Significance Of Digital Printing That Is Eco Friendly

By Dora Reed


Using digital printing turns out to be more environmental friendly compared with traditional screen-printing technology. Here, one is able to print an exact amount inks or dyes required to directly print on the fabric. This is through the direction of the settings of the printer. Every drop is printed only on demand from the accurate coverage needed. It is important to use a digital printing that is eco friendly. It saves water and environment.

Textile printing has digitized and this is evident in the number of fabrics that are released every year. End-product manufactures and the respective customers work hand in hand in developing the fabric that is produced. Fabric is simply a substrate that is made up of natural or synthetic fibers. These fibers are formed by knitting, coating or weaving. Fabric is environmentally friendly compared to rigid substrates.

Use of fabrics gives you more benefits. For example, when using it a substrate, on a display will reduce the overall weight of your fabric. Transportation costs in shipping it are lowered. You are also capable of handling it with ease. Fabrics make your finished product to look impressive and you are able to reuse it again.

Digital texting printing results to realization of varieties of inks. Both pigments and inks are advanced and introduced into the market. A research is always carried out on developing the quality of dyes. This is normally attained by using feedback from consumers and the need to advance technology.

Screen printing processes will use dyes which need to be steamed for fixation and then washed off excess dye and then drying. This encourages wastes in terms of the dye materials, water as well as energy consumption. Unlike this inks which are based on dyes, those that pigmented and are based on water do use a dry process. This means they do not need to be washed or steamed.

Sepiax, one type of advanced inks is Eco friendly. It was designed through consultations of customers who are constantly requesting manufactures to produce inks which do not damage the environment. Sepiax itself is a pigment. It comprises of water majorly, usually seventy percent. Many consumers push for better fabrics, without Eco-solvent or even solvent ink. This will relieve you the risks you face by using products that are not environmentally friendly as government agencies are always fighting against such products.

Some inkjets printers are highly demanded as they have wider formats and will print directly. They therefore create a lot of business opportunities. You can be able to print any piece of fabric ranging from small to large. If you carry out mass production, your costs will be cut when you want to produce custom jobs. You are also able to increase your production rate to meet demand.

Lastly, we need to support those product that use materials that are friendly to the environment. The advancements that we discover must be designed with keen observation of our Eco system. The government should also come up with relevant regulations.




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