DRIVING THE REINVENTION OF PRINTED TEXTILE PRODUCTION DEMANDS AN ACUTE KNOWLEDGE OF PROCESS
“The digital textile printing workflow demands a comprehensive understanding of the textile printing process. Each unique combination of design, substrate, ink type, print process and post finishing makes a cumulative impact on final printed output. To get the best out of technology all factors must be considered, and equipment aligned”. EPSON
The digital textile printing workflow demands a comprehensive understanding of the textile printing process.
Each unique combination of design, substrate, ink type, print process and post finishing makes a cumulative impact on final printed output. To get the best out of technology all factors must be considered, and equipment aligned.
Over the years digital textile printing appears to have become much simpler – that is a tribute - to the research and development teams, who have now perfected textile printing on an industrial scale by fine tuning physical manufacturing technology alongside digital innovation.
At Epson, software and machine technology have advanced in unison, ensuring that the Monna Lisa series is fine-tuned for smart textile production. In doing so, Epson have created a powerful, seamless textile production suite that offers consistent, high-quality output, whilst controlling colour management and production for optimum productivity.
Epson’s print workflow software offers a suite of functions built specifically for textile production. Equipped with versatile layout functionality and print management tools that deliver accurate colour control for textile production. With seamless workflow integration in an extremely intuitive format, as well as providing great tools to maximize productivity with high control and flexibility. The Epson Cloud Solution PORT also provides users with remote oversite and control of their Epson Monna Lisa fleet.
Epson software neatly bridges the gap between the designer and production, enabling creativity to be matched with process speed. In doing so Epson software ensures that the design to print progress is seamless and intuitive.
Among the many functions of the Epson Edge Print Textile RIP are Epson Precision Dot Technology, updated Step and Repeat Controls, New Print Layout Commands, Spot Colour Matching, Colour Atlas Generation, Colour Chart Adjustment, A new ICC Profiler, Ink Penetration Control, a Shading Edge Function, and Color Blend, a pre-processing tool for colour control.
These new functions are described in more detail below:
Epson Precision Dot Technology:
This software maximises the proven benefits of the Epson precision dot technologies that form the base for Epson’s industry-leading image quality. These technologies include Microweave and lookup table (LUT) technologies that reduce banding and graininess, and halftoning that reduces graininess while providing robust protection against image degradation caused by dot misalignment.
Step And Repeat:
Large repeating patterns can easily be created by using the step-and-repeat function to duplicate a single image or design element. Images can be shifted vertically or horizontally and overlapped as needed to eliminate any gaps in the pattern.
Versatile Layout Functions:
Print layout creation is also made easier by a full range of commands to scale, rotate, copy, mirror, crop, and nest images.
Colour Replacement (Spot Colour Matching):
By measuring a target colour sample with a Spectro-photometer, colour can be automatically generated to obtain the desired colour output.
Colour Atlas Generation:
Custom swatch books (atlases) can be generated automatically to match colours precisely and print a range of colour swatches on a target fabric.
Colour Chart For Fine Adjustment:
A fine adjustment chart makes it easy to create a set of colours that are similar to a given starting colour.
Ink Penetration Liquid (ACROSS):
Ink penetration is controlled to enhance edge definition while achieving visual equivalence on both sides of fabric.
ICC Profiler:
ICC profiles can be created or edited, with up to 16 colour channels.
Shading Edge Function:
Fine line width can be controlled in geometric patterns even if misalignment occurs during printing.
Epson technology combines Software and Machine Innovation
The Epson EDGE Print Textile software is designed to be an integrated solution for industrial digital textile print production, guaranteeing colour consistency and reproducibility time after time. As a RIP built specifically for textile production – the Epson Edge Print Textile RIP delivers a powerful set of tools giving the digital printer the control needed to produce high quality textiles with superior service, whilst simultaneously - simplifying image editing and saving precious and costly production time.
