Materials for STUDENTS

In this course, students of creative and engineering specializations will gain knowledge about the application of digital inkjet printing technology on textiles. For students of creative specialties, digital printing technology is a tool of unlimited creative expression, a technology that gives an aesthetic component to textiles without limits in the number of colors, effects or sample sizes. 

It will provide students with basic knowledge of the historical development of digital inkjet technology and its gradual application in textiles. An insight into the advantages and justifications of the application of digital textile printing technology is given, but it will also explain the limitations and obstacles that are still encountered in industrial practice in the application of inkjet printing on textiles. The basic mechanisms of bonding dyes and pigments to textiles will be explained, and the structure of dye-based and pigment-based inks will be explained.

Precisely because of the complexity of the interaction of ink and textile, it is necessary to carry out certain types of pre-treatment and post-treatment, which will also be explained. The basic physical, mechanical and optical characteristics of textiles that affect the final appearance and quality of the print and color reproduction will be pointed out.

Ultimately, the goal is to encourage students who have an entrepreneurial spirit and find their interest in the field of printing, to, using the knowledge gained here, further educate themselves, dive deeper into the subject and find themselves in textile printing entrepreneurship.

TOPICS:

INTRODUCTION

• History of DEVELOPMENT
  

BASICS of DIGITAL Printing TECHNOLOGIES

• Technology of INK DROPLET formulation - CHARACTERISTICS and DIFFERENCES
  

BASICS of DIGITAL PRINTING Technology on TEXTILES

• Features of TEXTILE digital print COMMERCIALIZATION
• INK PROPERTIES for Digital Inkjet Textile Printing
  
• COLORANTS in digital textile printing 

• RIP Software for Inkjet Digital Textile Printing

SPECIFICS and OPSTACLES in TEXTILE Digital Printing

• TEXTILE/INK DROPLET Relationship