Mekan Textile Blog

Printing technologies

Three printing technologies, one cloth

We match each design, fabric and order volume with the printing technology that renders it best.

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EFI Reggiani EXTRA digital printing machine

Which technology for which job

TechnologyBest forHand-feelRun length
Reactive digitalFine home textiles and apparel, deep colour, frequent washingCompletely softSampling to production
Pigment digitalFast sampling, short runs, vivid multicolour designsVery goodShort runs
Pigment rotaryLarge repeat orders, colour that matches order to orderVery goodHigh volumes

All three run on our own cotton qualities, so a design can be sampled digitally and moved to rotary for volume on the same cloth. For the full comparison, read reactive vs pigment printing on cotton.

The three technologies

MS JP7 reactive digital printing machine seen from the front Printing Reactive digital printing Reactive digital printing on 100% cotton: dye bonded to the fibre for deep colour, wash fastness and a completely soft hand. Home textiles and apparel. EFI Reggiani EXTRA digital printing machine Printing Pigment digital printing Pigment digital printing on cotton: fast, versatile and resource-efficient, ideal for short runs, rapid sampling and vivid multicolour designs. EFI Reggiani EXTRA. Rotary printing line, printed cloth running out under the gantry with the screen cylinders racked behind it Printing Pigment rotary printing Pigment rotary printing on cotton for high volumes, with consistent, repeatable colour. The workhorse behind large curtain and home textile programmes.