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www.images-magazine.com AUGUST 2019 images 95 PF EMBROIDERY & PRINT CONSUMABLES Adelco: Kornit Eco Rapid inks The new range of Kornit Eco Rapid inks provides even brighter colours, no odour, a wider colour gamut and a softer feel suitable for retail requirements, says Adelco. “The results are truly incredible. The prints are solid, photo-realistic, with intricate fine details and vivid colours,” it adds. Kornit ink has been designed and refined over the years, resulting in an environmental, cost-effective and higher quality option for apparel and textile printing needs, Adelco reports. In the ISO STD test, it scored four out of five for wash-fastness and 4.5 out of five for crock-fastness. Other benefits of Kornit ink include its patented integrated pre-treatment, says the company, which eliminates the need for any external pre-treatment process, saving both time and money. Kornit HD ink is also “more cost effective”, as it reduces by half the print cost per unit compared to earlier Kornit systems, and “much more savings when compared to systems from other manufacturers”. This cost per print depends on the size and resolution of the prints. For example, when printing on light garments with only colour ink, an image measuring 20cm x 20cm is said to cost 8-10 pence per print, and when printing on dark garments with a white layer and colours, the same size image costs 32- 40 pence per print. www.adelco.co.uk Screen Print World: International Coatings 7500 range The signature creamy consistency of each of the 19 colours, including nine fluorescents, in the new 7500 ink range from International Coatings lends itself perfectly to working with finer details and halftone designs, says Screen Print World. Suitable for both manual and automatic screen printing, “the vibrancy of these inks really shines in production where printers can benefit from a very low after- flash tack, speeding up production and reducing the window for wet-on-wet errors,” adds the company. Screen Print World also offers the 7500 Series Pantone Color System, which it says is “your secret weapon for mixing the perfect Pantone, every single time – gone are the days of speculating how to recreate the precise Pantone you used last week”. The free online Ultramix tool enables users to create, catalogue and customise their created colours at will, and then print a wallet-sized recipe card for recreating these mixes accurately to the milligram and with the option of including precise costings. www.screenprintworld.co.uk The new Kornit Eco Rapid inks promise brighter colours and a softer feel The new 7500 range from International Coatings is available from Screen Print World TheMagicTouch: Reflectra Reflective Films For embroidery users, TheMagicTouch (TMT) offers a range of Reflectra Stitchfoil and Plotfoil reflective films, which it says are compatible with all embroidery machines and can be used like a regular appliqué. The innovation behind Reflectra products “assists to increase the value of embroidered items whilst reducing stitch time using a simple outline satin stitch,” says the company. The Reflectra products offer an illumination effect when exposed to any direct light source, including flashes from cameras or smartphones. TMT adds: “The effects are stunning and offer massive potential in embroidery garment decoration over many markets including fashion, promotional, sportswear and workwear.” The company also stocks more than 150 different versions of flex, flock and fashion-based vinyls for use with plotters and cutters. “The range includes the acclaimed 123Flex with its low temperature application for garments and fabrics that are prone to scorching at higher temperature,” explains TMT. www.themagictouch.co.uk TheMagicTouch offers a range of Reflectra products