Work Methodology ( Process )

For flawlessly handling of printing services, we have divided the involved operations under different well defined work units. These include inspection of fabric, pre-treatment, printing, post -treatment and final inspection. The details include:

The process flow of Digital Printing on all non polyester fabrics is as below:
Inspection of Fabric: The goods are well inspected for all kinds of physical damage. During this process the quantity received is checked against the quantity mentioned in delivery challan. Any unusual damage and shortage is reported to the client.

Pre-Treatment: After physical inspection the fabric is sent for coating or Padding. This process is essential for all non polyester fabrics. During this process, the fabric is coated with chemicals & prepared for printing. A special recipe of chemicals along with other salts (like urea, alginate) are used in this process. Although we chemically coat the fabric, however, printed fabrics are harmless to environment and skin. (of both adults and infants). Even the chemicals used in this process are sourced from the best and most renowned companies like Huntsman.

Printing: Once the fabric is treated with chemicals, it can be directly printed. Inkjet printing machines are used to print the fabrics.

Post–Treatment: Printed Fabric is steamed at high temperatures (mostly 102 degree for 10 minutes) by using special agers (mostly STAR or Continuous, Depending upon the fabric and print). This process is important to fix the dyes on the fabric. Once the fabric is steamed, it is washed well to ensure that the extra dyes and chemicals are washed out. The fabric is finished with softeners during this stage.

Final inspection: The goods are well inspected for all kinds of print defects, hand feel & physical damage. During this process the quantity in meters is also measured and final delivery note is generated. Any unusual damage and problem is reported to the client. Further, goods are packed as per clients instructions.

The process flow of Digital Printing on all non polyester fabrics is as below:
Inspection of Fabric: The goods are well inspected for all kinds of physical damage. During this process the quantity received is checked against the quantity mentioned in delivery challan. Any unusual damage and shortage is reported to the client.

Printing: For printing polyester fabric, special heat transfer technique is used. In order to transfer the print on fabric, we print specially treated paper by the ink jet plotters. The ink used in this process are disperse inks. The paper of various widths and grades are available in the market. In order to ensure best quality we import paper and inks from Switzerland. The printed paper is sent for heat transfer.

Heat Transfer: It is the process in which the printed paper is transferred on the fabric. In order to transfer, hot press machines are used. It can either be done in roll form or in cut piece form. The machine is heated upto 200 degree and the print is transferred onto the fabric within 2-3 minutes of exposure.

Final inspection: The goods are well inspected for all kinds of print defects, hand feel & physical damage. During this process the quantity in meters is also measured and final delivery note is generated. Any unusual damage and problem is reported to the client. Further, goods are packed as per clients instructions. The Hand feel of the fabric does not change in this process.

Special Fabrics like sequenced and surface treated fabrics (where surface treatement is done using polyester blended material) can be printed with this technique.

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The printing rates can be grouped under two heads:

• For Sampling

For Production:

• For Sampling

The sampling price or the maximum price we charge has three components:

Studio Charges: Taken for doing color matching. (depends on the artwork)
Design Charges: It is the charge taken for developing the file. (It depends on the man-hours taken to develop a design)
Printing Charges: It is the cost per meter charged for printing the fabric. : USD 15 per meter for 44” width woven fabric

Our minimum order size is 10 meters. We are freely accessible on emails and phones. We would recommend to start a small sampling run to understand our working culture.

Precautions while submitting the job

Printtech's Design Studio specializes in undertaking assignments for digital printing on almost all kind of fabrics. We have in-house team of designers & highly skilled computer operators who are capable of converting client specific concepts & artwork into printable file formats.

We accept files in following formats/resolution:

• Tiff
• PSD
• Vector
• CDR
• JPEG
• Illustrator

Resolution: Preferably 300 dpi

Size: 100%

We stock a large variety of fabrics. However, they are marked up to cover the holding/ stocking cost.

It is preferred that the client provides the fabric. However, please note the following:

• Clients must submit a minimum length of 5 meters.
• All fabrics must be mercerized bleached (prepared for printing) but without softener
• A minimum of 20% extra fabric must be supplied to cover the process loss
• In case, fabric is not used and is asked to return (without printing) by the client, a charge of Rs 35.00 (USD 1) per meter shall be charged for padding & handling the fabric
• Good results can be achieved on the fabrics but it is subject to testing. It may happen that after few days we ask for fresh fabric if the fabric supplied by the client fails the test (The test can only be done once we have padded the fabric)