Brother opens doors to new opportunities
By developing a special method for Brother GTX, GTXpro and GTXpro BULK DTG printers, it is now possible to make an excellent print on 100% dark polyester with high washability at reasonable printing costs and time. The new method has already been tested successfully on various polyester materials.
For this new method you need a GTX or GTXpro DTG printing machine, same Innobella Textile inks (GTX & GTXpro), standard pretreatment (GTX & GTXpro), a petreatment machine and heat press. The only additional item which you need is the special software/firmware package and a guideline made for dark polyester printing. This new software/firmware package is free of charge available through the Brother certified distributors until June 30, 2021, then it will be invoiced.
As there is a very large variety of polyester textiles available in the market (different quality, brands, colours, etc.), the period until end June 2021 is suitable for testing, gaining confidence and skills in these special treatments and procedures. To ensure that your polyester textiles can also be printed on without any problems, you may contact your certified Brother dealer in the EMEA region to have your materials tested there or you can get the new software/firmware package and the how-to-do instructions from the dealer directly to test it with your own GTX or GTXpro printer.
X-Rite Announces New Subscription Pricing for Color iMatch and Color iQC Software
X-Rite Incorporated and Pantone LLC, global leaders in color science and technology, today announced new subscription-based pricing for its industry-leading color formulation software, Color iMatch, and quality control software, Color iQC. The new subscription model provides manufacturers and material suppliers greater flexibility and predictability for their operational budgets while ensuring they have access to the most up-to-date color formulation and quality control software. Included in the subscription offering are regular software updates and access to online training materials designed to help new and experienced users accelerate color development for the paints and coatings, plastic, and textile industries.
“In order to meet today’s challenging times, manufacturers need access to the latest technology without breaking their budgets,” said Richard Knapp, Product Manager, X-Rite and Pantone. “Our new subscription model makes budget planning easier and allows customers to stay competitive with the latest color formulation and quality control technology at an affordable cost. With X-Rite’s commitment to regular software updates, formulation and QC managers can have confidence they are using the most up-to-date software to help them submit bids quickly, win new business, and deliver the best products to their customers.”
Color iMatch is an intuitive, job-oriented color formula management software. It intelligently processes color data to provide optimal initial color matches and reduce wasteful formulation attempts. Color iMatch features a smarter multi-flux matching engine with a revolutionary new search and correct algorithm that enables better utilization of legacy data. With Color iMatch, lab managers and formulation professionals can streamline complicated workflows and deliver better color matches in fewer steps for faster formulation times, cost savings, and reduced waste. Color iQC is a quality control solution that monitors color from specification to material suppliers to manufacturing and final assembly. It delivers tight tolerances through connected solutions and expands from controlling quality to assuring quality.
The benefits to Color iMatch and Color iQC subscription-based pricing model include:
• Notifications of all software updates for improved planning;
• Access to all software updates remotely without on-site installation;
• New online training materials exclusive to the subscription model;
• One fixed subscription cost for improved budget planning; and
• Ability for new customers to test formulation or quality control software without incurring a large capital expense.
Zünd and MindCUT Studio for digital textile cutting – a perfect match
With MindCUT Studio, Zünd offers a powerful, modular software suite for automated textile cutting. MindCUT Studio excels in flexibility and modularity. It offers highly efficient nesting for plain fabrics as well as pattern matching and a seamless print & cut workflow for digitally printed textiles.
As is the case in many other industries, the proliferation of digital technology has had a profound impact on the textile industry. Consumers enjoy the affordability of tailor-made clothing and custom-made upholstered furniture. With more design and configuration options available, manufacturers are streamlining their production processes through automation and increased flexibility, thereby finding ways to successfully deal with increasing market pressures and ever shorter product life cycles. With MindCUT Studio, Zünd offers a modular software solution that largely automates digital textile cutting – from capturing materials, to creating production markers, and facilitating parts removal – in a well-designed, thoroughly integrated, comprehensive digital workflow.
In the first step of the process, a camera system captures the material, its exact position and dimensions. It makes no difference whether the fabric is patterned, plain, or digitally printed. For printed textile applications, an Over-Cutter Camera system captures all registration marks simultaneously. In case there are no register marks, the OCC can alternatively record the position of images based on printed outlines. If no cut data is available, there is an option to generate it automatically in MindCUT Studio. Material defects can be marked in advance to avoid being noticed only after cutting.
