Kornit Digital has announced the introduction of the new Kornit
Presto, an industrial single-step solution for direct-to-fabric printing.
The Kornit Presto solution eliminates the need for
pre and post treatment of fabric and allows for high-quality printing on an
extraordinarily broad variety of fabric types and applications. The Kornit
Presto does not consume water in the printing process, making it the most
environmentally friendly solution available for direct-to-fabric textile
printing today.
The new Kornit Presto comes with the
ground-breaking NeoPigment Robusto. Implemented into the renowned Kornit NeoPigment process, the
Robusto provides above industry standard wash and rub results and exceptional
color fastness across a wide fabric and application range.
The Robusto enjoys faster physical and chemical
bonding characteristics, enabling a significantly shorter curing time, while
providing industry-leading quality and a wide color gamut. The NeoPigment
Robusto ink was developed with sustainability priorities and is ECO PASSPORT
and GOTS V5 approved.
The Kornit Presto solution suits a wide range of
business and application needs in a variety of industry segments, including
fast growing segments within the on-demand fashion and home décor markets. It
is a highly productive solution, available in multiple configurations and able
to print 450 square meters per hour.
Gart Davis, CEO at Spoonflower, the world’s first
web-based service for custom, on-demand fabric and design creation and a
long-time Kornit customer, commented, “We were thrilled to be able to test the
new system and found the Presto to be in a class by itself; it prints
beautifully on all kinds of fabrics, in a single-step, with an environmentally
friendly dry process, and now at a multiple of productivity.”
Omer Kulka, Kornit’s VP of Marketing and Product
Strategy, also commented, “We continue to see demand growth for on-demand
production in fashion and home décor. This revolutionary technology is further
proof of Kornit’s commitment to address the textile industry’s most urgent
needs.”
The Kornit Presto will be commercially released at
ITMA Barcelona (June 20-26, 2019) and initial orders for the system have been
received.