.3 Markets and applications 5.4 ~rtistri~~ 2020 printer 5.5 Competitive environment 5.6 ~rtistri~~ 2020 textile printing technology
vii Process color printing versus spot color printing Cost of printing Opportunities and new markets ~rtistri~~ Technology Center Applications support, technical sewice and training Future trends Sources of further information and advice Bibliography Industrial production printers - DReAM 84 L CA c c I A and M NE s P E c A, Reggiani Macchine S.p.A., Italy The DReAM project in the present textile printing scenery 84 Goals of the project and description of the DReAM machine (technical and technological parts: Reggiani, Ciba Specialty Chemicals and Scitex Vision) 87 New opportunities offered by the new Reggiani digital printing machine: Digital Technological Center (DTC) 95 Bibliography 97 Industrial production printers - Mimaki'sTx series 98 H KO B A Y A S H I, Mimaki Industries, Japan Evolution of digital printing Marketing profile of Mimaki's Tx series Market needs for digital textile printing Technical issues and solutions The future of digital printing Integration of fabric formation and coloration processes 123 B R GEORGE, D WOOD, M GOVINDARAJ, H UJIIE, M FRUSCELLO, A TREMERE, and S NANDEKAR, Philadelphia University, USA Experimental Results and discussion Conclusions
Part Ill Digital printing coloration Substrate preparation for ink-jet printing C HA w KY A RD, University of Manchester, UK Ink systems Fabric pre-treatments Pre-treatments for ink-jet printing Post-treatments Jet printing machines Limitations Future trends Bibliography 13 Pigmented ink formulation Z Fu, Rohm and Haas, Philadelphia, USA 13.1 13.2 Overview 13.3 Pigmented ink formulation for digital textile printing 13.4 Tests and test methods for pigmented textile inks 13.5 Optional pre- and post-treatments for pigmented digital textile printing 13.6 Whiteink 13.7 Sources of fbrther information and advice 14 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-printed textiles Reactive dye ink Disperse dye ink Acid and direct dye ink formulation
Effect of pretreatment on print quality and its measurement Y. K. KI M, University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, USA Textile pretreatments for inkjet printing Effect of pretreatments on print quality Concluding remarks and future trends Ink jet printing of cationized cotton with reactive inks P J HA u s E R, North Carolina State University, USA and M KA N I K, University of Uludag, Turkey Experimental Results and discussion Conclusions Part IV Design and business 17 Digital printing and mass customization M FRALIX, [TC]~, USA From craft to mass production to mass customization Limitations of mass customization Time, technology, and connectivity Product life cycles Forecasting the opportunities Traditional supply chains Direct digital printing supply chains Future trends in the digital supply chain and bibliography 18 Just-in-time printing K MAGUIRE KING, [TC]~, USA 18.1 18.2 Enabling the process 18.3 Just-in-time order processing 18.4 Case studies
xi Conclusion Design and workflow in digital inkjet printing H UJ I I E, Philadelphia University, USA Evolution of textile printing workflow New design styles New definitions for the textile printing industry Future trends Index