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21.07.2023

Digital Textile Printing: Direct-to-Film Technology

In the printing industry, direct-to-film technology is having a transformative impact on the apparel decoration space. It provides a simple and affordable garment printing process that facilitates vibrant, dynamic, full-colour designs with a durable print. It opens up opportunities for digital print service providers (PSPs) to expand their product offerings in the textile industry, their network of potential customers and expand the range of fabrics they can print on.

In the printing industry, direct-to-film technology is having a transformative impact on the apparel decoration space. It provides a simple and affordable garment printing process that facilitates vibrant, dynamic, full-colour designs with a durable print. It opens up opportunities for digital print service providers (PSPs) to expand their product offerings in the textile industry, their network of potential customers and expand the range of fabrics they can print on.

Direct-to-film vs. Screen Printing
Direct-to-film printing is the process of digitally printing directly onto a special transfer film sheet. The printed film is subsequently sprinkled with a hot-melt powder and heated. Once the transfer sheet is cured and dried, it can be heat-pressed onto a variety of fabrics to create premium transferred designs for customised merchandising, sportswear, and an array of other promotional applications for the textile market. Compared with traditional screen printing, the plate creation required for that process is far too time-consuming. Not only this, but it does not match direct-to-film’s ability to produce vivid colours and quality details such as shapes, lettering, and motifs often sought after in the promotional and merchandising space for bespoke textiles.

The Mimaki TxF150-75
Mimaki’s first direct-to-film inkjet printer is the TxF150-75, a fitting extension to the 150 series, with a maximum printing width of 80cm. Offering a stable printing plotter, the model’s built-in ink circulation system and degassed ink pack are resolutions to common direct-to-film challenges such as poor ink ejection and white ink clogging. The new printer also includes core Mimaki features including NCU (Nozzle Check Unit) and NRS (Nozzle Recovery System) for stable, uninterrupted print production. Operating in harmony with the textile printer itself is Mimaki’s ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® certified water-based pigment textile inks, formulated especially for the TxF150-75. Coupled with Mimaki’s RasterLink7 RIP software, users are offered end-to-end oversight and efficiency from creative design to final product.

In addition, and in line with Mimaki’s collaborative approach to meeting customer needs, Adkins has developed an 80cm wide powder shaker cure unit to complete this ‘A brand’ direct-to-film printing solution. By offering the printer and post-processing unit at 80cm wide, customers can print larger garments with less waste and quicker production times, making the process much more cost effective.

Quelle:

Mimaki Europe B.V.

Kornit Digital at ITMA 2023 (c) Kornit Digital
23.06.2023

Kornit Digital successfully concluded ITMA

Kornit Digital LTD., a leader in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production technologies, announced the Company successfully concluded its exhibition at ITMA 2023, experiencing high volumes of engagement with new customers from key regions, such as India, Turkey, China, Central and South America.

With its industry-first vibrant new NeoPigment™ Vivido digital inks, the Kornit Presto MAX had a strong reception at ITMA. Also taking center stage was the anticipated Kornit Apollo platform, which delivers on the industry need for automated, high-throughput digital on-demand garment decoration at scale. Built on tested Kornit MAX technology, the Apollo effectively brings sustainable digital production to the mainstream.

“Our Apollo system was welcomed at ITMA by an industry now realizing that digital is the only solution for making fashion and textile production sustainable, producing closer to the end consumer, eliminating problematic inventory, and delivering the highest quality without sacrificing profitability,” said Omer Kulka, Chief Innovation Officer at Kornit Digital.

Kornit Digital LTD., a leader in sustainable, on-demand digital fashion and textile production technologies, announced the Company successfully concluded its exhibition at ITMA 2023, experiencing high volumes of engagement with new customers from key regions, such as India, Turkey, China, Central and South America.

With its industry-first vibrant new NeoPigment™ Vivido digital inks, the Kornit Presto MAX had a strong reception at ITMA. Also taking center stage was the anticipated Kornit Apollo platform, which delivers on the industry need for automated, high-throughput digital on-demand garment decoration at scale. Built on tested Kornit MAX technology, the Apollo effectively brings sustainable digital production to the mainstream.

“Our Apollo system was welcomed at ITMA by an industry now realizing that digital is the only solution for making fashion and textile production sustainable, producing closer to the end consumer, eliminating problematic inventory, and delivering the highest quality without sacrificing profitability,” said Omer Kulka, Chief Innovation Officer at Kornit Digital.

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Kornit Digital

07.06.2023

Mimaki at ITMA 2023

Mimaki Europe, a provider of industrial inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and 3D printers, has announced the introduction of two technologies at ITMA 2023: a Textile Pigment Transfer Printing System and the Neo-Chromato Process. These innovations are showcased for the first time, and ahead of commercial availability, at the exhibition in Milan, Italy, solidifying Mimaki's commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions in the textile printing industry.

Mimaki’s New Textile Pigment Transfer Printing System
The transfer printing method is more sustainable than both analogue and digital textile dye printing methods with zero water consumption and substantially lower CO2 emissions. The system comprises three essential elements: the Textile Pigment Ink, the Transfer System and the Textile Pigment Transfer paper, Texcol®.

