Expected at APPPEXPO 2014 based on 2013

April 2014

Nicholas Hellmuth and María Renée Ayau

Inkjet Inks for Textile Printing

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Expected at APPPEXPO 2014based on 2013Textile Inkjet Inks

Inks for printing on Textiles

What to expect at APPPEXPO 2014based on what we experienced at APPPEXPO 2013

We have separate reports on inks in general, plus the present report on textile inks in particular. The focused report on just textile inks is because there are five major kinds of inks for fabrics:

• Dyesublimation(printingontransferpapertoheattransferviasublimationtopolyester).

• Dispersedye(printingdirectlyonpolyesterandsublimatingwithaheatpress

• Reactivedye

• Aciddye

• Pigmentedink(mostforcottonbutalsootherfabrics).

YoucanalsoprintonwovenmaterialswithUV-curedinks,latexinks,solventinks.FormanyyearsIprintedonsilkwithwater-basedinks.Butifyouneedtoprintfull-timeontextile,the“textileinks”aremorerealistic.

Althoughtherearespecialexposfortextileprinting,inrealitythesearetextileweavingandtextileknittingequipmenttradeshowswhichalsohavelotsoftextileprinters.Butmostofthesearemillion-dollarprinters.YoucanordertheFLAARReportsonallthespecializedtextileexpos.

Butifyouwishtohavepersonalexperiencewithtextileprintersforsoft-signageandbasicinteriordecora-tion,itismorerealistictoattendageneralizedtradeshowsuchasAPPPEXPOinShanghai(thisJuly).Mostoftheprintersforsignagearedyesublimationanddispersedye.Thereasonisbecauseaciddyeandreactivedyeinksrequire(literally)almostafootballfieldsizeofofficespacetoholdallthework-flowequipment.

Ifyouwishtolearnaboutreactivedyeworkflow,thepeopleintheHongsamboothatAPPPEXPOcanexplainthistoyou.FLAARhasvisitedamajorprintingcompanywhichdoestheentirereactivedyeworkflow,sowehaveexperience.Franklyitissomucheasiertoworkwithdyesublimationanddispersedye.

Therearemanyotherbrands,andthisispreciselytheadvantageofAPPEXPO:effectivelyalltheChinese,Taiwan,andKoreaninkcompaniesarehere.

Youcanfindboothsfortheinks,andforthetransferpapersalso,atAPPPEXPO2014thisJuly.

FLAARhaspreparedthefollowingphotoessayinPDFformatwithexamplesofthebrandnamesoftextileinkjetinkcompaniesexpectedtoexhibitthisyearatAPPPEXPO2014.Thislistisbasedonthetextileinkcompaniesthatexhibitedinlastyear’sAPPPEXPO,soifacompanyappearsonthislist,itdoesnotguaranteethattheywillbepresentthisyearattheshow.Butourexperienceshowsthatifonebranddoesnotexhibitinagivenyear,severalotherbrandstakeitsplace.Thisisespeciallytrueforagrowingsoftsignageandinteriordécor fabric printing applications such as textile printers and textile inks.

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ContactinfoforAPPPEXPO2014

To get an attendee pass, sign up and register here: www.apppexpo.com/2/EN/Visitor

TolearnmoreaboutAPPPEXPO,hereistheirwebsite.www.apppexpo.com

During2014,FLAARwillbringatleast5membersoftheteamtotheexpo,tocovermanytopicssuchas:wide-formatprinters,inkjetinks,media,CNCroutersandothers.SincetheshowhasbeengrowingconstantlyeachyearthenumberofmembersoftheFLAARteamstoattendtheshowhasincreased.

IfyouwishtohireFLAARtolearnmoreabouttextileinksandtextileprinters,youcanhavethetwotextilespecialistsatFLAARassistyoubefore,during,andafterAPPPEXPO(DrNicholasandMariaReneeAyau).WriteFrontDesk@FLAAR.orgtoaskthefeestructureforin-personconsultinginShanghaiattheexpo(plusprepa-rationservicesbeforeyougo,andfollow-upservicesafteryouhaveattendedAPPPEXPO).

Wealsohaveafull-colorPDFonvisitingShanghai;thisisavailableatnocost.Shanghaiisagreattraveldesti-nation.

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Alphachem

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Atexco

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BaiMo Yuan Digital Consumable

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BC Inks

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Blackjet

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BPINK

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Century Star

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Digitex

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DX Ink Technology

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Fortuna Imatek

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Hongsam

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Inktec Sublinova

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Inkwin

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ITInk

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Jetbest

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Limei Jetinks

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Nazdar

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Print-Rite

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Rainbow Pigment (Chromo ink)

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Red Giant

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Saishun Digital Textile

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Sambo Chemical

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Sioen

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SWBE, SWKorea (Inktec)

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Taiwan Nano Technology

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Vivid

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ZeusTech

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July3throughJuly6,inbeautifulShanghai,besuretojoinDr.NicholasHellmuthandtheFLAARReportsteamatAPPPEXPO2014,tolearnmoreaboutoptionsinallthedifferentkindsoftextileinks.

Hongsam Samples

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This report has been licensed to Shanghai ModernInternational Exhibition Co., to distribute, since theyare the organizers of APPPEXPO (Advertising, Print,Pack & Paper Expo), Shanghai. But this report has notbeen licensed to any printer manufacturer, distributor,dealer, sales rep, RIP company, media or ink companytodistribute.Soifyouobtainedthisfromanycompany,otherthanAPPPEXPO,youhaveapiratedcopy.

Also, since this report is frequently updated, if you gotyourversionfromsomewhereelse,itmaybeanobsoleteedition. FLAAR reportsarebeingupdatedall year long,andourcommentonthatproductmayhavebeenrevisedpositively or negatively as we learnedmore about theproduct form end users.

PLEASE NOTE

To obtain a legitimate copy, which you know is thecomplete report with nothing erased or changed, andhenceareportwithalltheoriginaldescriptionofprosandcons,pleaseobtainyouroriginalandfullreportstraightfrom:

www.large-format-printers.org.www.apppexpo.com

Your only assurance that you have a complete andauthentic evaluation which describes all aspects ofthe product under consideration, benefits as well asdeficiencies, is to obtain these reports directly fromFLAAR,viawww.wide-format-printers.NET.

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