Historically, apparel has been the largest segment of textile printing, but Epson has seen tremendous growth in home decor and soft signage over the past few years, and many traditional textile markets have been disrupted by continued growth in digital applications in textile printing. considered strong.
“It’s fair to say that the sign and display market, including banners, flags, exhibition displays, etc., is dominated by digital printing, especially dye-sublimation printing.” With the massive adoption of direct T-shirt printing and fast fashion inkjet technology However, digital printing in fashion has been on the rise. Digital printing of home textiles has also seen good growth, supported by better quality digital pigment inks, and demand for custom interior fabrics has grown as people spend more time and money on home improvement during the pandemic
"This is also reflected in the increase in digital pigment printing," he noted. “Having said that, digital textile printing still accounts for only 7% to 8% of total textile printing, which means that there is huge potential for further growth. With the increasing demand and the huge potential of digital printing, sportswear and athleisure products are added. , all of these segments will continue to grow.”
"The strongest segment right now is on-demand t-shirt printing, but when I look at DTG's roadmap, I see that the range of industries using DTG is expanding,"
"For example, we're starting to see broad interest from apparel and textile manufacturing companies that typically outsource or utilize in-house screen printing as well as dye sublimation for smaller custom printing jobs.
DTG printers can provide this segment with a way to reduce costs, control production, and simplify printing needs,” Jones continued. “The increase in bed size allows for larger prints as well as more applications and provides manufacturers with Opportunity to develop and enter the large format DTG custom market. I think these companies are the front runners and have the ability to offer unique services that will definitely make them
Stand out from the competition. "
“Apparel has always been the most mature market for this technology; it started with imprint streetwear, then progressed into branded/licensed apparel, then polyester and polyester blend activewear and athleisure, swimwear, and finally into high-end designer fashion, "
“Currently, we are seeing a lot of interest in digital growth in the home decor space, as the technology has reached quality, consistency and durability standards to meet wear and tear standards for interior and exterior decor, while enabling these applications With the same unlimited graphics and color capabilities,"
Pigment and dye sub-inkjet printing allows printers to produce colorful prints on many different types of textile substrates, while having the smallest environmental footprint and smallest physical printer footprint.
"Digital pigment textile printing has continued to grow throughout the pandemic as other printing technologies have slowed down,". "Pigment inkjet printing from RTR to DTG and DTF (direct-to-film) will continue to grow significantly over the next five years, with the excellent colors that pigment inkjet inks now offer and the cost-effective printing offered by the latest printing technologies."
“Apparel and sportswear remain the most popular product categories considering the global digital printing installed base, with dye-sublimation and reactive dye inks accounting for the majority of the total consumables sold in many regions. Pigment inks are considered the next step in the industry Big waves, although they still need to prove effective in the field, can really attract a wide range of textile business.
