Monday, August 18, 2014

Importance Of Using Digital Printing That Is Eco Friendly

By Dora Reed


When you compare traditional screen-printing, digitized printing is much friendly to the Eco system. You are in a position to print the actual amount of inks you require in printing directly on a given fabric. You achieve this by directing settings of a printer. You are also able to utilize every drop you want from a given coverage. It is of greater significance to put in place a digital printing that is Eco friendly. You will be able to save water and the environment as well.

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 are not the best since they encourage use of dyes that need you to apply steam for fixation. You will also wash the excess dye and dry them later. You will waste dye materials in return and also use energy in steaming. You can use pigmented inks that are mainly based on water. They also use dry process so you do not need to use energy for steaming.

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.

Finally, there is need to encourage production of products that are friendly to the Eco system. The technological advancements realized should put this factor into consideration. Customers should be encouraged to purchase and use such projects. The government to should put in place measures to encourage this.




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