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Introduction to Digital Textile Printing 
! 
Aditya Chandavarkar 
Founder & CEO 
Inkjet Forum India 
!
PRESENTATION STRUCTURE 
What is Digital Printing ? 
- Types of technology 
! 
Digital Textile Printing 
- History 
- Conventional vs Digital 
! 
Components of Digital Textile Printing 
- Hardware - Printers/Printheads 
- RIP Software 
- Inks 
- Role of pre-treatment/post-treatment 
! 
Opportunities/Challenges 
! 
Conclusion 
! 
About Inkjet Forum India
WHAT IS DIGITAL 
PRINTING?
Digital printing refers to 
methods of printing from a 
digital-based image directly 
to a variety of media. 
Inkjet Technology Laser Technology 
Source: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 
Inks Toner 
Paper & Other Materials Paper
Printhead 
= 
Importance of Printhead
Printheads 
CIJ DOD 
Thermal Piezo 
Types of Printheads
DIGITAL TEXTILE 
PRINTING
History of Digital Textile Printing 
Stork 
1995 
Ichinose 
Mimaki TX1 
Encad 
1999 
Reggiani Dream 
Robustelli 
Dupont 
Mimaki TX 2 
2004 
Konica Minolta 
Mimaki JV5 
2007 
MS JPK 
Konica 
Reggiani Renoir 
Zimmer 
2010 
1 sqm/h 2 – 4 sqm/h 15 – 100 sqm/h 150 – 500 sqm/h
Future of Digital Textile Printing 
2014 2015 
75 sqm/min 
4500 sqm/hr
Applications of Digital Textile Printing
Applications of Digital Textile Printing
Market Share of Textile Printing Technologies 
Source: John Provost
Conventional Printing Vs Digital Printing
COMPONENTS OF 
DIGITAL TEXTILE 
PRINTING
Components of Digital Textile Printing 
So4ware& Hardware& 
Tex$le& 
Ink& 
Chemistry&
Software - RIP Software
Hardware - Digital Textile Printers
Ink Chemistry
Typical Inkjet Ink Formulation 
Dye or Pigment dispersion 0.3 - 10 wt % 
Water soluble organic solvent 1 5 - 15 wt % 
Water soluble organic solvent 2 5 - 15 wt % 
Surfactant 0.2 - 2.0 wt % 
Acid or Base to adjust pH 
Water 
Additives (See below) 
! 
- Binders (pigment inks) 
- Rheology modifiers 
- Functional materials 
- Adhesion promoters 
- UV absorber 
- Fastness enhancer 
- Other additives
Comparison between print paste & inkjet inks
Reactive Inks
Acid Inks
Disperse Inks
Disperse - Direct Print
Disperse - Sublimation
How Sublimation Transfer Works
How Sublimation Transfer Works
Dye Inks vs Pigment inks
Pigment inks
Type of Pigment Inks
Textile 
Fibre Type 
! 
Texture 
! 
Spun or Multifilament Yarns 
! 
Woven / Knitted / Non-Woven 
! 
Dimensional Stability 
! 
Pre-treatment (bleaching, setting …. ) 
! 
!
Ink Chemistry
Inkjet Fabric Requirements
Pre-treatment Process Flow
Introduction to Digital Textile Printing
Introduction to Digital Textile Printing
Specific Pre-treatment - Reactive Inks
Specific Pre-treatment - Reactive Inks
Without Pre-treatment
With Pre-treatment
Post-Treatment
Post-Treatment Flow for different Inks
Introduction to Digital Textile Printing

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