Hybrid Garment Printing Combining the Advantages Screen & Digital Inkjet Printing United, October 23, 2019
Hybrid Garment PrintingCombining the Advantages Screen & Digital Inkjet
Printing United, October 23, 2019
Vince Cahill
Consultant & Journalist
Screen & Digital Printer
Former Digital Printing Company CEO
Former Digital Printer Distributor
ASDPT Member
Hybrid Garment Printers Agenda
M&R Digital Squeegee DS-
2000 & DS-4000
MHM-CSC Digital V Pro, iQ
Digital (with Arioli), iQ Oval II
Lawson Hybrid
ROQ H8C4XL, H8C42XL,
H12C6XL, & H12C62XL
CNTOP Hybrid Oval & Wings
Compact
OmniPrint Hybrid Freejet
Aeoon Kyo Hybrid
Bihong Q-Jet Automatic Oval
Hybrid
Flora T30 Hybrid
Tek-Ind Alfa Digital
Comparisons & Competition
Kornit Digital Atlas &
Avalanche Poly Pro
YiliJet’s COLTEX CF-9700 DTG
Conclusions
M&R Digital Squeegee DS-2000
Produces CMYK prints on screen
printed under-base at 200 shirts/hr.
Compatible with M&R VictoryOne
automatic screen press.
Maximum print area 55 x 77 cm
(21.7" x 27.6")
10 Fujifilm Dimatix Starfire PIJ heads
Max. print resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi
Printing height adjustable from 3 to
15 mm
M&R Digital Squeegee DS-4000
Produces CMYK prints on screen
printed under-base at 400 shirts/hr.
Compatible with M&R Stryker,
Challenger III, & Gauntlet III
automatic screen presses.
Maximum print area 38 x 48 cm (15" x
19"); Print height: 3 to 10 mm
DS-4000 Digital Squeegee with Stryker oval textile press
Screen-printed white under-base can
be used with varying digital print data
to produce completely different images
in the same print run.
16 Fujifilm Dimatix Starfire PIJ heads
Max. print resolution: 600 x1200 dpi
MHM – Arioli iQ-Digital
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SF97dgva5TY
48 Ricoh Gen 4L (MH 2620) PIJ heads for 38.4 cm/ 64
heads for 51.4 cm / 80 heads for 64.4 cm
Max. print resolution: 600 x 1200 dpi
Ink channels: Double CMYK mirrored
Max. production output: 1080 prints/hr.
Max. print area; 63 x120 cm (24” x 47”)
Pin lock screen holding system
2 screen models: 14 & 18 pallet MHM Oval
MHM – CSC Digital V Pro
2 Epson micro-piezo PIJ printheads
Inkjet colors: CMYK + screened white
Max print area: 720 x 1200
Production speed 200 pieces/hr.
Zeus V Printer Controller
RIP: Caldera
Ink: CSC REI Technology
MHM represents CSC of Malaysia
Lawson Hybrid DTG
The Zeus V uses 2 Epson PIJ heads
printing CMYK
Lawson can combine its Zeus V
inkjet with its manual, semi-
automatic or automatic garment
screen printing presses for hybrid
functionality.
Using its HD-Max manual screen
carrousel press to screen aqueous
white image base coat, the
Lawson Hybrid than inkjet prints its
colored overlay image without the
need for pre-coat or flash cure.
Caldera RIP software included with
Zeus Digital Squeegee Jet.
Lawson also offers Epson SureColor F2100 F2000 DTG inkjet systems
Zeus Hybrid offers max. resolution of
720 x 1200 dpi
Zeus Hybrid 460 mm x 460 mm (18”
x 18”) print area
Lawson claims a production speed
of 200 pieces/hr.
Lawson represents CSC of Malaysia
for Zeus V & its inks
ROQ H8C4XL, H8C42XL,
H12C6XL, & H12C62XL
A ROQ automatic screen printing
press prints the white underbase.
ROQ’s inkjet print unit uses Fujifilm
Dimatix Starfire PIJ 1024-nozzle
heads jetting a 24 pl native drop.
ROQ’s hybrids provide a 600 x
1200 dpi maximum resolution.
ROQ claims that all of its hybrid
models can print 450 A4 sized
prints/hour.
Uses pigmented ink – ROQ
Micropigment
Tailored RIP software – ROQ Studio
powered by Neostampa
ROQ H8C4XLH8C42
XL
H12C6
XL
H12C62
XL
Colors CMYK CMYKCMYK +
2
CMYK +
2
Max.
Size
19.68" x
27.56"
29.52" x
35.43"
19.68" x
27.56"
29.52" x
35.43"
CNTOP Hybrid Automatic Oval
Digital D10B unit uses 10 PIJ print
heads printing CMYK pigment inks
Prints 400 pieces/hr. for 26 x 42 cm
(10.2” x 16.5”) images & 280
pieces/hr. for 52 x 42 cm (20.47” x
16.5”) sized images
Max. screen print area: 42 x 70 cm(
16.5” X 27.6”)
6, 8, 10, 12, 14 16, 18, & 20 pallet
screen printing oval available
with Digital D10B inkjet unit
Selectable 600 x 1200 dpi and 900
x 1200 dpi print resolution
3 to 15 mm throw distance
10 grayscale PIJ printheads with
automatic cleaning system and
non-contact moisturizing for
preventing nozzle jet-outs
OmniPrint Hybrid System
OmniPrint Hybrid System includes:
Freejet 330 plus with Epson PIJ printheads & effective capping
Vastex 1000 garment screen press
Flash cure unit & workflow software
Video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbhsckeEiXw&feature=youtu.be
The OmniPrint hybrid process first screen prints image’s white underlayer on the Freejet’s detachable platen on the Vastex 1000. After flash curing the white print, the operator inserts the printed platen unit into Omniprint’s Freejet inkjet printer for printing the process color image over the screened white.
