PRINTING ON KNITTED FABRICS FOR GARMENT MANUFACTURING

7 December, 2025

This symposium covers the essential aspects of printing on knitted fabrics for garment manufacturing, addressing the unique challenges that arise when working with knitted fabrics and the different printing technologies .

Setting-Up a Printing House in a Garment Factory

Setting up a printing house within a garment factory requires careful planning of both space and equipment to ensure efficient production and quality output. Explore in this presentation essential equipment needed that can handle various printing techniques while maintaining consistent quality standards. Additionally, investing in skilled technicians, implementing proper waste management systems, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations are crucial for running a successful in-house printing operation.

Achieving Print Excellence: The Essential Role of Fabric Treatment

In the world of textile printing, the difference between average results and exceptional output often lies beneath the surface literally. Fabric treatment has emerged as the hero of print excellence, serving as the critical foundation that determines whether designs will excel with vibrancy or fall flat with disappointing quality. Explore in this presentation how to achieve excellence through pre and post treament of your fabric.

Direct-to-Garment (DTG) Printing on Knitted Fabrics: Superior Flexibility and Detail for Modern Textile Applications

DTG allows printing for intricate, full-color designs with unlimited color variations and high-quality images that would be cost-prohibitive with traditional screen printing methods.

DTG offers several benefits including:

Superior Fabric Compatibility
Cost-Effective for Small Runs
Faster Turnaround Times
Eco-Friendly Process
Durability and Wash Resistance

Direct-to-Film Printing: Revolutionizing Custom Designs on Knitted Fabrics

DTF printing works brilliantly on all types of knitted materials—cotton, polyester, blends, lycra, and even performance fabrics. DTF adapts to virtually any knit structure without compromising quality and delivers exceptionally vivid colors with excellent opacity, even on dark-colored knitted fabrics. The prints maintain their brightness and detail through multiple wash cycles, resisting fading, cracking, and peeling that often plague other printing methods.

BLOOM INFINITE

This session explores how generative AI and human creativity converge in creating patterns for Spring/Summer 2026.Using AI tools to develop textile prints based on Pantone’s S/S 2026 participants will view presentations showcasing innovations in AI generated patterns and practical applications with seasonal color palettes

Hands On Demonstrations :

Get practical skills to produce professional-quality custom t-shirts for personal projects or business ventures using two different printing methods on T shirts

Demonstrations will cover DTF and Foil printing :

Film to Fashion: The Art of DTF T-Shirt Printing

Shine On: Foil Printing Magic for T-Shirts