Mimaki Europe, a provider of industrial inkjet printers, cutting plotters, and 3D printers, has announced the introduction of two technologies at ITMA 2023: a Textile Pigment Transfer Printing System and the Neo-Chromato Process. These innovations are showcased for the first time, and ahead of commercial availability, at the exhibition in Milan, Italy, solidifying Mimaki's commitment to sustainable and environmentally friendly solutions in the textile printing industry.

Mimaki’s New Textile Pigment Transfer Printing System
The transfer printing method is more sustainable than both analogue and digital textile dye printing methods with zero water consumption and substantially lower CO2 emissions. The system comprises three essential elements: the Textile Pigment Ink, the Transfer System and the Textile Pigment Transfer paper, Texcol®.

Texcol® is a transfer paper pioneered by Dutch paper manufacturer, Coldenhove that allows for transferring a digital print using an environmentally friendly 3-step transfer process to create a vibrant application on a wide range of materials, including natural fibres. The design is initially printed onto the paper using a customised TS330-1600 - Mimaki’s high-volume, high-quality dye sublimation printer - and Mimaki’s new pigment inks developed for the process. The module that adapts the TS330-1600 will be available as an option for existing and new Mimaki customers in Q3 2023 but is being previewed on the Mimaki stand at ITMA.

Mimaki’s new Textile Pigment Ink is undergoing bluesign certification before commercial availability. bluesign is a renowned certification programme that ensures the highest levels of safety, environmental friendliness, and sustainability within the textile and apparel industry.

As the final stage, the Texcol® paper undergoes a one-step waterless process, through an entry-level calendar machine onto the textile of choice.

Cyclical textile technology
Mimaki is also debuting its new, unique Neo-Chromato Process, which revolutionises the reuse of coloured polyester textiles.

By decolourising polyester textiles that have been dyed using dye sublimation technologies, this innovative process allows materials to be re-printed or dyed immediately, contributing to a smaller circular economy. There is no limit to how many times reused polyester can be treated with the Neo-Chromato Process and the process itself minimises water usage and pollution by enabling the disposal of the absorbent paper and decolouring solvents used in the process as burnable waste.

Quelle:

Mimaki Europe B.V.

(c) EFI
31.10.2022

EFI verkauft den 300. FabriVU Soft-Signage-Drucker

Die Orbus Exhibit & Display Group® hat ihre umfangreiche und langjährige Zusammenarbeit mit dem Digitaldrucktechnologie-Anbieter Electronics For Imaging, Inc. fortgesetzt und sich für den EFI™ VUTEk® FabriVU® 340+ Soft-Signage-Drucker entschieden, um die steigende Nachfrage nach Sublimations-Soft-Signage-Drucken zu bedienen. Der neue Drucker, der jetzt in der Orbus-Produktionsstätte in Las Vegas in Betrieb ist, stellt einen wichtigen Meilenstein für EFI dar, da es sich um den 300. weltweit installierten EFI VUTEk FabriVU Drucker handelt

Orbus ist Nordamerikas führender Hersteller von Soft-Signage- und Fahnendrucken für Messeauftritte, Werbedisplays, Erlebniseinzelhandel und Unternehmensinterieurs. Das Unternehmen ist einer der größten Nutzer von EFI Soft-Signage-Druckern weltweit. Das neu installierte Modell FabriVU 340+ gesellt sich zu zwei weiteren FabriVU Druckern bei Orbus Las Vegas. Das Unternehmen verfügt in seiner Hauptniederlassung über einen vierten FabriVU Drucker sowie über zwei EFI Industriedrucker für hohe Auflagen, die ausschließlich für die Sublimationsdruckproduktion eingesetzt werden.

Die Orbus Exhibit & Display Group® hat ihre umfangreiche und langjährige Zusammenarbeit mit dem Digitaldrucktechnologie-Anbieter Electronics For Imaging, Inc. fortgesetzt und sich für den EFI™ VUTEk® FabriVU® 340+ Soft-Signage-Drucker entschieden, um die steigende Nachfrage nach Sublimations-Soft-Signage-Drucken zu bedienen. Der neue Drucker, der jetzt in der Orbus-Produktionsstätte in Las Vegas in Betrieb ist, stellt einen wichtigen Meilenstein für EFI dar, da es sich um den 300. weltweit installierten EFI VUTEk FabriVU Drucker handelt

Orbus ist Nordamerikas führender Hersteller von Soft-Signage- und Fahnendrucken für Messeauftritte, Werbedisplays, Erlebniseinzelhandel und Unternehmensinterieurs. Das Unternehmen ist einer der größten Nutzer von EFI Soft-Signage-Druckern weltweit. Das neu installierte Modell FabriVU 340+ gesellt sich zu zwei weiteren FabriVU Druckern bei Orbus Las Vegas. Das Unternehmen verfügt in seiner Hauptniederlassung über einen vierten FabriVU Drucker sowie über zwei EFI Industriedrucker für hohe Auflagen, die ausschließlich für die Sublimationsdruckproduktion eingesetzt werden.

