DIGITAL PRINTING: CREATING NEW TRENDS IN TEXTILE PRINTING

PRESENTED TO Mr. PRANAV VORA Proff. NIFT GANDHINAGAR

PRESENTED BY TAMANNA M.F.T-2010-12

DEPARTMENT OF FASHION TECHNOLOGY, NIFT Gandhinagar

CONTENT
INTRODUCTION INKJET PRINTING CLASSIFICATION OF INKJET PRINTERS CONTINUOUS STEAM PRINTING TYPES OF CONTINUOUS STEAM PRINTING DROP ON DEMAND FABRIC PRE-TREATMENT FOR INK JET PRINTING

CLASSIFICATION OF INKJET PRINTING

LATESTST APPLICATION OF INKJET PRINTING REFERENCE

INTRODUCTION

The digital printing is introduced in 1950 for paper printing. But this printing technique used to textiles at 1970 onwards only.

Digital printing in simple terms is the process of creating prints generated and designed from a computer, as opposed to analog printing, which requires printing screens. Among the various approaches for digital printing including electro photography, ink jet has gained a very significant place in the field of innovative printing techniques.

INKJET PRINTING

From the roller printing technology of the fifties through screen-printing to todays state of- the art inkjet printing technology by using digital CAD system have evolved in stages of developments. In digital inkjet printing, print heads, containing banks of fine nozzles, fire fine droplets of individual colored inks on to a pre treated fabrics.

The print design is created digitally and the ink droplets are mixed together on the fabric surface to create final color, so called spot color.
The dyes are supplied in color cartridges by the dye maker and, ones connected in the printer, are ready for instant use. Ink jet printing is a low water consumption and low energy consumption process compared with conventional printing process.

CLASSIFICATION OF INKJET PRINTERS

Initially, Inkjet Technology can be classified into

Fine resolution type The most important features of this inkjet printer are the printing head & nozzles. Numerous nozzles are used to each colour. It can be subdivided into

Coarse resolution type It is based on valve control technology. It is used in carpet industry.

1. Continuous stream printing 2. Drop-on demand

CONTINUOUS STEAM PRINTING

In this system, ink is forced at a high pressure & high frequency through a nozzle. The emerging stream of ink is broken into small droplets. These droplets can be selectively charged and deflected by pasting through high voltage plates. Drop selection is achieved by deflecting the desired drops for the image to the substrate and collecting the unwanted for recycling.

In this system, ink is electrically conductive & as the ink passes through the charged plates, current flows in the column.

Types of Continuous Steam Printing

RASTER SCAN METHOD In this method charged droplets are deflected onto the substrate in a predetermined manner & the uncharged droplets are collected in a feedback and then it is recycled.

BINARY CONTINUOUS INK JET SYSTEM

In this method the uncharged droplets will be unaffected by the deflection plates which carry a charge opposite that of the charging plates. The deflected drops then strike the substrate to form the image. Drops carrying a charge are deflected to a gutter by the deflection plates for recycle.

DROP ON DEMAND
The DOD printers are of the following types: Bubble jet/ thermal jet Piezoelectr ic

The impulse or drop on demand inkjet is a system of fundamental simplicity. This technology, as the name suggests produces an ink droplet when required and fires this on to the substrate. It differs from continuous inkjet systems.

Valve-jet

Electrostat ic ink jet

FABRIC PRE-TREATMENT FOR INK JET PRINTING

A highly effective pre-treatment is necessary. Fabric must be singed to remove surface hairs that could lower the fabric printing quality and also prevent the risk of flaws being generated by surface fibres touching the print head and blocking the nozzles.

Desizing, Scouring and Bleaching to remove impurities and to provide a fabric of uniform absorbency and whiteness are essential.

In inkjet printing the colors depth obtainable is an important limiting factor, and fabric mercerization can be used to increase the apparent color depth of the print.

The type of fabric pre-treatment will vary with the dyes used in the inks. For inkjet printing of reactive dyes on to cellulosic fabrics the pad liquor applied the fabric may contain alginates for penetration control, urea to increase color depth and alkali which is essential for the formation of a covalent bond between the dye and the fiber.

Inkjet printing ink is classified into two types

Latest application of inkjet printing

Reference
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www.textrends.com
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