ISA 2025, April 23-25, 2025 Las Vegas, NV, Booth NO.: 545
SUPERINKS will show our sublimation ink, DTF pigment ink, reactive ink, dye ink, UV ink, eco solvent ink, solvent ink, etc. for textile, corrugated box, office, advertisement, gift and home decoration, packing, label printing, etc. Address: Las Vegas, NV
This is not only an exhibition, but also an opportunity for in-depth dialogue. We sincerely invite colleagues, partners and media friends from all walks of life to visit and give guidance, discuss new trends in industry development, share successful cases and build a bridge of cooperation. SUPERINKS looks forward to working with you to expand the market, share opportunities and create brilliance together.
Welcome to visit SUPERINKS booth at 545
Please pay close attention to our official channels for the latest updates, don’t miss out! We look forward to meeting you at the exhibition and writing a wonderful chapter for SUPERINKS together.
Let’s meet at the ISA exhibition in the United States and explore the infinite possibilities of the world of color together.
SUPERINKS will show our sublimation ink, DTF pigment ink, reactive ink, dye ink, UV ink, eco solvent ink, solvent ink, etc. for textile, corrugated box, office, advertisement, gift and home decoration, packing, label printing, etc.
You can check this exhibition URL for more information: https://www.apppexpo.com/?lang=EN. Address: National Exhibition and Convention Center (Shanghai) No.333 Songze Avenue, Qingpu District, Shanghai, China.
From October 14 to October 18, 2024, SUPERINKS participated in the 2024 ITMA ASIA, held in Shanghai. This annual exhibition provided a vital platform for engaging with both existing and potential clients, fostering meaningful dialogue and connections within the industry.
2024 ITMA ASIA, renowned as a premier event in the textile and garment technology sector, attracted a diverse array of exhibitors and visitors from around the globe. For SUPERINKS, by participating in discussions and exchanging ideas, we were able to strengthen relationships with current customers while also identifying potential collaborations with new partners.
We also received many visits from new customers at this ITMA exhibition.
As we look towards the future, we remain dedicated to upholding the standards of quality and service that define SUPERINKS, ensuring continued success in our endeavors, and we look forward to seeing you again at the APPPEXPO 2025 next year.
In DTF printing, for the problem of fast printing 4 heads, uneven color of printed pictures, like a “cloud”—especially magenta and cyan color.
1). Key problem is the mainboard control system makes ink droplets not jet in the right place.
Hosonsoft is currently the best motherboard for the Epson i3200 DTF printer, but it cannot avoid this problem, uneven color of printed pictures. So we need whole market technology to improve, we have to wait.
2). Now we have some methods to improve:
A). Use better DTF pigment ink, more fluent, higher density. B). Use better film, thicker, better absorb. And the coating layer is more uniform, each ink drop absorbed well. C). Lower the speed. D). Use more “feather” settings, 40%, 80%, and 90%.
Check out the video of using DTF ink to give you a preliminary understanding of it.
DTF ink working process video.
DTF ink working process:
1. Prepare a printing film. Make sure the printing side up.
There is a layer of coating on the surface of the film. The function of the coating is to absorb ink and hold the ink, making the picture sharp. Meanwhile, the coating is a kind of flexible layer, when you stretch it, it will not break.
Step 1 – Preparing the Printing Film
2. Printing colourful pictures, and then printing white colour to cover the picture.
Because of the working step 1‘s film, in the working step 2, you can get a sharp picture. meanwhile, the white colour ink will be covered the surface of the colourful picture. White colour is very important in this technology. It will be the background of the picture on the black/dark T-shirts, to make the colours shinny. White ink also is flexible to bear stretch. And the “wet/not dry” white ink has the function of loading “hot melt powder” in the next step.
Step 2 – Film Printing DTF Ink
3. Spray hot melt adhesive powder on the wet white ink surface.
Hot melt powder is the biggest new part of this technology. Previously, we use hot melt powder in the silk screen’s white. The function of hot melt powder is “glue”, sticking the layer of the picture to the textile. When you heat this kind of powder, it will turn to liquid, and turn sticky. But in a normal environment temperature, it is a solid powder.
Step 3 – Sprinkle with Hot Melt Powder
4. Bake the hot melt adhesive to a melted state, at about 80-150 °C, 3-25 Min.
So, after step 4, you get a beautiful picture, with a layer of white background, and then a layer of “glue” background. And more importantly, the “glue” is not sticky at a normal environment temperature. You can roll it up to send to customers, to store there.
Step 4 – Melt and Dry the Hot Melt Powder
5. Heat press at about 150-170 °C, 8-15 seconds.
In step 5, you can cut down the film, without caring about the shape of the picture edge, put it on the surface of cotton textile, press and heat. And then you can peel down the layer of film (without coating), and leave the picture on the textile.
Step 5 – Heat Press the Patterned Film
6. Peel down the substrate.
Step 6 – Peel off the film after cooling
7. You will get a finished product.
Step 7 – Get the Finished Product
(Two). Compare with DTG, DTF technology has two big improvements:
The picture on the surface of the textile is very shiny and bright. Even on black textile.
It is designed for cotton textile, but not only works on. Theoretically, it can work on all kinds of textiles, such as cotton T-shirts, jeans, sweaters… You can try more and more different material textiles.
DTF ink is for cotton T-shirts, with flexible pictures, can do big-scale industrial use.
Our DTF process has reached the maturity stage after many tests
(Three). If you have more questions, you can message us.
(One). What is a DTF ink? Is it a normal pigment ink?
Product introduction of DTF ink
DTF (direct to film) printing ink is a kind of special pigment ink. If you use normal pigment ink on DTF printing, it will not work well. This kind of DTF ink has very good adhesion with cotton textile, and it has special components to make good flexibility. DTF ink has very wide compatibility with different textile types. It has a very big market in the clothes market.
The use process of DTF ink
(Two). What is needed for a DTF printing? What do you need for DTF printing?
A water-based printer with good function in printing on film.
A shake powder and baker equipment,
DTF ink,
PET film,
Hot melt powder.
Tools and materials needed for DTF printing
(Three). How to evaluate a DTF ink?
The fluency of white ink. We can print 10 square meters, in 100% ink droplets, to get less than 5 pin breaks.
The fluency of CMYK and other colours. We can print 10 square meters, in 100% ink droplets, to get less than 5 pin breaks.
When the printer is holding from working, how long can it do, to keep the ink printing out the all nozzle hole without cleaning? Need more than 0.5 hours.
How is white ink coverage in 60%, 70%, 80%, 90%, 100%. White ink is good with strong covering power, and not good with weak covering power.
Will white ink appears a little blue or yellow? It should be pure white.
How flexible is white ink on stretch? The more flexible the ink, the better.7.
Is the white grainy? It’s not good to have a grainy feel, but it’s good to be flat.
White wrinkled, peeling is not good, fine and smooth is very good.
The compatibility of white ink and film: It is good when white ink can adapt to more kinds of films; it is not good if it can only adapt to a few kinds of PET films.
Surface effect of hot melt powder after hot melting
The compatibility of CMYK colours ink and film.
If white ink flow ink or water on the film, which is not good white ink, or not good compatible on white and other colours.
Printing environment temperature and humidity range. The larger, the better. Normal operating temperature: 20-30℃, Operating humidity:40-60%.
What is the colour of the pictures? Is it bright? Are the colours a wide gamut? Are the colours true colours?
Can the colour block of each colour be pure and clean and true? If there is any ripple. Mean ink is not compatible with the film. Or printer waveform does not match the ink.
If the printed picture gets oiled surface after several days? It means ink with more oil, or the inside of the ink layer is not totally dried. Can adjust the baker equipment to avoid this.
What is the colourfastness to dry rub, wet rub and high-temperature washing? Normally, 4-5 grade is good for clothes standard.
DTF inkprint the test effect picture
DTF ink Printing effect display
(Four). If you want to know how to evaluate PET film, hot melt powder, shake and baker machine, and printers for DTF printing, you can message us.
DTF textile pigment ink works on textile, especially on a cotton T-shirt, which is upgraded from silkscreen and DTG ink. Bright, high wash resistance, soft.
DTF pigment ink can perfectly print on cotton T-shirts, especially black ones.
And in theory, DTF printer ink can be used on almost all fabrics, cotton, polyester, canvas, denim ETC.
By dtf textile pigment ink printing, the hand feels of the printed T-shirt is soft, with good stretchability and resilience.
There is a shortage of silkscreen printing: need to make the plate, labor cost high, speed slow, not precision, cost per color, not colorful, pollute.
The traditional screen printing process
DTF textile pigment ink printing compares DTG (Direct to garment)
DTG (Direct to garment) ink is digital printing, no need to make the plate, less labor, less time cost, very precision, and more colors do not increase the cost. But the shortage is: not bright enough, wash resistance is weak.
What’s the difference between DTF ink and DTG ink?
DTG pigment ink printing for T-shirts is an old technology but had not had a big market share for years. DTF technology almost solved all problems that DTG has. It solved not bright enough color, not good wash resistance.
