Digital Printing Setting It Correctly on a Tech Pack
Digital Printing should be written into the tech pack with a value, a tolerance and a method. This removes ambiguity from quotations.
Definition to agree
inkjet deposition onto fabric. Working figures for Digital Printing normally sit around pigment, reactive, disperse routes in mainstream production. Note roll-to-roll printers on the tech pack so nobody tests against an older revision.
Target value
Open the specification at pigment, reactive, disperse routes, adjusted to the end use. Record elastane content alongside Digital Printing, because blends shift the measured value. A result outside pigment, reactive, disperse routes usually points to process drift rather than to the fibre itself.
Method line
Always pair the target with roll-to-roll printers so the mill and the laboratory test the same way. Keeping reference values for Digital Printing lets suppliers quote without extra sampling rounds. Ask for conditioning details together with roll-to-roll printers, since both affect the reading.
Tolerance line
State plus or minus limits to keep production realistic while protecting the requirement. Working figures for Digital Printing normally sit around pigment, reactive, disperse routes in mainstream production. Note roll-to-roll printers on the tech pack so nobody tests against an older revision.
Approval step
Approve the result on pre-production bulk rather than on development fabric only. Record elastane content alongside Digital Printing, because blends shift the measured value. A result outside pigment, reactive, disperse routes usually points to process drift rather than to the fibre itself.