Die verbesserte Leistung verdankt der VUTEk FabriVU 340+ Drucker dem neuen CMYK-x-2-Array mit acht Druckköpfen und einer neuen Elektronik für die zuverlässige und konsistente Produktion von Messeauftritten, Backlit-Drucken, Folierungen für Einzelhandelsausstattungen, Frontlit-Drucken, Blockout-Bannern sowie Textilien für die Innenausstattung. Das Fahnendruck-Kit des Druckers kann offenporige Materialien bei Anwendungen mit hoher Durchdringung problemlos verarbeiten, indem es die Tinte aufnimmt, ohne die Rückseite des Materials zu berühren.
 
Wie alle VUTEk FabriVU Drucker druckt er sowohl auf Transferpapier als auch direkt auf Textilien.

Weitere Informationen:
EFI Digitaldruck Textildrucker
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EFI

(c) Mimaki Europe B.V.
07.10.2022

Mimaki announces Third Virtual Global Innovation Days Event

Mimaki announce their third Global Innovation Days (19th – 21st October 2022). This collaborative virtual experience unites Mimaki’s regional offices to discuss trends across the different markets and the American, Asian, and European regions operated in by Mimaki, through a series of live and pre-recorded demonstrations, webinars, and round-table discussions. The programme of events will be led by experts from Mimaki Europe, Japan, USA and Australia.

With a focus on addressing the queries and requirements across the many facets of the print industry, the event will see collaborations with the likes of FESPA, from whom spokespeople will be attending to discuss the latest trends and innovations identified at FESPA this year, as well as a look ahead to next year’s event and what people can expect to see.

Mimaki announce their third Global Innovation Days (19th – 21st October 2022). This collaborative virtual experience unites Mimaki’s regional offices to discuss trends across the different markets and the American, Asian, and European regions operated in by Mimaki, through a series of live and pre-recorded demonstrations, webinars, and round-table discussions. The programme of events will be led by experts from Mimaki Europe, Japan, USA and Australia.

With a focus on addressing the queries and requirements across the many facets of the print industry, the event will see collaborations with the likes of FESPA, from whom spokespeople will be attending to discuss the latest trends and innovations identified at FESPA this year, as well as a look ahead to next year’s event and what people can expect to see.

Attendees will also have the opportunity to further explore the latest additions to Mimaki’s product portfolio, with demonstrations of the technologies and the applications that they are able to create coming live from the Mimaki showroom in Amsterdam. The 330 series, including the JV330-160, CJV330-160 and TS330-1600, will be showcased, as well as the full-colour capabilities of the 3DUJ-2207 3D printer, and Mimaki’s latest flatbed printer, the JFX600-2513, which boasts speeds thrice superior to that of its predecessor. Another highlight of the event will be a discussion held with leading print media and software vendors, to examine the current market trends from outside of the manufacturing perspective.

Quelle:

Mimaki Europe B.V.

(c) EFI
19.07.2022

EFI™ Reggiani: New textile campus to accommodate ongoing growth

EFI™ Reggiani, the industrial textile printing business of printing technology company Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI), has broken ground on a new textile campus to accommodate ongoing growth. The new 20,000-square-metre campus in Comun Nuovo, Bergamo, Italy, is expected to be completed midyear in 2023.

EFI™ Reggiani, the industrial textile printing business of printing technology company Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (EFI), has broken ground on a new textile campus to accommodate ongoing growth. The new 20,000-square-metre campus in Comun Nuovo, Bergamo, Italy, is expected to be completed midyear in 2023.

Sustainability and employee well-being at the centre
The new facility was designed with environmental sustainability and employee well-being in mind. That focus includes plans to install 400 kilowatts of solar panels supplying 60% of the facility’s total energy requirements. Moreover, the building will benefit from superior thermal insulation that will ensure a reduction in heating and cooling costs. Numerous skylights in the facility will provide better natural lighting and a reduction in artificial lighting usage.
 
Green space on the campus was a priority in the design process, covering an estimated 20% of the total area. For a more welcoming work environment, the campus will also feature a canteen and gymnasium for employee use.
 
A 3,000-square-metre demo centre in the new facility will be nearly twice as large as the current EFI Reggiani demo centre in Grassobbio, Italy, offering a high-end, high-tech showcase for state-of-the-art EFI Reggiani printers, as well as Mezzera pre- and post-treatment and Jaeggli yarn treatment products. The demo centre will also feature EFI Reggiani’s recently acquired portfolio of Inèdit raster image processing (RIP) and workflow software solutions.
 
Transforming the textile industry through innovation in green
Since the launch of its first analogue printer, to its newest digital solutions, EFI Reggiani has at its core a heritage and expertise that have contributed to the transformation of the textile industry worldwide. With its total commitment to providing “Innovation in Green,” EFI Reggiani’s leadership is the result of extensive research targeted at improving productivity, quality and sustainability in its customers’ operations. The company is focused on optimising the textile manufacturing process – and reducing energy use, water consumption and overall environmental impact – to ensure customers’ business growth and profitability.
 