The system can also automatically recognize patterns and any distortions that may have occurred. When compensating for distortions, the dimensional accuracy of the parts and their exact placement on patterned fabric are precisely maintained. The software also provides pattern-matching options, regardless of whether the textile has a stripe pattern or is plaid.
MindCUT Studio can automatically import standardized data and process it. The system recognizes both part and marker-based data. In addition, MindCUT Studio lets the user create individual markers. The software uses powerful nesting algorithms to lay out parts on the fabric for maximum material usage and automatically creates production markers.
For efficient parts removal, the operator must be able to quickly and unmistakably identify each piece. MindCut Studio provides color coding and parts information both projected onto the cut pieces and displayed on the monitor.
Zünd knows how to build robust turnkey cutting solutions with state-of-the art specialized tooling, sophisticated vision systems, and highly efficient digital workflows. This empowers the user with ultimate flexibility when it comes to cutting applications, choosing materials, and controlling delivery times. MindCUT Studio contains all essential functions for the different processing phases in digital textile cutting. With a variety of additional options, the software can be tailored to individual needs.
Brother releases GTXpro, the latest direct to garment printer
Brother At Your Side has launched the Brother GTXpro, their latest direct to garment printer which is currently available at their certified dealers. Brother experienced success after launching the mass production machine GTXpro BULK a few months ago. The GTXpro provides the benefits of an operator friendly high-end direct-to-garment printer accompanied with leading technology from Brother.
Features:
Newly Designed Industrial White Print Head
• Newly developed white print head technology with inside ink circulation, which results in using less white ink for cleaning.
High-Speed Print Mode
• The new design of the white print head features more nozzles compared to previousmodels. This addition results in a 10% faster printing with special “fast mode” print settings.
Optimized Maintenance Process:
• Automatic cleaning processes significantly increases productivity.
Environmentally friendly
• OekoTex Passport and GOTS 5.0 certified Innobella Textile Inks
Operator friendly
• Installation and training by an authorized Brother DTG technician
• Additional Print Height Sensor: The new sensor technology detects if the platen is too low in order to reduce ink mist and ensures high print quality.
• Print Reservation Function for higher productivity
Flexibility
• Easy printing on a wide variety of textiles such as trousers, shoes, caps and much more.
• Printing on various materials is possible, from cotton to silk or polyester – all featuring the same ink.
• Compact industrial design and size suitable for all kind of production environment.
• Easy to move and add to any production – for a flexible process modulation of your production.
• All additional products from the GTX can be used with the GTXpro.
Colorix machines are making big headways in the Digital Textile Printing
Digital technologies are revolutionizing the whole value chain of many industries and textile printing is no exception. With advent of advance digital technologies, the printing processes have evolved a lot. The benefits, that start from the printing businesses, extends right up to the end-users, ultimately benefitting all the stake-holders.
Recognizing the ever-increasing importance of the digital technologies in textile printing, Orange O Tec, a rapidly growing provider of high-quality digital solutions to Indian businesses, has launched its own brand Colorix for providing Industrial High speed digital machines.
And now with its own brand – Colorix, Orange O Tec aims to offer advanced and high-tech printing machines to suite varied needs of the Indian industry. Colorix has added new product range offering customized printing solutions for various textile printing segments in the market.
The Colorix range of digital printing machines include FabPro II, a versatile Direct to Fabric printing machine as well as a full range of Sublimation Printers, named Sub Pro I, Sub Pro I+ and Sub Pro II+. The versatile range of machines supports printing from 180 sqm/hr to 500 sqm/hr.
The Colorix machines are Industrial High speed digital machines designed to provide exceptional new advantages offered by digital solutions to the textile industry.
• They provide fluorescent colour as well as fine results for rotary type blotch designs.
• The full range offers unmatched maintenance cost edge, giving the industry much-needed viability in small orders and minimizes dead stocks.
• The machines require less labour, which is of prime importance to maintain social distancing and yet keeping business afloat.
• The machines offer unlimited colour option to unleash creativity.
• They also enable fast sampling to help the industry keep pace with demand.
The key advantage of the Colorix machines is the fact that they come with Kyocera head, providing finest results. A unique Head Insurance Plan offered by the company ensures almost non-stop production and peace of mind for the business. Orange O Tec has already supplied 30 Colorix machines in a short span of 20 months.
Surat based Orange O Tec is already a highly reputed name, providing a wide range of digital and auxiliary machinery as well as its peripherals for Textile printing. Keeping pace with the evolving newer technologies in textile printing, Orange O Tec is striving to provide solutions which can help boost the textile printing industry.
