Jos Notermans

[The Note] Textile printing techniques: the five main types of printing on fabric explained

Printing on textile is a craft that has been practiced for decades. Not surprisingly, throughout these years there has been a lot of development in the field of textile printing. From hand-block printing to digital printing: the process of printing on fabric has become faster and more innovative resulting in higher quality textiles. Nowadays, the possibilities are endless. Curious about what types of industrial textile printing you can use for printing designs on fabrics? Below we’ve summed up the five main printing types and their most important benefits.

[The Note] How to choose a textile printing company that suits you as a partner

Investing in new printing equipment often is the start of a long-term relationship between your textile printing partner and your company. Of course, you want to make sure you make the right choice, as this is a significant investment. How do you make sure you ask the right questions and do the appropriate research? To help you select the printing partner that best suits your company, I give you a few essential tips that will guide you through the process.

[The Note] How digital textile printing enables fast-fashion manufacturing

The fashion landscape is changing rapidly and textile printers have to change with it. More collections, more challenging designs, and rapid deliveries: new customer demands have resulted in the rise of fast-fashion manufacturing. How can you benefit from digital textile printing to enable fast-fashion manufacturing and provide new standards of production efficiency?

[The Note] Match to print: how to improve print quality when combining printing techniques

Both digital textile printing as well as conventional textile printing offer unique possibilities to printing companies that will help them provide astonishing output. But how do you use both printing techniques in such a way that you can fully benefit from the advantages associated with each printing technology? How to improve print quality with these techniques?

In this blog, I describe three different scenario’s and explain how to improve print quality and generate the perfect match between your conventional and digital textile printing machines in each scenario.

[The Note] How to arrange a digital textile printing process

Some textile printers have the perception that you only need to plug in a digital textile printer for it to work. However, to truly benefit from your latest investment, there are a few extra steps you have to take.

In this blog, I’ll provide you with a checklist full of steps you should take when arranging a digital textile printing process. Use them to your advantage.

[The Note] What determines your digital printing on fabric cost?

Increasingly more textile printers acknowledge the advantages that digital textile printing has to offer. Increased production speed, higher levels of quality and more flexibility, to only name a few. Nevertheless, a digital textile printing machine asks for quite a large investment.

What determines your digital printing on fabric cost? Many printing companies wonder why a digital printer is significantly more expensive than a rotary printing machine. In this blog, I explain which components determine the price of a digital textile printing machine and how your company can benefit from this innovative printing equipment.

[The Note] 5 Digital Printing Requirements: a transition to digital textile printing

Is your company thinking about making the transition to Digital Textile Printing, but do you wonder if you're truly ready for it? In this blog, I’ve listed five important digital printing requirements that printing companies have to meet before they can benefit from adding a digital textile printer to their line of production.

[The Note] High speed digital textile printing: machine, promise and reality

As mentioned in my blog about hidden costs in digital printing, printing speed is a factor that greatly influences the cost of digital textile printing. The maximum speed of a printer is often being used as a Unique Selling Point (USP) by printer manufacturers. However, in the long run, it is not the printing speed that is most important; the final printing quality that can be produced is the priority and that determines the printing speed that can be achieved.