Targeting textile & garment printing in a post-pandemic world

Prior to the pandemic, textile printing was one of those things we´d probably all considered. Perhaps for printing flags, fabric banners or soft signage? Or for supplemental production such as interior décor and soft furnishings? Maybe even for direct-to-garment T-shirts, sportswear printing and short-run fashion designs?

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Benefits of Digital Dye Sublimation over Conventional Methods

Dye sublimation is a digital printing technology that enables the reproduction of colourful images on common everyday items, including clothing and novelties. Prior to digital printing, reproducing images on these items (T-shirts being a typical example) required fairly involved and labour-intensive analogue processes, such as screen-printing.

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BT-12: Pretreat or Not to Pretreat

Use of a pretreatment for DTG applications can help improve wash durability, ink adhesion, and vibrancy. The problem is, there’s no “one size fits all” solution and pretreating a garment doesn’t necessarily guarantee the user will get the desired results. However, the pretreatment steps outlined in this Quick Tip can help VersaSTUDIO BT-12 users achieve a better outcome.

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