HP Announces New Stitch Series Of Digital Textile Printers

The portfolio of HP Stitch S Series printers couple HP Thermal Inkjet technology with industry-standard dyes for superior colour durability. The first-ever built-in spectrophotometer enables Stitch’s fast and exact colour-matching.

Features include continuous high-quality prints with transfer paper and a direct-to fabric feature. Direct-to-fabric printing is intended for short runs only i.e. <5000 linear metres).

The introduction includes three new printers: the HP Stitch S300 162.5cm (64 inch) printer, the HP Stitch S500 162.5cm (64 inch) printer and the HP Stitch S1000 320cm (126 inch) printer.

‘Décor and fashion application trends, on-demand production and personalisation are boosting digital print growth,’ said Santi Morera, head of graphics solutions business at HP. ‘The digitally printed textiles market is experiencing double-digit annual growth, forecast to reach close to R80 billion ($5.5 billion) by 2023, according to Smithers Pira. We look forward to more digital print transformations being realised with the arrival of the new HP Stitch S series.’

The HP Stitch S300 Printer holds the first user-replaceable printhead, resulting in reduced down-times and service costs. It was designed specifically for new-to-dye sublimation professionals, prototyping departments and growing print providers.

‘Our experience with HP Stitch S300 has been much easier and faster than other dye sub printers we’ve previously used. Most printers require manual action in terms of head maintenance and alignment,’ said Teunis Roos, Color Concepts. ‘The HP Stitch S300 is more proactive and automated when it comes to performance. We’ve experienced a 50 percent reduction in time with this solution.’

The HP Stitch S500 Printer enables predictable dye sublimation colour and less media waste for production environments. With symmetrical 2 x CMYK printhead configuration and Optical Media Advance Sensor, this printer allows for saturated and reliable one pass mode for true top speed. It was designed specifically for high production sites.

Big ink supplies, larger rolls, and HP’s Tension-Sensing Winder allow unattended operations— even overnight, complete with HP Services and cloud fleet management tools. Help avoid reprints and media waste with 1200 native dpi printheads and HP Smart Nozzle Compensation system, saving up to 50 percent floor space with frontal media loading and a spindle-less system.

HP has also launched a set of new dye sublimation papers for the new HP Stitch S Printer series. These papers are designed and tested as a system with HP dye sublimation inks and the HP Stitch S Printer series to achieve image quality and colour consistency.