Over the years, EFI Reggiani’s product portfolio has continued to expand, ranging from rotary and flatbed printing machines, to scanning/multi-pass digital printers, to fast digital textile printers.

Quelle:

EFI

05.07.2022

EFI Fiery acquires Provider of Production and Design Workflow Software

Fiery®, the digital front end (DFE) and workflow business of EFI, announced that it has acquired CADlink® Technology Corp., a software company that delivers solutions for the high growth areas of digital direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTF) printing; digital cutting and engraving; digital wide-format print; and vehicle wraps. CADlink’s products address increasingly important customer needs for customization and personalization, and for reducing the time spent moving work from design to production.

CADlink is a global software company that serves markets that require unique workflows involving different types of production devices. CADlink’s products are recognized leaders in design, RIP and workflow technology, and are sold globally to customers through OEM partners and an extensive network of resellers. CADlink’s products, partners and channels are a natural complement to what the Fiery business delivers for its global commercial, display graphics and industrial printing customer base.  

The CADlink software portfolio includes proven, advanced solutions that support the development and growth of e-commerce for custom-manufactured products.

Fiery®, the digital front end (DFE) and workflow business of EFI, announced that it has acquired CADlink® Technology Corp., a software company that delivers solutions for the high growth areas of digital direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTF) printing; digital cutting and engraving; digital wide-format print; and vehicle wraps. CADlink’s products address increasingly important customer needs for customization and personalization, and for reducing the time spent moving work from design to production.

CADlink is a global software company that serves markets that require unique workflows involving different types of production devices. CADlink’s products are recognized leaders in design, RIP and workflow technology, and are sold globally to customers through OEM partners and an extensive network of resellers. CADlink’s products, partners and channels are a natural complement to what the Fiery business delivers for its global commercial, display graphics and industrial printing customer base.  

The CADlink software portfolio includes proven, advanced solutions that support the development and growth of e-commerce for custom-manufactured products.

“Becoming part of the EFI Fiery business will extend the geographic reach for our products and enhance our ability to support and drive greater value to customers and partners worldwide,” said CADlink Co-founder and CEO Gordon Reynen.

Weitere Informationen:
EFI EFI Fiery® CADlink digital printing
Quelle:

EFI

Konica Minolta First to Launch Presses with EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software and New Hardware  (c) EFI
EFI Fiery®
04.05.2022

Konica Minolta and EFI Fiery New Launch

  • Konica Minolta First to Launch Presses with EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software and New Hardware  
  • Five new Fiery servers reduce job prep time while helping to ensure colour accuracy and higher overall throughput  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH (Konica Minolta) have announced a continuation of their long-term partnership with the release of five new EFI™ Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) based on the newest Fiery platform, Fiery FS500 Pro.
 
The new solutions EFI and Konica Minolta are announcing include:

·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000/C12000 colour production presses for the high-end production printing market
·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318L v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C7100/C7090 light-production colour presses
·        EFI Fiery IC-317 and IC-419 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080/C4070 and AccurioPrint C4065 printers.
 

  • Konica Minolta First to Launch Presses with EFI Fiery FS500 Pro Software and New Hardware  
  • Five new Fiery servers reduce job prep time while helping to ensure colour accuracy and higher overall throughput  

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. and Konica Minolta Business Solutions Europe GmbH (Konica Minolta) have announced a continuation of their long-term partnership with the release of five new EFI™ Fiery® digital front ends (DFEs) based on the newest Fiery platform, Fiery FS500 Pro.
 
The new solutions EFI and Konica Minolta are announcing include:

·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C14000/C12000 colour production presses for the high-end production printing market
·        EFI Fiery IC-319 and IC-318L v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C7100/C7090 light-production colour presses
·        EFI Fiery IC-317 and IC-419 v2 DFEs that will drive the Konica Minolta AccurioPress C4080/C4070 and AccurioPrint C4065 printers.
 
“With these new EFI Fiery DFEs, we continue to extend the range of what AccurioPress users can achieve,” said Olaf Lorenz, General Manager DX Branding Division Konica Minolta, Inc. “We are pleased to be the first to bring these powerful new DFE solutions into our portfolio as they bring more competitive capabilities to Konica Minolta’s digital printing portfolio.”
 
EFI Fiery FS500 Pro servers offer a higher value proposition
 
“The Fiery FS500 Pro new platform offers advanced speed, higher automation and more capability than other digital front ends,” said John Henze, vice president of sales and marketing, EFI Fiery. “Intelligent automation solutions in these new EFI Fiery DFEs also save customers labour cost and time by minimising the need for manual inspection of print jobs, improving automated u management, and eliminating the need to print a test file to determine where to place finishing lines.
 
“All this decreases cycle time and increases customers’ profit opportunities, while ensuring that they can delight their clients with printing that gets completed accurately and quickly. Reducing the time prepress and press operators must spend on these repetitive tasks also helps print business owners make staff more efficient, offsetting the difficulties they have hiring and retaining talent in today’s labour-constrained economy.”

