Dyes that are used for Digital Textile Printing are different from dyes that are used in Textile Printing. The dyes used in digital textile printing are for all commercial grade applications and are compatible with low cost ink jet ink systems as well. Some of the popular dyes commonly used for digital textile Inks are:
Acid Dye
Reactive Dye
Disperse Dye
The dyes offered for digital textile printing display following properties:
A low to medium salt content
A low to medium salt content
Brilliant colors
High light fastness
Digital printing is method of directly printing from digital based image to variety of media. Here, the dye-sublimation printer used is computer printer that employs printing process which use heat to effectively transfer dye onto medium materials like.
Plastic card
Paper
Fabric
Technology - Digital Textile Printing
This technology comprises steps concerning printing designs on fabric, directly from computer
Here, you can print on fabric just like printing on paper once you are finished creating the designs
This is next generation printing
The only need of Digital Textile Printing is fabrics that are used need to be pre-treated to confirm regarding their ink holding capacity
A wide variety of colors can also be obtained through pre-treatment process
Features:
Greater flexibility
Easy application
Used for versatile purposes
Takes less time
Has choice of more colors along with photo-realistic effects
Dyes that are used in digital printing Inks for fabrics:
Name of Digital Printing Inks
Types of fibers used
Acid inks
Silks & Nylons
Disperse inks
Polyesters
Dye based inks
Not used in fabrics, it is used for photography applications only
Reactive inks
used in all cellulose based fibers like Cotton, Linen & Rayon
Application Usage:
Acid Dye Inks for Digital Textile Printing – These can be used on fabric, cotton, silk, wool, nylon and chemical fiber
Reactive Dye Ink for Digital Textile Printing – These can be used on fabric, cotton, silk, wool, nylon and chemical fiber
Disperse Dye Ink for Digital Textile Printing – These can be used for generating shinny and reproducible colors in polyester fibers and inks have long lasting effects
Types of Fibers on which Digital Printing Inks are used:
