In simple terms, the use of digital technology or digital printers in the textile printing industry is coined as ‘digital textile printing’. When compared with traditional textile printing mechanism, a lot is similar to digital procedures such as selection and pre-treatment of the fabric. The fabric runs through the printer at a very high speed, receiving steam, wash and dry treatment.
The biggest difference between traditional and digital textile printing is the pressing of colours, geometry and graphics on the fabric. The traditional method uses rotary screens having patterns whereas digital printers use printable image, design or graphics. Appropriate colour is then selected through LAB or RGB system after which the desired colour prints are merged or applied on the fabric as tiny ink droplets.