Sunday, January 20, 2019
The TEXART RT-640 from ROLAND DG Spain, an example of success with textile art
2020Visual CommunicationDigital printing
Artistic Textil leverages the benefits of sublimation to expand its business
Without a doubt, sublimation printing is one of the most effective methods for creating a wide range of custom and personalized products on demand, helping to open up new markets.
Taking advantage of this trend, Artistic Textil , a family-owned company with over 50 years of experience in the textile industry, has expanded its product portfolio and business. The company has capitalized on the growing trend toward customization to reach out to its customers by producing unique and original products.
They specialize in producing personalized T-shirts using cutting-edge textile printing techniques and systems, including sublimation, direct-to-garment printing, embroidery, and screen printing. Their original and unique designs have captured the attention of their customers.
Designer t-shirts with the highest quality and resolution thanks to sublimation
More and more people are looking to wear unique clothing or are thinking about creating their own line of designer T-shirts. Artistic Texti l makes this possible by using sublimation to print original designer T-shirts with the highest resolution.
Sublimation is a key tool for addressing new needs , allowing for the immediate creation of a wide range of customized and personalized products on demand. In short, it's a process in which special inks, containing heat-activated "sublimation" dyes, are fixed by applying heat and pressure to a polyester substrate, whether a fabric or a coated surface.
Compared to traditional printing processes, large-format digital sublimation has the advantage of significantly reduced setup times, offering great adaptability and flexibility. It's incredibly easy to create one-off pieces, samples, or limited editions. It also allows for printing color variations or completely different designs in the same print run.
Before discovering this technology, the company worked with other techniques, such as fabric printing, screen printing, etc., but it was sublimation that offered them the ultimate versatility and quality for textile customization.
Currently, they have the Roland Texart RT-640 sublimation printer at their facilities . According to Jaume Parra, owner of the company: “ This sublimation printer offers us great reliability and few breakdowns. It has completely changed our way of producing, allowing us to customize and access small, custom-made quantities without hardly increasing costs .”
He continues, “ Digital technology fits into our current production model, which prioritizes instant printing and short runs. The RT-640 is a flexible printing solution that allows us to offer multiple products quickly across a wide range of applications .”
A new world of printable articles
Using the Roland RT-640 , the company not only prints T-shirts, but also produces textile merchandising, souvenirs, signage, and other items. They have created items as diverse as scarves, mouse pads, sarongs, tablecloths, chamois cloths, mobile phone straps, and more.
One of the most original collections they have developed is the creation of souvenirs and promotional items for theaters, museums, and exhibitions, using designs by great artists such as Gustav Klimt, Van Gogh, and Gaudí.
Roland DG , on the other hand , ordered their own custom-designed T-shirts for the C!Print trade show . The entire team wore these colorful T-shirts at the stand during the trade show, which caused a stir among both the team and attendees.
It's no secret that digital printing can generate countless advantages for print professionals, and as demonstrated at Artistic Textil, if printers are able to master these technologies, then they have a lot to gain.
