Characteristics of Digital Printing Technology

Apr 04, 2023

The production process of digital printing simply means inputting various digital patterns into a computer through various digital means such as scanning, digital photos, images, or computer generated processing. After being processed by a computer color separation printing system, a dedicated RIP software sprays various specialized dyes (active, dispersed, acidic main coatings) directly onto various fabrics or other media through its printing system, and then processes them, Obtaining the required high-precision printing products on various textile fabrics has the following advantages compared to traditional printing and dyeing processes:
1. The production process of digital printing greatly shortens the original process route, increases the speed of receiving orders, and greatly reduces the cost of sampling.
Due to the production process of digital printing breaking away from traditional printing processes such as color separation, drafting, production, and screen making, the production time is greatly shortened. The method of accepting patterns can be achieved through various advanced methods such as CDs and emails. Generally, the sampling time does not exceed one working day, while the traditional sampling cycle is generally around one week.
In addition, the simplification of the process greatly reduces the cost of sampling. The shortening of sampling cycles and the reduction of sampling costs, in today's market competition where time is money and efficiency is life, undoubtedly bring more market opportunities to enterprises.
The principle of digital printing technology allows its products to break the limitations of traditional production of color matching and flower length, and can achieve high-end printing effects on textile fabrics.
Due to the ability of digital printing technology to use digital patterns for color measurement, matching, and printing through computers, the number of colors in digital printing products can theoretically reach 16.7 million, breaking through the limitations of traditional textile printing and dyeing patterns. Especially in the printing of high-precision patterns such as color gradient and cloud patterns, digital printing has unparalleled technological advantages. In addition, traditional printed patterns are often limited by the length of the "flower back", while the concept of "flower back" may not exist in the process of digital printing, greatly expanding the space for textile pattern design and improving the quality of products.
3. Digital printing production truly achieves a small batch and fast response production process, with no restrictions on production batches.
Due to the implementation of computerized digital production throughout the digital printing production process, production flexibility has been greatly improved, and some products can even be delivered on the same day, which is immediately feasible. In addition, due to the application of computer technology, printing a series of patterns with different shades of the same pattern, as well as the continuous modification of colors by designers during the production process, have become a major technological advantage in digital printing production, which is different from traditional printing production.
4. The high-precision spray printing process eliminates the need for water and color paste during the spray printing process.
The use of dyes in the spray printing process is "distributed as needed" by the computer, so that there is no waste of dyeing and chemical materials or wastewater generated during the spray printing process. The computer-controlled spray printing process does not generate noise, making the spray printing process pollution-free and achieving a green production process. This enables the production of textile printing to break away from the past high energy consumption, high pollution, and high noise production processes, achieving low energy consumption The pollution-free production process has brought a technological revolution to the production of textile printing and dyeing.