Present State of Inkjet Printing Technology for Textile

摘要

Inkjet printing technology can produce beautiful images not only on plain paper, but also on various kinds of printing media including a piece of cloth. Some Japanese companies have already stepped into the textile inkjet printer market, but making a profit is not easy so long as we look upon the inkjet printing technology as an alternative means of textile dyeing. Cost reduction is necessary as a whole for the inkjet printing systems to come into wide use in the textile dyeing industry. This paper describes current textile inkjet printing technology.