MIMAKI has announced that textile and apparel professionals received its Tiger-1800B production-class textile printer warmly during demonstrations at a series of industry trade shows in 2016 and 2017. The MIMAKI Tiger-1800B is available in direct to textile (reactive ink) and sublimation (heat transfer) versions. With a maximum printing speed of 385 sq m/h, the Tiger-1800B fits high-volume production environments that have traditionally printed using analogue printing methods, bringing the benefits of digital printing to these higher volume applications and making it more efficient and cost-effective to produce short runs, customized fabrics and garments, and samples.
The digital transformation is largely being driven by brands and retailers looking to produce faster change collections more often, reduce stocks, and supply chain waste. Digital printing of textiles also addresses the massive amount of pollution attributed to the textile industry, one of the world’s biggest polluters. As more textile manufacturing moves to digital, MIMAKI is assuring pollution-free industry with systems like MIMAKI Tiger-1800B. With production level products like the printer manufacturers of soft signage, garments and home goods can take advantage of digital technology to reduce their environmental footprint.
