Textile Printing
Written by on January 10th, 2009The textile printing and equipment fabricating industry in Italy has provided significant leadership in applying digital printing for textile applications. Key equipment developments at Italian manufacturing companies, such as DGS,
Reggiani, Robustelli, MS, Algotex, ATP Color, Colorprint snc, and Monti Antonio among others, underscore the major Italian contribution to the adoption of digital printing for textile printing.
Japan has conduced much of the key print head and printer technology that has driven textile printing. Japanese-manufactured Epson, Sharp, Seiko Instruments, and Konica Minolta print heads print most of the fabric that the
14 Digital printing of textiles world prints digitally. US and UK manufacturers have also contributed with
primary technology and business development. Textile print producers India, China, and Turkey are also developing digital solutions.
The pace of development has begun to advance. Inkjet textile printing is growing while growth in analog textile printing remains stagnant. Digital printing is beginning to account for an increasing share of textile print production. As the length of textile print runs decreases, and the demand for short-run production and just-in-time delivery increases, digital printing is providing the cost-effective solutions. As digital print technologies improve,
offering faster production and larger cost-effective print runs, digital printing will grow to become the technology that provides the majority of the world’s printed textiles.