Durst, a manufacturer of digital printing and production technologies, has received a new ink certification that completes 'the sustainable package' of its P5 TEX iSUB printer: the P5 Sublifix sublimation inks now have the ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX.
Aimed at the soft signage market, Durst’s 3.3 metre wide P5 TEX iSUB – launched in April 2021 - allows for direct printing onto polyester fabrics.
“OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100 compliance of the sublimation inks has always been very important to DURST, this now available independent confirmation by ECO PASSPORT of the P5 Sublifix Inks further confirms their efforts and responsibility to anchor impact reduction as a central argument in their customers' production chains,” Durst Group said in a statement from its HQ in Brixen, Italy.
OEKO-TEX ECO PASSPORT is an independent certification system for chemicals, colorants and auxiliaries used in the textile and leather industry. During a multistep process, each individual ingredient in the chemical product has been analysed to meet the statutory requirements. Certified products are safe to human and environmental health, can be used for ecologically responsible textile production and are listed on the OEKO-TEX Buying Guide (OEKO-TEX Buying Guide).
“Winner of an European Digital Press Association award in 2022, the P5 TEX iSUB technology, with its inline fixation technology, sets a milestone for sublimation printing and allows the elimination of one step in the production process," said Durst.
“The integrated inline fusing for direct printing on polyester fabrics means that no investment is required for external devices as a heat press or calender. Time and production cost reduction as well as energy savings of up to 50% compared to a traditional process with an external heat press, enable a significant increase in efficiency and reduction in total cost of ownership for the user.
“The iSUB contactless technology ensures excellent color consistency along the whole printing width as well as extreme sharpness of detail in images and text, also blurring or bleeding of color is virtually eliminated. Furthermore, the multiroll feature offers a big advantage in media handling, enabling a fast media change through one man operation.”
“Additionally, this certification enables customers an accelerated and cost-optimized certification process of both, their production chain according to OEKO-TEX STEP, as well as their final products according to OEKO-TEX STANDARD 100.”
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