Slow adoption of Digital printing :
Following issues are responsible for slow commercial adoption of digital textile printing.
Existing machines do not fit the mainstream market needs.
The existing speeds are adequate for sample printing and not suitable for bulk production.
Availability of printing inks at reasonable cost.
Color matching problems in matching flat colors.
Reproducibility of results from one printer to another printer.
Migration of manufacturing capacity to Asia.
Main stream textile printers are geared to low cost mass production business model and long response time.
Niche market has to be built upon from scratch.
Educating the consumers about the potentialities of digital printing.
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