Quelle:

EFI GmbH

14.03.2022

EFI Fiery Prep-it Print-for-Cut Software Generates Significant Time and Media Savings

Display graphics print providers now have a powerful solution for saving media and reducing prep time with newly available EFI™ Fiery® Prep-it™ true-shape nesting and cut-preparation software. The newly available solution from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. connects to any digital front end (DFE) – including full integration with EFI Fiery proServer and Fiery XF DFEs – to increase the profitability of cut jobs printed on wide- to superwide-format inkjet printers.

Media and time savings

Automated cut job preparation

Economic advantages for all display graphics businesses

Whether print businesses do their nesting layouts manually in Adobe® Illustrator®, or use an existing nesting solution, switching to Fiery Prep-it software offers compelling productivity gains and media savings. It has some of the best true-shape nesting technology on the market, including its 1° increment rotation capability and accurate double-sided nesting, giving users the ability to reduce media waste and turnaround time even further.

Display graphics print providers now have a powerful solution for saving media and reducing prep time with newly available EFI™ Fiery® Prep-it™ true-shape nesting and cut-preparation software. The newly available solution from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. connects to any digital front end (DFE) – including full integration with EFI Fiery proServer and Fiery XF DFEs – to increase the profitability of cut jobs printed on wide- to superwide-format inkjet printers.

Media and time savings

Automated cut job preparation

Economic advantages for all display graphics businesses

Whether print businesses do their nesting layouts manually in Adobe® Illustrator®, or use an existing nesting solution, switching to Fiery Prep-it software offers compelling productivity gains and media savings. It has some of the best true-shape nesting technology on the market, including its 1° increment rotation capability and accurate double-sided nesting, giving users the ability to reduce media waste and turnaround time even further.

On top of its ability to generate at least 10% in media savings, Fiery Prep-it also increases profitability by:

  • Giving companies the ability to win more tight-deadline business by preparing cut jobs in a fraction of the time required with manual nesting methods
  • Reducing errors and expensive rework due to minimal touchpoints in job production with hot folders and automation capabilities
  • Removing production bottlenecks with increased utilization of existing printing and cutting equipment.

The software integrates with EFI Fiery proServer and Fiery XF DFE print servers, providing access to an additional 1,300+ cutter and router types on top of built-in Prep-it connectivity options. The software can also connect to any RIP or DFE that accepts PDF files, serving as a central hub for cut job preparation.

Weitere Informationen:
EFI digital printing cutting tool
Quelle:

EFI

20.12.2021

EFI: Innovationen im digitalen Textildruck bei der EFI Reggiani Open House

Während einer dreitägigen Open-House-Veranstaltung von Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in der EFI™ Reggiani Textildruckerei des Unternehmens konnten sich Textil- und Bekleidungshersteller von den Innovationen überzeugen, die den Anwendern vielversprechende neue Möglichkeiten eröffnen. Die Open-House-Veranstaltung im Dezember, an der mehr als 70 Besucher aus über 23 verschiedenen Ländern Europas, Südamerikas und des Nahen Ostens teilnahmen, bot informative Diskussionsrunden mit Produktexperten zu einer breiten Palette von Themen, die neue und trendige Marktanwendungen für Textilhersteller umfassten.

Während der Open-House-Veranstaltung wurden den Besuchern acht moderne Digitaldrucker live vorgeführt, darunter der neue EFI Reggiani HYPER, der EFI Reggiani TERRA Silver Multi-Pass-Drucker mit Scanfunktion, der EFI Reggiani BLAZE sowie der EFI Reggiani BOLT – der preisgekrönte Single-Pass-Drucker, der weltweit einer der schnellsten Textil-Digitaldruckern ist.

Während einer dreitägigen Open-House-Veranstaltung von Electronics For Imaging, Inc. in der EFI™ Reggiani Textildruckerei des Unternehmens konnten sich Textil- und Bekleidungshersteller von den Innovationen überzeugen, die den Anwendern vielversprechende neue Möglichkeiten eröffnen. Die Open-House-Veranstaltung im Dezember, an der mehr als 70 Besucher aus über 23 verschiedenen Ländern Europas, Südamerikas und des Nahen Ostens teilnahmen, bot informative Diskussionsrunden mit Produktexperten zu einer breiten Palette von Themen, die neue und trendige Marktanwendungen für Textilhersteller umfassten.

Während der Open-House-Veranstaltung wurden den Besuchern acht moderne Digitaldrucker live vorgeführt, darunter der neue EFI Reggiani HYPER, der EFI Reggiani TERRA Silver Multi-Pass-Drucker mit Scanfunktion, der EFI Reggiani BLAZE sowie der EFI Reggiani BOLT – der preisgekrönte Single-Pass-Drucker, der weltweit einer der schnellsten Textil-Digitaldruckern ist.

