Technical characteristics of clothing screen printing and digital printing

1. Clothing screen printing technology

Clothing screen printing is a traditional printing technology widely used in the market. The advantages of screen printing are high precision and high resolution, which can print clear and delicate textures, three-dimensional pattern effects, relatively low plate making costs, and good water resistance and friction resistance, and are not easy to fade and fall off.

There are three shortcomings of screen printing. First, the printing effect is limited, the printing lines are relatively thick, and it cannot meet the requirements of fine pattern printing; in addition, the layering is poor, the highlight part is not easy to print, and the dark tone part is easy to paste. Second, the cost of small batch production is high, and the pressure of screen printing plate fee is large. Third, the production cycle is long and occupies a large production space.

2. Clothing digital printing technology

Digital printing is a kind of printing production technology that integrates computer technology, electronic information technology and mechanical technology, and realizes personalized, small batch and fast printing by converting patterns into digital files and printing digital files on textiles. There are three advantages of digital printing. First, it is efficient, which can print the required patterns quickly and accurately and can achieve large-scale production. Second, precision. Digital printing can achieve high-precision printing, with excellent color reproduction and image clarity, and can achieve a rich effect of details. Third, innovation. Digital printing technology can achieve personalized customization to meet the different needs of customers. The shortcomings of digital printing are: first, the investment cost is relatively high, and special equipment and technology are required. Second, the digital printing pattern is not as rich as screen printing in terms of three-dimensional texture and texture performance.

3. The significance of the integration of screen printing and digital printing

Screen printing and digital printing are both popular printing technologies today. They each have their own advantages, differences and shortcomings. If the advantages of the two are combined through the organic integration of technology, they can effectively play their respective advantages, learn from each other's strengths and weaknesses, and achieve efficient, flexible and high-quality printing production, better meet the needs of different customers, and adapt to the trend of the rapid development of the clothing market.

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