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Digital Roll-to-Roll Printing Inks

Pigment inks  are also popular for home décor applications. Pigment inks are also very popular in roll-to-roll digital textile printing because they can be used on a wide range of fibers. Prints made with pigment inks look duller than acid and reactive dyes. Because the color does not penetrate the surface of the fabric, but rather settles on the surface of the fiber, it sometimes lacks washability, although color fastness is usually good. For this reason, most experts recommend using pigment inks for home décor rather than everyday fashion applications.   Industrial strength roll-to-roll textile digital printing occurs primarily in the textile industry. The two main water-based liquids used there, reactive dyes for cotton, wool and nylon, and acidic inks for silk, wool or polyamide, require custom pretreatment to achieve high-quality results. Post-treatment requires steam treatment to ensure that the dye is embedded in the fiber. Several wash cycles are required to remove any excess i

What is the best inkjet ink for textile printing?

Textile applications are a key area of the digital printing industry. So why is it so hard to find the right technology?   InkMall   offers a beginner's guide to textile printing. When learning about textile digital printing, beginners are often confused by the many different technologies available today. The easiest way to understand the market and the related ink technologies is to divide them by application into different sections. ✱Banner Printing ✱Soft signage ✱Roll-to-roll textile printing ✱Apparel printing   These sections do not have strict boundaries, but they do overlap and define the requirements needed for the inks and techniques used.   Banner Printing Inks In many ways, digital printing of banners and flags may be considered a "predecessor" to soft signage. Since the 1990s, Pioneer has attempted to move from screen printing to digital printing for the production of flags.   For most national and corporate flags, the resolution is often not a problem; however