EFI Reggiani HYPER – a fast scanning digital printer
Der neue EFI Reggiani HYPER ist ein Drucker mit Scanfunktion, der in den Breiten 1,80 Meter, 2,40 Meter und 3,40 Meter erhältlich ist. Das Modell Reggiani HYPER zielt auf das industrielle Hochgeschwindigkeits-Segment im Bereich des Multi-Pass-Textildrucks.

Bei einer Konfiguration von bis zu acht Farben druckt er mit einer Geschwindigkeit von bis zu 13 laufenden Metern pro Minute im Produktionsmodus mit zwei Durchgängen. Der neue Drucker eignet sich für die hochwertige Produktion auf gestrickten oder gewebten Textilien und ist mit einer intelligenten Technologie ausgestattet, die es ermöglicht, ihn in Industrie 4.0 Projekte zu integrieren.

Nachhaltiger Druck direkt auf Textilien mit dem EFI Reggiani TERRA Silver
Die neue Version des TERRA Silver Druckers, die bei der Open-House-Veranstaltung vorgestellt wurde, ist Teil der kompletten TERRA Produktreihe für Pigmenttintendrucker von EFI. Mit einem kurzen, intelligenten und umweltfreundlichen Produktionsprozess ermöglicht er Druckdienstleistern den Einstieg in die Welt des industriellen Textildrucks.
Weitere Merkmale des Druckers:

  • Eine neue Tintenrückführung für eine überragende Zuverlässigkeit und minimale Wartung
  • Mehrere Druckmodi, die maximale Flexibilität im Hinblick auf das Design sicherstellen
  • Neue Bildverarbeitung in Echtzeit, die den Zeitaufwand für die Vorberechnung von Bildern beseitigt
  • Eine benutzerfreundliche, intuitive Benutzeroberfläche
  • Ein effizienterer Polymerisierungsprozess, der stattfindet, während die bedruckten Textilien durch den integrierten Trockner des Druckers geführt werden.

EFI Reggiani BLAZE, die ideale Einstiegslösung für den industriellen Textildruck
Der Drucker EFI Reggiani BLAZE wurde entworfen, um Textilherstellern die Möglichkeit zu bieten, mit einer kompakten Lösung in das Marktsegment des digitalen Textildrucks einzusteigen. Der neue, 1,80 Meter breite Drucker bietet ein innovatives, wartungsarmes System für fortlaufende Tintenrückführung mit Füllstandssensor und Entgasung sowie ein Ausfallschutzsystem für die Köpfe, das die Lebensdauer der Druckköpfe verlängert und die Betriebszeit verbessert.

Der verbesserte EFI Reggiani BOLT
Im Jahr 2021 erhielt der EFI Reggiani BOLT eine Kombination aus Hardware- und Softwareverbesserungen, die die Artefaktbildung minimieren, den Ausfall einzelner Düsen kompensieren, was im Laufe der Zeit auftreten kann, und die Homogenität verbessern, um so gleichmäßigere Volltonfarben zu liefern. Das Upgrade liefert nicht nur eine höhere Qualität und sanftere Gradienten, sondern beschleunigt auch das Auswechseln der Druckköpfe und sorgt für eine drastische Erhöhung der Dateiverarbeitungsgeschwindigkeit um bis zu 200 % für große, komplexe Dateien.

Weitere Informationen:
EFI EFI Reggiani Digitaldruck Textildrucker
Quelle:

EFI GmbH

Kornit Digital introduces Presto MAX for sustainable on-demand production (c) Kornit Digital
20.10.2021

Kornit Digital introduces Presto MAX for sustainable on-demand production

Kornit Digital Ltd. announced the release of its Kornit Presto MAX system for sustainable on-demand production of apparel and other textile goods. The new system will make its live debut at Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles + Industry 4.0 Event, which the company is hosting November 2-5 to showcase technology innovations, partnerships, and proven strategies driving the business case for sustainable, on-demand production of fashion and textile goods worldwide.

Kornit Presto MAX is the first digital print system to offer white printing on colored fabrics, enhancing decoration capabilities for dark colored fabrics more broadly. It is the only single-step solution for direct-to-fabric printing, delivering the highest quality and softest feel with brilliant whites and brighter neon colors. The system is ready to incorporate future iterations and evolutions of XDi technology—3D decorative applications to produce threadless embroidery, high-density, vinyl, screen transfer, and other innovative effects.

Kornit Digital Ltd. announced the release of its Kornit Presto MAX system for sustainable on-demand production of apparel and other textile goods. The new system will make its live debut at Kornit Fashion Week Los Angeles + Industry 4.0 Event, which the company is hosting November 2-5 to showcase technology innovations, partnerships, and proven strategies driving the business case for sustainable, on-demand production of fashion and textile goods worldwide.

Kornit Presto MAX is the first digital print system to offer white printing on colored fabrics, enhancing decoration capabilities for dark colored fabrics more broadly. It is the only single-step solution for direct-to-fabric printing, delivering the highest quality and softest feel with brilliant whites and brighter neon colors. The system is ready to incorporate future iterations and evolutions of XDi technology—3D decorative applications to produce threadless embroidery, high-density, vinyl, screen transfer, and other innovative effects.