Arrow Digital Installs the latest industrial Direct to garment (DTG) Kornit Storm printer
Printrove is a leading Print on Demand, direct to garment (DTG) fulfilling company in India, it is also the only print-on-demand company in India to have tight integrations with e-commerce platforms like Shopify and Woocommerce. Three engineers from Chennai built a company that allows over 500 merchants to custom-print their products with the entire technology, printing operations and a strong support team in-house to offer a very reliable experience. The company was formed in late 2015, Mr. Madhur Chauhan and Mr. Pankaj Bokdia experimented with various technologies like additive manufacturing before they finally entered the print-on-demand field. Mr. Akshay Dughar and Mr. Abishay Dughar joined them later and Printrove began to take off reaching great heights in a very short span of time. “We are into this business since long and have small DTG printers too, now wanted to scale up with an Industrial Production Printer which is reliable and would give our merchants an edge over old and traditional players operating with commercial printers. After some intensive research, we narrowed down on the world leader in DTG, we decided on Kornit’s latest Storm HD6 with wet on wet in line pre-treatment Printers. Prior to finalizing our Kornit, we tested various Production printers in the market to ensure we had the best one. We not only tested Print quality, but all the parameters such as Color Fastness, Durability and much more. Without any surprise and as expected, Kornit Storm HD6 had the best results with Vibrant Colors and a fantastic white along with the soft hand feel.
Printrove adds, constant design changes along with market and world trends, Just Printing is not enough, we need to get repeat orders which is only possible if the prints are perfect after several washes. Kornit Prints gave us that confidence and the Colors were truly vibrant. After testing the Print results we wanted to see the Printer live in action and visited the Arrow Democenter in Ahmedabad, which thrilled us with the several printers and various technologies installed under one roof. We tried all our complicated designs and were amazed at the ink coverage, as it was incomparable with any other Printer in the market. The Team at Arrow was so co-operative with their intensive knowledge on digital printing, during the virtual demos and later on our visit to the demo centre; helpful with various hands-on trials which we performed.
Mr. Sam Patel, MD & CEO Arrow Digital adds, “The Kornit Storm HD6 is a robust commercial DTG printer which allows high-definition image quality and improved hand feel, with an enhanced colour management experience. The Storm HD6 includes six colour channels (CMYK, Red and Green) plus white, for a wider color gamut and improved spot colour matching with a dedicated RIP. The Kornit Storm HD6 provides a non-stop production workflow that enables garment loading while printing. It features dual-pallets, fully automated processes and an advanced user-friendly front-end. Specifically engineered for 24/7 non-stop industrial use, the advanced machine controller enables multi-function operational efficiency that increases the production speed.”
Kornit supplies the system with new recirculating Printheads and NeoPigment™ Eco-Rapid ink. The New Neopigment™ Eco Rapid ink is a main driver of the HD6 Technology. Providing an Industry-leading white ink opacity, matched to those of conventional screen inks and meets the highest durability standards on multiple fabric types. These inks are specifically designed to fit industrial systems, and are a perfect match for the Kornit HD printer technology. This amazing patented ink series meets the highest retail quality demands, increased colour gamut, offers exceptional spot colour coverage and colour matching, and much more. The Neopigment™ Eco Rapid inks are available in 4L bottles and go with NeutraFix – a new, neutral scented fixation agent. These new inks offer Vibrant Colors and Saves Upto 30% cost per print with amazing printing results.
With the Storm HD6, you can easily reproduce the true colors and accurately match and repeat colors. The print quality is enriched by ColorGATE’s professional RIP software adding advanced color management and screening capabilities, improved white base creation and pre-defined color libraries for the ultimate color matching. The Kornit Storm HD6 is capable of printing almost all types of fabrics/garments.
Printrove adds, we simplify the print-on-demand field, making it easier for entrepreneurs, brands, artists and designers to start and run their own brand. From manufacturing, inventory, packaging and logistics, it is taken care of by Printrove. With this new addition we can now expand our application offerings beyond t-shirt printing. As Storm HD6 is a non-contact printing process, we can also print finished garments, over buttons, zippers, pockets, and much more. The Kornit printing technology eliminates pre-treatment separately as this has patented wet on wet technology and this is the greatest win for us. We look forward to installing more machines from Arrow/Kornit and cater the Direct to Garment Printing with the Latest and the Best technology.
