NEWS LATEST PRODUCTS DUPONT LAUNCHES NEW DTG INKS repeatability. “We are delighted to deliver a full solution that helps enable leading printing performance in all the areas that contribute to our customers’ success: brilliant and durable colours with less ink plus reduced curing times for oven and press while still delivering printing consistency and dependability to help lower operations and maintenance costs,” said Bernd Daiber, Global Sales Leader - Commercial Inks, DuPont™ Artistri® Digital Inks. DuPont has launched a new pigment ink series in its digital inks portfolio, DuPont™ Artistri® Brite P5500 Artistri® P5500 ink is specially designed for DTG (direct to garment) decorators and fulfilment houses who want to move to digital printing but need a faster, more reliable process that provides high quality and repeatability. The new Artistri® P5500 set of ink colours deliver improved wash fastness with both press or oven curing and with faster curing times. Artistri® P5590 white ink offers the opacity and stretch that customers value for longer shelf life. The high gamut volume aqueous- based ink set is designed to work in printers with low-viscosity piezo-electric printheads. It is suitable for all direct to garment applications, including DTF (Direct to Film) printing. With the DuPont™ Artistri® P5500 ink set, printers will be able to tailor their ink usage to the application without compromising colour, fastness and Key Features that benefit DTG Printers include Brilliant Colors, White Coverage, Longer shelf life through improved redispersibility and dark wash fastness (after five washes at 45C) for press and oven cure. Artistri® aqueous pigment inks are a key asset for digital printing customers OR manufacturing customers looking for short runs, customization and a shortened supply chain, while addressing the demand for sustainability,” Bernd concludes. KODAK HAS ANNOUNCED THE LAUNCH OF A NEW INK SYSTEM FOR FILM-TO-FABRIC (DTF) PRINTING PROJECTS. Film-to-Fabric ink systems can be used with most modified inkjet printers and involve three simple components: powder, film, and ink. The benefits of DTF, like Kodak’s FTF (Film-to-Fabric) system, including the ability to print on a wide variety of fabrics (eg. natural fabrics, polyester, nylon, rayon, blends, and cotton); less investment in hardware for a startup; and more flexibility to accept customer printing projects. Kodak’s film-to-fabric ink system includes KODACOLOR powder, KODACOLOR film, and ink specially designed for film- to-fabric application. Customers with existing Direct-to-Garment (DTG) printers have the option to use KODACOLOR DTG inks with KODACOLOR film and powder to add Kodak’s FTF to their offerings. 8 Kodak’s FTF ink system is the ideal solution for fabric, print shop owners who want high-quality prints without the expense of a full-fledged DTG fabric printing system or want to offer additional print projects on fabrics other than cotton to their customers. JUNE 2022 Grant French, Kodak’s DTG and FTF product manager, said, “We are pleased to announce the entry of Kodak into this market, giving more customers access to a high-quality, lower-cost business option to create amazing, printed fabric projects.”
