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Digital Print + Workflow = Innovative Fabric Printing Opportunities

Pat McGrew

Senior Director, Production Software & Services

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Pat McGrewSenior Director Keypoint Intelligence | InfoTrends Production Software & Services

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Digital Textile

Printing is too

big to take on.

There isn’t a

market for digital

fabric printing.

There is nothing

new is digital

fabric printing.

New software,

workflow

options, and

printing

solutions make

digital fabric

printing truly

accessible!


Who’s Printing What?Worldwide Wide Format Print Volume by Application 2017 & 2022

0

100

200

300

400

500

600

2017 2022Millions M²

3.3BILLION M2


Looking at Hardware Placements2018 Digital Textile Placements by Environment

34%

Garment & Sportswear51%

Décor 14%

Industrial 1%

66%Graphic Arts

Fabric Production

Total 2018 Units: 13,504

Excluding DTG (Direct to Garment) unitsSource: Keypoint Intelligence 2018-2023 Digital Textile Printing Industry Forecast

Fabric production continues to grow while graphics sees a slowdown.


6,568

1,823

205

6,845

1,918

910

1,000

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

7,000

8,000

Garment/Sportswear Home Décor Industrial

Units2017 Total Units 8,596 2018 Total Units 8,854

3% YOY Growth

The Opportunity is ClearWorldwide Industrial Digital Textile Printer Units by Application 2017-2018

*Including Acid, Direct disperse, Pigment, Reactive and Sublimation inksExcluding DTG (Direct to Garment) and Graphic Textile units

Source: Keypoint Intelligence 2018-2023 Digital Textile Printing Industry Forecast


Garment/sports apparel sector growth stronger in

higher end segments (+13%).

› Continually fueled by growing demand for fast

fashion, Web-to-Fashion printing, and near-shoring

as well as environmental factors.

Home textiles segment growth 30% in high end (-2%

in low end).

› Reflects transition towards higher end machines.

› Pigment ink machine take-up also continues to

grow this sector.

What Have We Learned?

* Note graphics placements are sublimation ink technology only


Who are the Top Ten Vendors (2018)?

Based on 2018 Unit Placements in Graphics and Fabric Production Environments

Atexco Digital

Homer Tech

EFI Reggiani/ EFI Vutek

MS Srl

Durst

Flora Digital

Mutoh

DGI

D-Gen

ATP Color

Faster than 80m²/hr Epson

Mimaki

Mutoh

Roland DG

Lanyu

Human Digital

Gongzheng

Colorjet

D-Gen

DGI

Slower than 80m²/hr


Tools to Take Advantage


Scan/CAD

Printing on Paper

Steaming

Original Design

File Separation

Film Output

Screen Prep

Looking at the Steps in Textile Printing

Pretreat Fabric

Coloration

Washing

Cutting

Sewing

Printing (multi-step)

Scan/CAD

Original Design

Pretreat Fabric

Printing (multi-step)

Steaming

Washing

Cutting

Sewing

Traditional

Digital

Fewer Steps

Up to 10X Less Water

Image Sources: Freepik, Good Ware, Material Design


Matching Customer DemandsFast Turnaround, Short Run, JIT, Customization

N = 1,405

Source: 2018 FESPA Print Census

0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100%

Cross-media integration

Online ordering/web-to-print

More versioning/personalization

Just-in-time manufacturing

Shorter run printing

Faster turnaround

Increase

Stay the Same

Decrease


Recognize Supply Chain Adaptations to Meet New Requirements

Source:Fashion Retailer:fashionretail.blog


Investigate Adobe

Streamline the process of digitally designing prints for fabrics

Alliance between

Adobe, CSI,

DataColor

› Adobe Textile

Designer

› ColorWall

› ColorReaderPRO


Embrace Production Tracking

Prepress

Production planning

Process management

Defect detection

Fleet management

Production Dashboards

ERP Integration

Proofing

Color communication


Look for Examples that Work: Gerber Technology


Consider All Production Digital Textile

Printing Options

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Arioli - ArioPrint K32

32 Dual Channel

Kyocera printhead

743 m²/h

600 dpi


Colorjet Vastrajet 8164

16-Kyocera print heads

Up to 1,440 dpi and 5 mm drop distance

Print speed from 145 to 32 M2/h

1.8 meters wide

Adaptive ink system (AIS). › Maintains constant jetting

conditions even in varying environmental conditions supported by temp controls and built in print head humidifier


EPSON Monalisa EVO TRE 64

With its 64 PrecisionCore printheads,

maximum print speed of 779 M2/h @ 600x600 dpi – 2 passes

Max resolution 1,200 dpi

New Genesta PG-Revo pigment inks – no pretreatment needed! EPSON


Dover MS – Mini Lario

Breaking 1,000 M2 in Scanning Device

Double CMYK

› Max Speed 1,000 m2/h

› Production speed 672 M2/h

Up to 64 Kyocera

printheads

600 dpi @ 4-72 pcl

1.8 to 3.2 meters

Dover MS


HP Stitch

S1000 S300 S500

Width 3.2 Meter 1.62 Meter 1.62 Meter

Maximum Production Speed 350 m2/hour 34 m

2/hour 110 m

2/hour

Quality Speed (Backlit) 100 m2/hour 22 m

2/hour 34 m

2/hour

AMPV N/A 1,200 m2/month 2,500 m

2/month

Duty Cycle N/A 3,000 m2/month 6,000 m

2/month


Stitch S300 / S500 Key Features


HP Stitch Partners


Kornit Presto S

450 m² /h› 300 m²/h will be more typical

› 1.8 meter wide

21 Fuji Dimatix printheads › 42 printhead unit available in

future

Neopigment ink Robusto› 7 colors

– Standard - Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Green, Red


Mimaki – TX300P XXX - Hybrid’ Direct-to-Fabric

Improved Production Efficiency

Direct-to-fabric & paper transfer

Three combinations of two ink loaded simultaneously › Pigment,

› Sublimation transfer

› Sublimation direct ink

The printer uses a ditch system to switch from direct fabric inks and a vacuum system to switch from paper.

The different inks will be loaded for different printheads.

The unnamed machine will be part of the TX300P series and is expected by the end of 2019


Mouvent TX802

Speed up to 400 m2/h

1200 dpi

Up to 8 colors

› Heavy ink laydown 16

g/sqm/ one pass

1.8 meter wide

Mouvent cluster inkjet

configuration

Mouvent


Emerging Technologies


Twine TS1800

Dyeing threads digitally in real time for embroidery, sewing, and knitting.

Uses polyester fiber that is dyed using inhouse DTS dye technology with proprietary DTI inks.

Up to 2,000 meters of thread per hour

SnapMatch - Digital color matching mobile app called to translate a scanned image for the TS-1800 for immediate dyeing.

Connectivity to ERP and PLM system to support virtual inventory


Twine – Embroidery, Sewing, Knitting


Three Key Takeaways

Digital Textile Printing is an Opportunity

Equipment is available in many types, sizes & price ranges

Automated Workflows are the path to success


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How Are We Stay Current

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Communications Delivery

› Current approaches to pricing and how the models vary.


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