Digital Printing – Direct-to-Garment

The rapidly evolving decorated apparel market will be the focus at the inaugural Apparelist Forum, set to take place at PRINTING United Expo this year from Oct. 18-20 in Atlanta.

Mimaki USA announced the global debut of its latest innovation – the TxF300-75 direct-to-film printer. In response to the success of the initial DTF printer offering, the TxF150-75, which debuted in April 2023.

Don Whaley, vice president of marketing for Kornit Digital Americas, discusses why a paradigm shift is taking place in digital textile and apparel printing, the technological factors making it possible, and how textile and apparel producers can position themselves to move gracefully into the industry's next phase.

Mimaki USA introduced two technologies in textile printing while at ITMA 2023: a Textile Pigment Transfer Printing System and the Neo-Chromato Process.

Underscoring support for the growing textile and personalized products industry, Epson announced the hybrid SureColor F2270 for both direct-to-garment (DTG) and direct-to-film (DTFilm) printing.

Kornit Digital announced last week it is setting the stage for true industry transformation as digital production goes mainstream. Driving real change in fashion and textiles, Kornit, at ITMA23 in Milan, Italy, showcased a complete digital transformation solution with on-demand production.

DuPont Artistri will be launching the Artistri P1600 direct-to-film (DTF) pigment inks at stand E303, Hall 5, ITMA 2023 (June 8-14), Fiera Milano Rho, Milan, Italy.

Join Lawson Screen & Digital Products in St. Louis, Missouri, for an Open House focusing on DTF (direct-to-film) and DTG garment printing.

DTG Connection unveiled the X2 DTG Printer, the latest addition to its family of Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printers. The X2 is built on years of customer feedback and analysis of previous models, with 1000s of hours of research and development focused on making it a reliable and easy-to-use printer.   

Mimaki USA has developed its first direct-to-film (DTF) printer, TxF150-75, and heat transfer pigment ink PHT50 for DTF. Sales of these products, targeting textile and apparel printing applications, will begin in the summer of 2023.