Kornit Presto MAX is compatible with natural fabrics, synthetics, and blends, and includes advanced algorithms for smart autonomous calibration, to deliver high-quality results with short cycle times and minimal manual interruptions or defects. The system was devised for compatibility with the KornitX global fulfillment ecosystem to enable anywhere, anytime production, supporting a true distributed production model that fulfills nearer the end consumer, eliminating time and logistical waste from the experience while empowering brands to ensure quality and consistency across all systems and production sites.

Kornit Presto MAX provides the cornerstone of a smart, efficient, sustainable EcoFactory that empowers producers to cover and integrate more parts of the process, from design to finished product, to decrease their carbon footprint, use minimum manpower, and generate less waste. This means eliminating excessive time, labor, and shipping throughout the value chain, enabling proximity production to meet the accelerated demands of a web-driven global marketplace—revealing new sales channels and clever business models to grow the business long-term.

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Kornit Digital / pr4u

Neue EFI Fiery Platform für Produktionsdruck (c) EFI
14.10.2021

Neue EFI Fiery Platform für Produktionsdruck

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. kündigte den neuesten und zukunftsweisendsten Schritt für die Serverlösung mit digitalem Front-End (DFE) für den Digitaldruck an – die neue EFI™ Fiery® FS500 Pro Plattform. Der Fiery FS500 Pro hilft Druckdienstleistern, die Herausforderungen, denen sie sich durch kleinere Auflagen, kürzere Bearbeitungszeiten, weniger erfahrene Mitarbeiter, höhere Sicherheitsstandards und die Notwendigkeit von Kosteneinsparungen stellen müssen, zu meistern. Die neue Fiery Plattform für das digitale Front-End bringt Innovationen in zahlreiche neue, hochmoderne Digitaldrucker für den Bürobedarfs-, Akzidenz-, Betriebs-, Verpackungs- und Textildruck.  

Die Fiery FS500 Pro Plattform zeichnet sich durch fünf Innovationen aus:

Electronics For Imaging, Inc. kündigte den neuesten und zukunftsweisendsten Schritt für die Serverlösung mit digitalem Front-End (DFE) für den Digitaldruck an – die neue EFI™ Fiery® FS500 Pro Plattform. Der Fiery FS500 Pro hilft Druckdienstleistern, die Herausforderungen, denen sie sich durch kleinere Auflagen, kürzere Bearbeitungszeiten, weniger erfahrene Mitarbeiter, höhere Sicherheitsstandards und die Notwendigkeit von Kosteneinsparungen stellen müssen, zu meistern. Die neue Fiery Plattform für das digitale Front-End bringt Innovationen in zahlreiche neue, hochmoderne Digitaldrucker für den Bürobedarfs-, Akzidenz-, Betriebs-, Verpackungs- und Textildruck.  

Die Fiery FS500 Pro Plattform zeichnet sich durch fünf Innovationen aus:

  • Schnellere Verarbeitung von Druckaufträgen. Druckdienstleister profitieren von einer schnelleren Auftragsverarbeitung und einer bis zu 40 % schnelleren Anwendungsstartzeit und können so mehr Aufträge pro Schicht produzieren.
  • Kürzere Bearbeitungszeit bei Kleinauflagen. In Druckereien mit hohem Durchsatz beschleunigen die erweiterten Funktionen von Fiery die Verwaltung und Produktion von Druckaufträgen.
  • Mehr verkaufsfähige Drucke, weniger Ausschuss. Der Fiery FS500 Pro verfügt über mehr Tools zur Erkennung potenzieller Fehler in Dateien, was sowohl die Produktionszeit als auch den Ausschuss reduziert.
  • Präzisere Markenfarben. Eine neue Lösung mit Fiery TrueBrand für Anwender in Unternehmen erleichtert den präzisen Druck von Markenfarben aus Microsoft Word oder PowerPoint.
  • Verbesserte Sicherheit. Fiery FS500 Pro bietet neue Funktionen für Hochsicherheitsumgebungen, die die Einhaltung von Sicherheitsanforderungen der Kunden und von Branchenstandards gewährleisten.
Quelle:

EFI

26.07.2021

WEKO hat RotaSpray GmbH übernommen

Die Weko Holding GmbH hat rückwirkend zum 01.01.2021 die RotaSpray GmbH aus Öhringen übernommen und baut so das Segment Textil weiter aus.

Mit der Zusammenführung beider Unternehmen werden die Kompetenzen im Bereich funktionelle Nassausrüstung, Digitaldruckvorbehandlung und Sprühfärbeverfahren im Segment Textil gebündelt und bieten gute Zukunftsperspektiven. Der Anspruch an einen Ressourcen schonenden, CO2-reduzierten Färbe- und Ausrüstungsprozess von Garnen und Textilen Warenbahnen steigt- ebenso wie der Markttrend von immer kleineren Produktionslosgrößen pro Fertigungsauftrag.

