Digital Printing in Textiles contains fundamental technical explanations along with current research, and will prove to be an invaluable guide for product developers, retailers, designers, and academic researchers.

Features:

• Looks in a number of detailed chapters at printer and print head technologies
• Examines the printer software required for successful color design and management
• Includes chapters on substrate preparation, pigmented ink, aqueous inkjet ink, pre-treatment, and printing on cationized cotton with reactive inks

Contents

Printer/Print Head

• Inkjet Printing Technology (CIJ / DOD)
• Drop Formation and Impaction
• Industrial Production Printers - DuPont Artistri™ 2020 Textile Printing System
• Industrial Production Printers - DReAM
• Industrial Production Printers - Miami's Tx Series
• Integration of Fabric Formation and Coloration Processes

Printer Software

• Digital Image Design, Data Encoding and Formation of Printed Images
• Digital Color Management
• ICC Color Management for Digital Inkjet Textile Printing

Digital Printing Coloration

• Substrate Preparation for Ink-Jet Printing
• Pigmented Ink Formulation
• Formulation of Aqueous Inkjet Ink
• Effect of Pretreatment on Print Quality and Its Measurement
• Ink Jet Printing of Cationized Cotton with Reactive Inks

Design and Business

• Digital Printing and Mass Customization
• Just-In-Time Printing
• Design and Workflow in Digital Inkjet Printing

Index

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