Heimtextil featured an Espon printing machine designed for printing widths of 160/180cm, 220cm and 320cm, which paves the way for the quick production of individual textile designs on an industrial scale. Epson also exhibited the 64" SureColor SC-F9200 sublimation printer, which has been developed for the production of small to medium-sized print-runs on high-quality textiles as well as for the indirect printing of hard materials, such as placemats, cups, mugs, cutlery and vases etc.

Digital roll-to-roll printing is currently arousing plenty of attention in the industry. Kornit Digital from Israel, whose stand at Heimtextil in Frankfurt resembled a nursery, presented the “Allegro” roll-to-roll printing system, for which it received several orders. Flyeralarm, one of the biggest online printers in Germany, and likewise a new Allegro customer, seized the opportunity at Heimtextil to show off its newly acquired capabilities (e.g. digitally printed textile products in cotton).