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George Brown College’s Fashion Exchange (FX) is a vibrant hub where fashion education, design, production, entrepreneurship and engagement come together under one roof in the heart of downtown Toronto. With global fashion industry facing challenges of over-consumption, exploiting labour force and environmental resources, FX was designed to share the growing impact and become a leader in sustainable fashion production. With the people and the planet in mind, it fosters a new generation of industry leaders - committed, professional, and ethical.

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Fashion Exchange partnered with EPSON to offer dye sublimation textile printing services. The equipment at FX enables designers to print their fabrics roll to roll (up to 60”widths) or print design pieces for specific print placement.

To learn more about getting your dye sublimation printing made at FX email us. Our professional team will be happy to lead you throughout the entire process.

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Step 1 - Print graphics onto special transfer paper using sublimation inks

Step 2 - Transfer the ink-on-paper to fabric / garments through heat press. Heat activates the ink to transition from a solid to a gas which goes directly into the fibre. This process works best on synthetics.

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ADVANTAGES

Sustainable – Waterless

Sustainable – Reduce time and fabric waste

High definition printing, with exceptional colour saturation and brightness.

Colour fast

Perfectly positioned prints

Easily create multiple colourways

Easier strike off sampling

Scale to size

EPSON Dye Sublimation Printer

Designers will be able to produce vibrant apparel. Purposefully designed for high-definition dye-sublimation printing, with exceptional colour saturation and brightness. This technology is the perfect choice for high-volume, industrial environments. This dye sublimation printer includes dual PrecisionCore^® TFP^® printheads and delivers outstanding-quality prints at speeds up to 1,169 sqft/hour¹which also arrives with Epson Edge^® workflow software, enabling highly accurate roll-to-roll media support system with advanced auto paper-tension control, and high-capacity ink tanks for seamless long hours production. – EPSON

https://epson.ca/For-Work/Printers/Dye-Sub-Printers-for-Fashion/c/w170

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Sustainable Technology

Dye sublimation is more environmentally friendly and sustainable process for garment printing and production than screen printing. Screen printing uses large quantities of fresh water and that water contains dyes and chemicals that go into the wastewater from the process. Dye sublimation printing minimizes water usage and pollution to ZERO. Because designers can print in small quantities of exactly what is needed and when it is needed, this reduces time, labour, and fabric waste.

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Reduce time and fabric waste

By employing print-on-demand, designers limit all waste produced during the process by reducing unnecessary production. This results in an improved, effective use of resources and reduces environmental footprint.

Perfectly positioned prints

Designers can design prints that will take garments to another level. Rather than use normal print fabrics that are printed in random repeats that do not relate to the style of the garment, prints can be created that align perfectly to the shape of the pattern pieces. Designers can digitally place the artwork directly onto the garment pattern pieces in different scales for different sizes, while keeping proportions and consistency through the design.

High definition printing

Intense saturated colour, high-definition fine detail, and colourfast. Just a few qualities of dye sublimation printing on polyester and other synthetic fibres. Photo realistic prints or graphics can be reproduced in stunning colour. Designers can create their own unique prints, to differentiate their product and stand out.

Easily create multiple colourways

Designer digital artworks can be easily changed to develop multiple versions of the same print. Designers can also experiment with using different scales of the same print or use of multiple colourways onto the same garment for design variations.

Easier strike off sampling

Testing various design files on different fabrics can be done easily as it is digital and only small test size needs to be printed and pressed. In traditional screen printing, screens need to be made, colours mixed, and each layer separately screened and cleaned to make a sample, impacting time and labour.

Scale to size for sizing proportions

Digital design increased or decreased to scale for larger or smaller sizes
Gives consistent design effect regardless of size

(Featured designs by Zoran Dobric)

Scale to size for print variation

Changing the scale to different sizes can change the visual impact.
Designers are able to go further and use different scale prints within the same garment.

Start your project with FX

Contact Us - Review meeting
Digital file creation
Test samples of client fabric
Final file set up
Approve Sample - Printing process

ROLL TO ROLL

Roll to roll method, allows designers to print designs on transfer paper which will be transfer to fabric roll in calendar, getting as a result the finished fabric in roll form (once the heat press process is finished) and the completed roll is ready for cutting.