Textile Printing In Fabric Industry Going Digital

Entrepreneurs in the textile industry are profoundly investing in the digital technology, which has proved to be the fastest growing method of textile printing domestically and globally. Initially, flatbed and rotary screen printing methods have controlled the textile printing market for a long time.

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But digital textile printing has emerged, because of the recent developments, providing speed and stability to the technology and gradually overcoming the huddles. The days of the traditional textile printing methods are coming to an end as digitalized printing has taken over the industry. Commercialized in early 2000’s DTP has revolutionized the textile printing process in current time. It can be defined as any ink jet based design on fabrics with the help of digital based image. The technology has witnessed huge popularity amongst textile players across the world. Initially used for soft signage applications, advancement in Digital printing technology allowed its applications to diversify into textiles and clothing, home textiles and other applications such as tents, automotive textiles, etc.

As compared to traditional printing processes, DTP reduces ink/dye consumption by 2040%, water usage by 40-60% and energy consumption by 50%. Digital printers can be used for printing innovative and unique designs on saris, dress material, home furnishing fabrics and T-shirts. Major players in Inkjet printers are MS Italy, Stovek, Konika Minolta, Roland, Reggiani, Hewlett-Packard, Epson and many others

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