Digital jet textile printing is a systematic project, including CAD technology, network communication technology, precision machining technology, finest chemical technology and other cutting-edge technologies, which is the combination of products for traditional technology between information technology and machinery, textile and chemical.

      Traditional textile printing can use flat screen and rotary screen, etc. In a word, it can’t be separated from screen. But the plate making cost much time and money. It can not meet requirement of small quantity and different kinds of modern printing. That’s the reason why the digital textile printing for non plate-making and non-pressure was invented. The basic working principles of digital textile printing is the same with inkjet printers.

      As the digital jet textile printing technology involves a lot of calculation and control, so it is impossible for us to apply the digital inkjet textile printing technology without high-speed computers. For now, the development of digital inkjet textile printing technology on the ability of work keeps substantially paced with the computer’s, and the development of computer technology has still no sign of stopping developing. With the development of computer technology, it can predict that the digital inkjet textile printing technology will develop faster as well in the future. Meanwhile the manufacturing technology of nozzle also benefits from related integrated circuit manufacturing technologies, such as etching, precision assembly, etc. Modern high-frequency and multi-nozzle printhead are emerged to prove this point.

      Computers were widely used in the 90s, and continuous digital inkjet textile printing machine appeared. Until 1995 it was maturely used on the carpet, walls and other textile rough pattern.The Austria ZIMMER company pioneered to display digital inkjet textile printing for carpet, which the resolution is 9-18 applying with valve spray technology. The nozzle is not used in the usual sense. Their speed of production was so fast up to 16/min. However, It can not be applied in clothing fabrics due to the large droplets of ejection and low resolution.

      Until 1995 drop-on-demand inkjet type digital inkjet textile printing machine appeared, which was mainly thermal bubble nozzle, and the resolution was just 300dpi. Then it was gradually upgraded into 600dpi, 4 color-based, which can be applied on the fabric.

      At the present, a variety of new digital inkjet textile printing machines have emerged, which mainly adopts piezoelectric nozzle and the highest speed of printing from 1/h in 1990, 6/h in 2000 to 80-150/h in 2000, besides, dye ink developed from 4-color dye to 6-8 colors and 2X6-8 colors. The application process has become more sophisticated, control software function gradually improved as well. Thus, the development of digital inkjet textile printing technology substantially develop from continuous shooting to on-demand jet, from a thermal bubble nozzle to the piezoelectric nozzle, from 4 colors to 6-8 colors.

There’s no doubt that the emergence of digital textile printing technology and successful application is a major technological revolution in the textile industry, it has a milestone meaning. Digital textile printing brings economic and social benefits for the world, especially for China named textile dyeing huge country which makes a significant impact. It is the same with previous industrial upgrading and transformation that new digital inkjet textile printing technology appearing is a chance, but also a challenge. Chinese textile enterprises must seize the opportunity in the upcoming revolution .