Though the hand feel of DTF is a little bit more, it will go better if choose the best ink and hot melt powder, and it can be improved step by step.
T-shirt printing is a huge market, especially pure cotton, especially black pure cotton T-shirts (Before, no technology solved well how to print a soft and bright pure cotton black T-shirt).
DTG printing
DTF textile pigment ink(Direct to film)
DTF (Direct to film) ink is improved from DTG ink, it has all advantages of DTG ink, and improved its shortage. DTF ink is very bright and has high wash resistance and high scratch resistance. Only you need to choose a good quality hot melt powder and make film and powder and ink perfect matches.
SUPERINKS works out a whole solution for DTF ink and offers to match hot melt powder and PET film.
What is DTF ink? What ink is used for direct film?
DTF printer ink (direct to film) is a kind of special pigment ink designed for cotton fabrics and can expand to many different substrates.
It has been a new technology since March 2020 and spread promptly. It perfectly replaced a big part of DTG T-shirt printing.
DTF’s working principle is: print on a film with coating on its surface, the coating carried ink well. Firstly print the colorful picture with CMYK and other colors, and then print a layer of white ink. Then it is shipped to a machine, which can spread “hot melt powder” on the wet surface of the printed picture, and then bake it to dry. Then you can roll it up to send to another workshop, or you can cut one piece of the picture, and then heat and press the picture, it will transfer from film to a fabric.
The following video shows what is DTF printer ink:
No, DTF ink is not same as DTG ink. Though both inks are pigment inks, they are different types of pigment ink. DTF’s processes are different from DTG, and the working principles are different too. The final effect is different either: DTF printing T-shirt is more bright, better color resistance. DTG printing T-shirt has a softer hand feeling.
DTF inks have a variety of colors for customers to choose from.
SUPERINKS DTF ink’s main features:
White ink has strong hiding power and high whiteness.
Super-high concentration, brilliant, and saturated colors.
White ink and color ink have good compatibility and do not permeate each other.
White and color ink has a high color density and does not appear to uncover white dots.
It is clear when printing small words, the powder shakes cleanly, and the fastness is good.
High resistance to dry/wet rubbing, high fastness to light.
Nanometer fineness, super smooth, and stable output.
Applicable materials:
Cotton, linen, polyester cloth, nylon cloth, etc.
We already found that we can not use this DTF ink to do the waterproof cloth printing.
There is more possible textile material waiting for us to be discovered.
DTF ink product introduction
SUPERINKS DTF heat transfer pigment ink working process:
Prepare a printing film. Make sure the printing side up.
Printing colorful pictures, and then printing white color to cover the picture.
Spray hot melt adhesive powder on the wet white ink surface.
Bake the hot melt adhesive to a melted state, at about 80-150 C, 3-25 Min.
Heat press at about 150-170℃, 8-15 seconds.
Peel down the substrate.
You will get a finished product.
DTF ink process: 6 steps to quickly produce finished clothes
Physical and chemical indicators of DTF pigment ink:
viscosity: 4-6 mPa.s
surface tension: 26-38 mN/m
flashpoint: Above 100℃
What’s the difference between DTF ink and DTG ink?
DTG ink printing for T-shirts is an old technology but had not had a big market share for years. DTF technology almost solved all problems that DTG has. It solved not bright enough color, not good wash resistance. Though the hand feel of DTF is a little bit more, it can be improved step by step. T-shirt printing is a huge market, especially pure cotton, especially black pure cotton T-shirts (Before, no technology solved well how to print a soft and bright pure cotton black T-shirt).
We have DTG ink too, you can inquiry us if you are interested.
Available package:
Drum/Bottle pack in 25 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 20 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 5 KG,
Drum/Bottle pack in 1 KG,
A customized package is available.
DTF ink has a wide range of adaptability and is the best choice for printing clothes.
Shake the ink well before putting it on the machine; It will be best if you can use it up within 1 week after opening.
Before using our products for the first time, please empty the ink cartridges, ink circuits, and dampers. If possible, please clean the ink circuit system and replace it with a new damper.
It’s very important to make an ICC profile to get brilliant colors if need makes an ICC profile, contact us, and we will help.
Transport and storage conditions:
Avoid direct light, and storage temperature at 15-30℃; after opening the seal of the package, please avoid dust and other sundries going into ink composition.
The goods are identified as Non-dangerous goods in accordance with IMO, RID/ADR, IMDG, ICAO, and IATA.
MSDS available.
Composition classification of fabrics and suitable digital printing solutions：
Plant fiber: cotton, linen, etc. Suitable for: DTF ink printing, DTG ink printing, and reactive ink printing.