Die RotaSpray GmbH wird weiterhin als eigenständige Einheit innerhalb der WEKO Holding Gruppe geführt und soll sich auf den qualitativ hochwertigen Textilbereich fokussieren.
WEKO entwickelt und produziert seit 1953 kontaktlose Auftragssysteme für die Produktoptimierung und Oberflächenveredelung mit unterschiedlichen Arten von Flüssigkeiten und puderartigen Stoffen. Die Anwendungsgebiete sind breit gefächert, es werden unter anderem die Branchen Nonwoven, Papier, Tissue, Druck, Holzfaserplatten, Folien und Metall mit Lösungen unterstützt.

Die Weko Holding GmbH hat rückwirkend zum 01.01.2021 die RotaSpray GmbH aus Öhringen übernommen und baut so das Segment Textil weiter aus.

Mit der Zusammenführung beider Unternehmen werden die Kompetenzen im Bereich funktionelle Nassausrüstung, Digitaldruckvorbehandlung und Sprühfärbeverfahren im Segment Textil gebündelt und bieten gute Zukunftsperspektiven. Der Anspruch an einen Ressourcen schonenden, CO2-reduzierten Färbe- und Ausrüstungsprozess von Garnen und Textilen Warenbahnen steigt- ebenso wie der Markttrend von immer kleineren Produktionslosgrößen pro Fertigungsauftrag.

Die RotaSpray GmbH wird weiterhin als eigenständige Einheit innerhalb der WEKO Holding Gruppe geführt und soll sich auf den qualitativ hochwertigen Textilbereich fokussieren.
WEKO entwickelt und produziert seit 1953 kontaktlose Auftragssysteme für die Produktoptimierung und Oberflächenveredelung mit unterschiedlichen Arten von Flüssigkeiten und puderartigen Stoffen. Die Anwendungsgebiete sind breit gefächert, es werden unter anderem die Branchen Nonwoven, Papier, Tissue, Druck, Holzfaserplatten, Folien und Metall mit Lösungen unterstützt.

Weitere Informationen:
Weko Digitaldruck Ausrüstungstechnologie
Quelle:

Weitmann & Konrad GmbH & Co. KG

11.06.2021

EFI Reggiani introduces Textile Digital Printer

The new, industrial, entry-level EFI™ Reggiani BLAZE scanning printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. is making its debut at the ITMA Asia tradeshow, 12-16 June in Shanghai, China. The high-quality printer is an easy-to-use, smart solution to help textile companies blaze their successful trail into the world of efficient, sustainable industrial inkjet printing. It is equipped with EFI Reggiani’s state-of-the-art technology, offering high quality, reliability and flexibility on the widest variety of designs.

The new, industrial, entry-level EFI™ Reggiani BLAZE scanning printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. is making its debut at the ITMA Asia tradeshow, 12-16 June in Shanghai, China. The high-quality printer is an easy-to-use, smart solution to help textile companies blaze their successful trail into the world of efficient, sustainable industrial inkjet printing. It is equipped with EFI Reggiani’s state-of-the-art technology, offering high quality, reliability and flexibility on the widest variety of designs.

Cutting-edge technology in a compact footprint
The EFI Reggiani BLAZE printer is designed to give textile companies the opportunity to enter the digital textile printing market with a compact solution. The new, 1.8-metre wide printer offers an innovative, low-maintenance, continuous recirculation ink system equipped with a level sensor and degassing as well as a printhead crash protective system for longer printhead life and superior uptime.
 
Thanks to its cutting-edge printhead reliability and low maintenance costs for a competitive TCO (total cost of ownership), the BLAZE printer can produce up to 125 linear metres per hour with a printing resolution up to 600x1200 dots per inch (dpi). The printer – which delivers excellent productivity as one of the fastest digital inkjet solutions in its class – has eight 300-dpi dual channel printheads and can print in up to eight colours with full variable drop size.

Flexible fabric feed and handling for higher productivity
The EFI Reggiani BLAZE is equipped with a continuous and switchable belt washing unit to remove water and fabric hairs. An embedded device for adhesive application offers the possibility to use thermoplastic, resin and permanent adhesives.
 
The printer also includes other features for enhanced productivity and value, including a 400-mm roll unwinder, expandable shafts, an air gun and a pneumatic bar for standard fabrics.

Efficient software and electronics technology
The Reggiani BLAZE printer offers a friendly and intuitive user interface with real-time image processing and flexible queue management. The software also runs a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) job editor, as well as tools to accurately predict printing speed and ink usage.

EFI Reggiani TERRA Silver enhancement
EFI has also released an enhanced version of the EFI Reggiani TERRA Silver printer, a 1.8-metre wide printer operating with EFI Reggiani’s unique TERRA pigment ink with binder solution for high-quality, highly sustainable, direct-to-textile printing without steaming or washing.

Features:

  • A new recirculating ink system for superior reliability and minimum maintenance at start up and during production
  • Several printing modes to ensure maximum flexibility in terms of design capability
  • New, real-time image processing that eliminates time spent in image pre-calculations
  • A user friendly, intuitive interface
  • A more-efficient polymerisation process that takes place as printed textile goes through the printer’s on-board dryer.