What are the advantages and disadvantages of various fabric printing methods

Glue printing
Advantages: wide application, bright color, high reduction degree, affordable price, can be printed in a variety of colors on a large area, strong covering.
Disadvantages: it will stick in hot weather and feel hard.
Material: Suitable for printing of various dark colors and materials.

Water slurry printing
Advantages: Wide application, good flower position firmness, softer hand feeling and cheaper price.
Disadvantages: The covering power is not strong and the color is not too bright.
Material: suitable for printing on light-colored fabrics.

Reflective printing
Advantages: reflective printed textiles have a strong "eye-catching" effect under light conditions. The safety clothing (or logo) made of this high-visibility reflective material, regardless of whether the wearer is in a distant place, or is in light or scattered light In the case of interference, it can be easily discovered by night drivers, thus smoothly solving the night driving problem of "seeing" and "being seen".
Disadvantages: easy to crack and not washable.
Material: Used in highway signs, advertisements, posters, special uniforms, police uniforms, and sanitation clothing.

Pigment printing
Advantages: bright and gorgeous color, good light stability. It can give the fabric a plump, dry and soft hand feel, excellent washing fastness, and good air permeability of the fabric.
Disadvantages: The paint printed area feels a little harder than the unprinted area, and may be thicker.
Material: Suitable for all kinds of fiber fabrics.

Light variable printing
Advantages: adding several kinds of high-tech ultraviolet light to the dye to excite the Mars micro-colloids, the color changes instantly when irradiated by ultraviolet rays.
Disadvantages: easy to crack and not washable.
Material: used for cultural shirts, children's clothing, posters, etc.

Transfer printing
Advantages: fine patterns, rich and clear layers, high artistic quality, strong three-dimensional impression, which is beyond the reach of general printing methods, and can print photography and painting style patterns; the printing colors are bright, and the tar in the dye is left in the sublimation process On the transfer paper, it will not contaminate the fabric.
Disadvantages: The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of transfer paper. After printing, it is washed with water, which consumes water and produces sewage.
Material: In addition to being suitable for synthetic fiber fabrics, transfer printing can also be used for printing on natural fiber and blended fabrics.

Penetration printing
Advantages: soft hand feel, widely used, with patterns on both sides.
Disadvantages: the color is not too bright.
Material: Generally used for blanket printing.
Thick plate printing
Advantages: A very neat three-dimensional effect can be achieved.
Disadvantages: the cost is relatively high.
Material: Suitable for all kinds of knitted fabrics.

Flocking printing
Advantages: soft hand feel and good warmth retention. The wool is woven on the cloth surface using a specific process.
Disadvantages: It is easy to fall off when the number of washing increases, and there will be sticky hair phenomenon.
Material: Suitable for all kinds of warm fabrics or trademarks.

Transfer printing
Advantages: fine patterns, rich and clear layers, high artistic quality, strong three-dimensional impression, which is beyond the reach of general printing methods, and can print photography and painting style patterns; the printing colors are bright, and the tar in the dye is left in the sublimation process On the transfer paper, it will not contaminate the fabric.
Disadvantages: The disadvantage is that it consumes a lot of transfer paper. After printing, it is washed with water, which consumes water and produces sewage.
Material: In addition to being suitable for synthetic fiber fabrics, transfer printing can also be used for printing on natural fiber and blended fabrics.

Foam printing
Advantages: strong three-dimensional effect, prominent printing surface and swelling.
Disadvantages: The color fastness of printed parts is difficult to control.
Material: Widely used in cotton, nylon cloth and other materials.

Discharge printing
Advantages: soft hand feeling.
Disadvantages: it must be washed with water if there is a peculiar smell, the color is difficult to grasp, and it is easy to change color.
Material: Suitable for all kinds of fiber fabrics.