Aeoon Kyo Hybrid Series
600 native dpi digital prints
Maximum resolution of 2400 dpi
Automatic cleaning and capping station printheads
Customizable with 4, 8 or 12 Kyocera KJ4B PIJ 40 kHz grayscale heads, each with 2558 nozzles
4 Kyo Hybrid standard models:
Kyo
Hybrid8/2 8/3 12/2 12/3
Printheads
(Kyocera)8 8 12 12
Inkjet Colors
CMYK CMYK CMYK +CMYK/CMYK
CMYK +CMYK/CMYK
White/
Highligher4 4 4 (or 8) 4 (or 8)
Pallets 2 3 2 3
Max Print
Area50x70 cm 50x70 cm 50x70 cm 50x70 cm
Output/hr.
Light950 1280 950 1280
Output/hr.
Dark450 450 450 450
Bihong Q-Jet Automatic Oval Hybrid
Repairable Fujifilm Starfire PIJ
SG1024/MC heads
Choice of 4 or 6 inkjet colors
3 to 30 mm adjustable throw
Maximum print: 650 x 750 mm
Production Output:
Dark Fabric A4 size: 350 prints/hr.
Dark Fabric A3 size: 280 prints/hr.
Light Fabric A4 size: 400 prints/hr.
Light Fabric A3 size: 330 prints/hr.
A4 = 8.27 × 11.69 inches;
A3 = 11.69 x 16.53 inches
Flora T30 Garment Hybrid
8 to 12 Ricoh Gen 5 PIJ heads
Max. throughput 400 pieces/hr.
with 8 printheads printing A4 size
image
Quality throughput yields 200
pieces/hr
Max. Resolution 605 x 1200 dpi
Built in printhead capping and
automatic cleaning systems
CMYK
Tek-Ind Alfa Digital
Tek-Ind of Italy offer 3 models of its
Alfa Digital hybrid garment printer
SD50x70-R4 uses 4 Ricoh Gen4 PIJ
heads printing CMYK with a print
area of 50 x 70 cm (19.6” x 27.5”)
SD80x100-R5 uses 4 Ricoh Gen5 PIJ
heads printing CMYK with a max.
print of 80 x 100 cm (31.5” x 39.37”)
SD100x100-R5 uses 4 Ricoh Gen5
PIJ heads printing CMYK with a
max. print of 1 x 1 m (39.37” x
39.37”)
An automatic carrousel screen
printing press supplies the under
base for the hybrid process
Tek-Ind report 60 to 120 pieces/hr.
depending on chosen resolution
Resolutions of 300 x 600 dpi to 900
x 1200 possible
Garment Hybrid Comparison
Hybrids M&R
DS2000
M&R
DS4000
MHM iQ
Digital
MHM V
Pro &
Lawson
ROQ CN Top Omni
Aeoon
Kyo Hy
Bhong
Q-Jet
Production
Speed
Prints/hr.
200 400 1080 200 450 A4 280 A3
400 A4
30-60 450 dark,
950-1280
light
280 dark,
To 400
light
Max. (dpi)
Resolution600 x
1200
600 x
1200
600 x
1200
720 x
1200
600 x
1200
900 x
1200
720 x
1200
600
native
600 x
1200
Max. Print
Size (cm)55 x 77 38 x 48 63 x120 46 x 46 50x70;
75x90
65 x 75 32 X 56 50x70 65 x 75
Printheads 10 Fujifil.
Dimatix
Starfire
16 Fujifil.
Dimatix
Starfire
48 to 80
Ricoh
Gen4L
2 Epson
PIJ
heads
8 or 12
Fujifil.
Dimatix
Starfire
10
Ricoh
Gen5
2 Epson
PIJ 8
channel
Kyocera
KJ4B PIJFujifil.
Dimatix
Starfire
IJ Colors CMYK CMYK CMYK CMYK CMYK/
CMYK+2
CMYK Autom.
CMYK/
CMYK
CMYK CMYK
Screen
Press
Victory
One
Stryker,
Challenger
III, &
Gauntlet III
MHM
Oval
MHM X-
Type +
Carrousel
Carrousel 6 to 20
pallet
Oval
Vastex
1000
One unit Oval
Competition
Inkjet White + CMYK +
Kornit Digital Atlas & Avalanche Poly Pro; Note: Fate of
Kornit Paradigm II (Hybrid insert)
YiliJet’s COLTEX CF-9700 DTG
Aeoon Kyo Link Series
CNTOP Wings Compact
Ricoh Anajet’s Ri 1000
Plus other DTG digital systems
CNTOP Wings
Kornit Avalanche Poly Pro
YiliJet’s COLTEX CF-9700
Ricoh Anajet Ri 1000
Conclusions
Major equipment manufacturers for garment printing have invested in
hybrid screen & inkjet printing solutions due to the flexibility & variable data
capabilities they offer.
The WHITE, the most expensive & problematic color, is printed by screen
printing; while 4-color, & for some 6-color, process is inkjet printed.
New ink chemistry for hybrids is enabling printing on 100% polyester darks
and lights, as well as cotton and cotton blend dark & light fabrics.
Ink chemistry is driving improved performance.
Printhead capping & moisturizing, along with ink recirculation, are enabling
unclogged print nozzles after extended periods of not printing and
reducing the need to flush heads and the expense of flushing ink & fluids.
The race is on between hybrid screen-inkjet solutions and all inkjet ones.