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The possibilities are endless with Digital
Look beyond analogue with the SureColor™ F-Series, Epson’s next generation digital textile printers. Bringing together the best of Epson’s technical expertise and printing technology, it promises high performance industrial level production yields and high quality output.
This means more jobs, more profit and more agility to meet commercial demands, however trying.
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The Power Of
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Flexibility means profitability
With digital textile printers, declining print runs need not mean declining profits. Because your business can now profit on print-on-demand and limited-design services.
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In recent years, with the advent of digital printers, declining print runs have given rise to opportunities in new demands. And that’s in fulfilling short run orders by offering print-on-demand services and more designs in limited quantity to appeal to new customers.
Remarkable market growth
The growth for digital textile printing is expected to be significantly higher at 20% a year through 2019. Asia represents the 2nd largest geographic opportunity in the world, accounting for 1/3rd of the global revenue output.
Source: “The Future of Digital Textile Printing to 2019” Dr J Hayward, CIR Ltd. Published by Smithers Pira.
Cost efficiency benefits
No matter how long or short the length of the run, digital printing remains cost efficient. This is because it runs on less electricity and water than analogue printing.
Higher profit yield
There’s synergy when digital textile printers co-exist with analogue printers to expand business owners’ product offering, with the desired result of increased revenue. The demand for digital textile printers is predicted to grow as consumers around the world demand more customisation and higher print requirements such as design and quality.
Limitless creative freedom
Digital textile printing presents no limitation to design creativity. It truly stretches the designers’ creative freedom to print anything imaginable and on-demand. Creative benefits include watercolour effects, photographic images, fine line and details.
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Best in class technology
Achieve new levels of cost-perfomance with your business to reach high-volume, high-speed, high-quality printing segments.
Read moreInkjet technology for textile printing
PrecisionCoreTM is Epson’s most advanced inkjet printing technology with industry-leading dot precision.
Digital textile printing, which is based on inkjet technology, offers several advantages over traditional textile printing process. The most obvious is speed, due to the flexibility it allows in switching from one pattern to another as well as shorter production times.
The quality is also higher as an extensive gamut of colours and nuances can be reproduced more accurately.
Overall environmental impact is reduced because of its low power consumption, the need for less water to be treated and the smaller space occupied in the printing area.
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Inks perfected for textile printing
Enjoy greater reliability with Epson inks designed perfectly for textile printing, setting the benchmark for the industry standard in wash fastness and resistance to alkaline and acid perspiration.
Epson inks are also 100% nickel and fluorine free, certified safe in accordance with OEKO-TEX® Standard 100 Class 1 criteria.
UltraChrome DS Ink supports a wide range of dye-sub transfer papers to enable production of clothing, sportswear, soft signage and customised promotional items and gadgets. It provides vibrant and intense colour that adheres quickly, transfers smoothly and provides excellent light and wash fastness. UltraChrome DS Ink features a high density black ink formulation, offering neutral blacks, sharp contours and smooth gradations.
UltraChrome DG Ink supports fabric with a 50% or greater cotton content. It features an enhanced gamut and dMax for superior value-adding on garments and merchandise. It adheres well and fixes easily to produce images with a low tack finish that have good UV/wash durability. The next-generation high dispersion white ink technology reduces sedimentation and coagulation, offering a very high white ink density and very natural white colour, giving a clean and bright colour ink performance for outstanding finished garments. The ink has reduced toxicity for simpler handling and a safer work environment.
The resulting products are stretch-resistant, without the tacky feeling commonly felt with other printed shirts.
Empowering you with digital expertise
Centre of Print InnovationThrough the Centre of Print Innovation, Epson is dedicated to enhance the efficiency, versatility and capability of your business with the right tools and knowledge in commercial printing, label solutions and digital photo lab. The centre is a regional one-stop hub providing leading-edge solutions and developments in printing for customers. The business centre helps showcase to partners and customers possible new revenue streams or processes that can be streamlined and reduce costs.
Our professional and dedicated ProGraphics Consultants are ever ready to help you with any concerns or questions you may have on our products or solutions.
EPSON F-SERIES PRODUCT SHOWCASE
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Direct-to-Garment PrinterPrecisionCore printhead Compatible with UltraChrome DG Ink that is capable of achieving superior print durability on garments.UltraChrome DG Ink Adheres well on cotton to produce images with a low tack finish that have good UV/wash durability.Oeko-Tex certified Certified safe for use on babies and toddlers up to three years old.
EPSON MILESTONES IN
DIGITAL PRINTING
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1998
Epson begins co-development of digital textile printer with Robustelli, an Italian textile printer company, in Italy.
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2003
1st generation of ‘Monna Lisa’ launches for large scale textile production. Epson provided Robustelli with inkjet technology such as Micro Piezo printheads and ink supply mechanism components, commercialising a digital textile printer that can handle volume printing.
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2011
Together with Robustelli, Epson establishes a digital textile printing center in Kyoto for Monna Lisa’s sales and support in Japan. Development of inkjet printing solutions for commerce and industry continues.
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2013
Launches world’s first original ink tank large format printer, offering customers affordable high volume digital textile printing.
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2014
Textile Solution Center opens in Italy, dedicated to research and training for industrial digital textile printing. Epson inkjet technology and For.Tex expertise in ink innovation merge in textile printing.
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2015
Epson acquired 100% stake of For.Tex, a leading company in manufacturing dyes, thickeners and fabric treatment products. This drives further innovations in digital inkjet textile printing, better serving customers globally.
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2016
Epson expands its digital textile printers’ capabilities by acquiring 100% stake of Robustelli, helping customers to drive businesses forward through advanced digital solutions.
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