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ColorSpan
DisplayMaker FabriJet XII for digital inkjet printing directly
onto textiles.
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Colorspan
FabriJet at GOA tradeshow.
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At
each trade show the output from the ColorSpan DisplayMaker
FabriJet XII is the most beautiful. Whereas most textile printers
(Stork, Mimaki,
Mutoh)
use Epson piezo printheads, the ColorSpan uses Hewlett-Packard
thermal printheads. ColorSpan uses reactive dye inks for cotton
and direct acid dye inks for silk, as do the other textile
printers.
Every
week new inquiries come in asking about what printer is best
for printing on textiles. We have tested primarily the ColorSpan
for printing on photo paper and don't yet know the ColorSpan
FabriJet XII except what we see every time at the trade shows.
For sheer quality, the ColorSpan is among the best available.
Although
the HP
DesignJet printers can handle textiles which have backing,
the HP printers can't handle textile inks nor textiles without
backing. The ColorSpan FabriJet XII is also designed to accept
the special inks for textiles, something the HP printers cannot
yet handle.
You
can request one of the FLAAR reports on textile printers
to get the descriptions of all the other brands of printers
which are appropriate for printing on textiles such as Color
Wings, Stork, Mimaki, and others.
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All reports by Dr. Nicholas Hellmuth |
UPDATED:
July 06/2001
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