What is a textile printer?

Textile printers are a type of flatbed printer, which can be printed on cotton and linen, and other fabrics when replaced with special textile inks. Commonly used to print clothes, canvas bags, socks, and more. Compared with the uv printer, it just lacks the uv system, and the other parts are the same. If you only print white or light-colored clothes, you can use white ink, or even change all the nozzles in the printer to color channels. If you install two Epson printheads in your machine, you can make them fully print CMYK four-color or CMYKLcLm six-color, and the corresponding efficiency will be improved a lot. If you want to print dark clothing, you must use white ink. If the machine still has two Epson nozzles, one nozzle tube is white, and the other nozzle tube is CMYK four-color or CMYKLcLm six-color. In addition, because textile white inks are generally much more expensive than color inks on the market, printing dark clothes often costs twice as much as light-colored clothes.

How to print clothing by the textile printer?

1. When printing light-colored clothes, simply treat the place where the clothes are to be printed with the pretreatment liquid, and then put them on the heat press machine for about 20 seconds. If you print dark clothes, you need to use a fixing agent to deal with them before ironing. Although the use cases of the two are different, the core function is to fix the color and increase the saturation of the color. So why ironing before printing? That’s because there will be a lot of fine plush on the surface of the clothes. If it is not pressed down by ironing, it will easily affect the accuracy of the ink droplets. Moreover, if it gets on the print head, it may also affect the service life of the print head.
2. After ironing, lay it on the machine for printing, and ensure that the surface of the clothes is as flat as possible. Adjust the height of the print head and print directly. During the printing period, keep the room as clean and free of dust as possible, otherwise, it will definitely not get off the pattern of the clothes.
3. Due to the use of textile ink, it cannot be dried immediately. After the printing is completed, it needs to be placed on the heat press machine again for about 30 seconds. This pressing will cause the ink to penetrate directly into the fabric of the garment and solidify. If it is done well, it will not fade if it is washed directly in water after ironing. Of course, whether the color of clothes printed on a textile machine will fade is related to two factors, one is the quality of the ink, and the other is the fabric. Normally, cotton or fabrics with a high cotton content will not fade.