Two Swiss companies, Mitloedi Textildruck AG and ErgoSoft AG have teamed up to create a sustainable and environmentally friendly textile printing technique.
The two Swiss companies are demonstrating that digital textile printing and sustainable methods fit together well with specialty textiles and brilliant colours, blended with high-quality printing to create a beautiful, durable, sustainable products.
The RIP and software used in production has a decisive impact on the quality and appearance of the finished product, particularly in the preparation and processing of print data. ‘If a manufacturing company prioritises high-quality and colour accurate production, and, either out of ecological or financial interests, wants to control and reduce production costs, ink and material usage, the field of compatible RIPs is narrowed down to those offered by ErgoSoft AG,’ explained Hans Blesi, CEO of Mitloedi Textildruck AG. ‘Consequently, we chose ErgoSoft RIP when we launched our textile printing business, and it’s clearly been the right decision.’
With this setup the Mitloedi team is able to take on new challenges, create prototypes, and bring exclusive projects to fruition. Customers can choose from a large array of textiles and colours, and using their own technical expertise,
Print quality is not Mitloedi’s only priority, however, ecological and economical interests have caused the company to implement a number of ErgoSoft’s features for saving material and ink by reducing scrap and wastage.
Colour management tools allow Mitloedi to control the amount of ink they use, reducing it to the necessary minimum to avoid waste while still giving the best colour results. The waste-reducing Preflight feature within the ErgoSoft RIP enables either a digital preview or printed proof to ensure accurate print results.
To further reduce production losses, the RIP has a special colour control function, which ensures consistent colour reproduction, allowing the company to reproduce colours accurately and decrease sample prints and boost customer satisfaction.
Production costs can be determined using calculators which tally ink and media use and which, over a period of time, will show the bottom-line savings resulting from efficient production.
‘But all of our features which support and promote high-quality, sustainable digital printing would have little positive environmental impact if it is not a priority, like it is for Mitloedi AG,’ said Hans Peter Tobler, founder and owner of ErgoSoft AG. He added, ‘It’s great for me to see that the RIP is being used purposefully and to its full potential; to reduce ink and material waste while creating great digital prints.’
