Mimaki Announces Launch Of Its First DTF Printer
Mimaki USA has developed its first direct-to-film (DTF) printer, TxF150-75, and warmth switch pigment ink PHT50 for DTF. Gross sales of those merchandise, focusing on textile and attire printing purposes, will start in summer season of 2023.
DTF printing is a technique that has grow to be widespread within the textile and attire business, notably within the wearable printing market, usually utilized in T-shirt printing. With DTF printing, the design is first printed instantly on a singular switch movie; subsequent, the printed movie is sprinkled with hot-melt powder, which is then heated and dried to type a transferable ink layer on the movie. The shaped ink layer is transferred to the material by a warmth press to finish the completed product.
The Mimaki TxF150-75 is an inkjet printer with a most printing width of 80 cm (31.5”) for producing DTF print switch sheets. The brand new PHT50 warmth switch pigment ink made for DTF purposes consists of 5 colours (CMYK and white), and is scheduled to acquire the ECO PASSPORT certification by the top of March 2023, which is crucial for assembly the worldwide security customary for textile merchandise OEKO-TEX. To beat the ink ejection defects and white ink clogging which have plagued earlier DTF printers, Mimaki has adopted a degassing ink design.