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Afterwards, sewing, ironing, quality control, packaging and How important are the quality of press and printer at
packing stages for the product are carried out. Finally, a team this point?
from representative firm randomly controls products in each
package. Upon approval of the team, shipping is completed. Textile manufacturers who want to start up sportswear
manufacturing must analyze the requirements of the
You use sublimation printing for team uniforms. More printer they will use very well. In particularly, print heads of
attention needs to be paid during the printing because the printer, in other words, the brain of the printer should
team jerseys are more elastic than other polyester fab- be taken into consideration. The practical lifetime for print
rics. What kind of problems might occur while we ap- heads used in each printer ranges between six and twelve
ply digital printing onto such fabrics? As a team uniform months. If you make less complex prints, the time can
manufacturer providing service to many top sport team extend to two -and-a-half years. However, according to
clubs, what kind of solutions do you offer? the standards of team uniform manufacturing, the print
heads are switched between 6 and 9 months. During that
Even though digital printing seems easy, it has in fact a period, any absence of nozzle makes the product unus-
complex operation and production procedure. You need able. So, the printer must be properly maintained to sus-
to be very careful and sensitive and it is a process that tain the quality. Otherwise, you will end up damaging your
requires a close follow-up. You cannot act on impulse, production and brand.
it does not work in digital printing at all. If you want to
produce fine quality items, you need to comply with the “The heat, time, amount of ink, speed and
requirements of digital printing process and you shouldn’t pressure required for printer and mate-
drop behind the standards.
rials should not be below the standards.”
The required major components to get the best result in
digital printing are the quality of fabric, printer, press, ink In sublimation printing, images are transferred between
and transfer paper. The core of our business is colors in 200 and 210 degrees and within 30 and 40 seconds. If you
sublimation printing. Design programs allow us to produce reduce the time, you cannot get efficient results. Under
16 million colors. We have the opportunity to produce the these circumstances, you cannot give a washing guaran-
exact color that the customer requests by using RIP soft- tee for the product because the colors will fade or bleed
ware and color management programs. Therefore, select- in the second washing. However, thanks to the nature of
ing the right materials plays a significant role in achieving sublimation printing, the ink is absorbed by the fabric and
the color customer asks. Whether it is fabric, ink or paper, the ink will not fade. Therefore, it is very critical that the
using an ordinary material and looking for short term eco- heat, time, amount of ink, speed and pressure required
nomic solutions will prevent you from yielding high quality for printer and materials should not be below the stan-
results. It is of vital importance for us to prefer ink and pa- dards. If the press and printer operators do not regularly
per that are compatible with European standards, include and delicately control these criteria, the whole production
no hazardous components for human healthy, provide the will go in vain.
accurate color, and have a stable quality.
What do you suggest to those firms who are engaged or
“We use tacky sublimation transfer will engage in developing sportswear solutions?
paper to get the best results in printing” The first thing is to choose the right printer and press.
Then, the right fabric, ink and transfer paper will influ-
Since we use elastic fabrics in such sportswear products as ence your whole production process. The entire produc-
team uniforms and fitness wear, we absolutely prefer tacky tion must be in accordance with the standards. You should
transfer papers. Thus, we prevent the paper shifting when decide whether you prioritize high speed or high quality
releasing the heat preses, thereby ensuring vivid images. and you should realize transfer process according to ma-
Otherwise, the image will diffuse and lose its sharpness. chine and material standards. In the short term, cutting
Another important criterion is using the right transfer pa- costs will irreversible harm your quality and brands.
per for productions that requires high density ink use. If
you use low weight paper and expect high quality results, Lastly, sportswear manufacturing labor is a heavy line work.
the entire production process goes for nothing. In sports- If you plan to get into this business, I can say that it requires
wear manufacturing, you should not use a paper lower close follow-up, attention and quality control process. So,
than 70 grammage to reach the standard because mini- you need to have a robust production line and experienced
mum 70 grammage is an average paper weight in terms team. From sewing to preparation of garment patterns,
of color consistency. If you prefer lower weight papers, from the quality of the fabric to cover stitching, from the
the paper will not keep the ink and bleed. Even during the quality of print head to transfer paper, the highest standards
coiling, color changes might occur in the light part of the must be applied in the whole process. Thus, the brand will
product. Therefore, transfer paper with the right gram- sustain. Bringing the best workforce into the heart of busi-
mage will directly influence your print quality. ness and using the most right materials, the brand will rise.

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