DTE – Direct To Embroidery stands for the combination of embroidery and direct-to-garment printing. Embroidered designs in large or personalised short runs with 1200 DPI and high precision.
The printing industry is constantly changing. Innovative new solutions for even more optimised textile printing are introduced on a regular basis. Brother presented one of these new solutions at FESPA in Amsterdam – the innovative Direct-to-Embroidery (DTE) printing solution.
With this, Brother has expanded the decoration possibilities with a GTX series printer. By using a high-resolution camera and specially developed software, the print design and embroidery are combined to produce outstanding results. The connected camera system recognises the position of the embroidery on the printing plate and transfers the print image to the printer at the exact position of the embroidery.
According to Brother, the workflow is user-friendly as the embroidery image does not have to be aligned in detail on the printing plate. The camera system scans the embroidery area, regardless of whether the embroidery is turned or upside down on the plate. By scanning through the camera, the print is positioned exactly on the stitch. In this way, misprints can be largely eliminated.
The GTX series printers do not need to be converted for this process. Only the camera and the associated software need to be connected to the printer. Furthermore, the process for this innovative printing method on an embroidery is identical to classic direct-to-garment printing. The special thing about DTE is that only a white thread is required for the embroidery. The white embroidery image can be finished with water-based and GOTS-certified Brother inks.
Brother
Founded in Japan in 1908, Brother manufactures a wide range of electronic, industrial and household appliances and is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of direct-to-garment printers and industrial sewing machines. The Brother Group has sales and distribution offices in more than 40 countries around the world and employs more than 40,000 people. The headquarters for the distribution of industrial products such as sewing machines, direct-to-textile printers and, more recently, large format printers for Europe, Africa and the Middle East is located in Emmerich am Rhein. Including the branch in Italy, over 80 employees are responsible for the EMEA region. Emmerich is also the spare parts centre for the above-mentioned region. More than 10,000 machines and machine spare parts are stored there and more than 50 countries are supplied daily from the small town on the Lower Rhine.
