MIMAKI TRAPIS uses one ink for multiple textiles

MIMAKI’s newly introduced TRAPIS sublimation system uses one type of ink that can be used on multiple types of textiles. The next-gen TRAPIS digital transfer sublimation printing system makes textile production more environmentally friendly by reducing up to 90 percent of wastewater, compared to conventional methods. This system does not require wastewater treatment facilities and can be located in an office or extended studio location. One type of ink can be used on multiple types of textiles.

TRAPIS is the MIMAKI’s pigment transfer textile printing system, whose name is derived from the words ‘Transfer’, ‘Pigment’, and ‘System’. It comprises a MIMAKI inkjet printer, MIMAKI original inks, dedicated transfer paper available from MIMAKI, and a dedicated transfer unit from Klieverik or Monti Antonio. With TRAPIS, a design printed on special paper is transferred to the fabric using a heat transfer machine to complete the textile printing process. This digital process generates almost no wastewater (just the amount in the waste ink generated by printer’s automatic maintenance function), and even including wastewater generated in the transfer paper manufacturing process, wastewater is cut by approximately 90 percent compared to conventional digital dyeing systems.