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Transition Lenses

Transitions is actually a brand name of a Photocromic Lens. Although transitions are probably the most advanced photochromic lens on the market there are many others out there.

People call Photochromic lenses by all different kinds of names such as Transitions, Reactolite, Reactions and I’ve even heard them called Graduations. However, they are all Photo chromic lenses.

Photochromic lenses are clear lenses that react with UV and produce a tint effect based on the amount of UV present.

When wearing Photochromic lenses even a dull day some reaction will occur producing a very pale tint and then on a very bright day where more UV is present they will turn quite dark. When wearing them indoors they will become clear.

The idea behind photochromic lenses is that they will provide the correct amount of protection for the varying light conditions you experience. However, when driving, your car windscreen will block a certain amount of UV which is required to make the lens react so they will not work as well as they would outside of the car.

The Two Most Common Photocromic Lenses

Transitions Lenses

Transitions are available in Standard Plastic, Poly Carbonate, 1.6 and 1.67 Lenses. They are the fastest reacting lens on the market and will react into sunglasses within 30 seconds. However, they will take longer than that to go clear again when you go inside.

Reactolite Lenses

Reactolite is a brand name given to a Glass photochromic lens. They do not react as well as the transitions and are much heavier to wear. However, one good thing about glass reactolite is that they work much better behind a car windscreen than the transitions do. (If only we could have the best of both worlds.)

In most cases the Transitions lens is the preferred option due to the over all comfort and performance.

Photocromic lenses are ideal in the sense that they can save you having to purchase two pairs of glasses ie, Clear glasses and a pair of Sunglasses. However, many people who wear transitions also have a cheaper tinted pair just to use in the car.

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Unfortunately every city and township in the country is different in regards to building permits for backyard storage sheds. I strongly suggest you make an anonymous call to you local building department before you start shopping for a shed so you have an idea on the size you are allowed to get and any other codes you need to know.

Play stupid, tell them you want to build a backyard storage shed in your yard, what do you have to do.

Most cities have size and height restrictions. The size is measured in square feet, width times length equals square feet.

I suggest you get the largest shed allowed in your local community. I have heard my shed is too small thousands of times. Very few cities allow more then one accessory building so unless you want to tear the building down and build another, get the size right the first time.

Other restrictions may concern the placement of the shed in your yard. Most cities will have a distance it must be off of your property lines and how far away from other structures or easements it must be.

If a permit is required your city may ask for a plot plan, building schematic and a picture of the shed. You can use a photo from the brochure the shed seller has and they also should provide you with a building schematic.

You can draw your own plot plan. The building department will want to see your lot size, where your home is located on the lot, the distance the home is from the rear property line and the location of the backyard storage shed. For your home and future shed, just draw squares or rectangles in their approximate location.

Some cities will require a permit and some won’t.

I always recommend that permits are applied for if required. If you decide to build a backyard storage shed without a permit and the building department finds out, they can really make your life miserable for quite awhile.

You can’t fight city hall.

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Mold. And no, we’re not talking about the kind found on 40 year old bread. We’re talking about the kind of mold found in your bathroom on the tub tiles and a number of other places you’d never even suspect. In this article we’re going to go over the causes of mold and how to get rid of it.

Mold is actually always present in the air and all it needs to trigger it off is a little moisture and a food source. Most surfaces contain all the nutrients that mold will need for it to grow and any dirt on that surface only provides additional fuel for the fire.

Mold is pretty easy to spot even if you can’t see it, which is usually white or can even be black. Mold can always be smelled and the odor is rather musty and not at all pleasant. It grows on paper, drywall, wood, paint and wallpaper and many other surfaces that contain sufficient amounts of moisture.

Okay, so if mold is so prevalent just how do we get rid of it or if possible keep it from forming?

The first step in reducing mold (you’ll never completely kill it) is to keep things clean. A 1 part to 4 part solution of chlorine bleach and water will kill mold. If you add a detergent to that solution you will also remove dust and dirt. You have to be very careful when disturbing mold spores because they can cause respiratory problems, especially if you are allergic to mold, have asthma or other breathing problems.

The next thing to do is to reduce humidity. In a climate where you have to heat the air in the winter time, this can be a real challenge. Warm air holds much more moisture than cold air. Air conditioning systems can remove the moisture and circulate cool dry air back into the room. Of course if you live in a hot dry climate like Arizona, this isn’t that much of a problem. Air movement, through the use of a fan, is another great way of reducing the moisture in the air. Just from cooking and bathing alone you can add as much as 3 gallons of water a day to your home unless you have adequate circulation.

Corners are a common place for mold to grow. Usually because of improper insulation the interior wall can become colder than the air that is inside the room and this causes moisture to form on the surface. The underside of windows is another common location. Humid air will condense on cold windows which will form frost and then go through a cycle by which the moisture will freeze and defrost. This will cause water to drip down underneath the window which is what causes the mold to form and grow and your wall to start rotting.

By following the above procedures, keeping your home cool and dry and cleaning often especially after a bath or shower, you can help prevent mold from taking over your house.

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The front door of your home is the first thing that visitors will see. You can make a good impression on your guests and visitors by adding some special decorative touches to this area. These decor accents do not have to be elaborate or expensive. Many times just one or two specially selected pieces will go a long way. By decorating the front doorway area you can lend a nice touch to your home, and make your guests feel especially welcomed. Here are some ideas for making the most of your decorating area with ideas to give special pizzaz to your front door.

Hang door garland. This can be in any theme and will cover a large amount of space on the front door. Make sure you choose something that will be relatively weather resistant, and will not fade easily. A garland of fall colored leaves would make a wonderful autumn design. For Christmas, holly or poinsettias could be used to make a similar garland.

Display a large wreath or other floral display with the use of an over-the-door wreath hanger. Try making your own wreath out of natural materials like pine cones. This can be easily accomplished by using a glue gun and adding some decorative floral picks. I usually make my own Christmas wreath by using a pre-made wreath shape, and adding Christmas floral picks or handmade bows. I purchase these inexpensively from the Dollar Store.

Add a door knob hanger. This could be as elaborate as a handmade, one-of-a-kind piece, or as simple as a colored ribbon with bells attached. For seasonal themes, a strand of dried corn or even small fall leaves would make a nice hanger. Snowman and poinsettias would be fun ideas for Christmas or Winter.

Seasonal door decorations are a fun way to decorate the front door. For autumn you could use a fall themed wreath with apples, fall leaves, even tiny pumpkins. Thanksgiving ideas include the cornucopia or dried corn. For the past couple of years, I have used a heavy wrapping paper to “wrap” my front door to look like a present. I usually use a bright red foil paper, then add a handmade wreath.

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House attic vent chutes (also called baffles or rafter vents) play an important role in your attic ventilation system.

They serve three functions:

provide unobstructed air passage between the soffit and the attic
allow installation of attic floor insulation close to the soffit, without worrying about clogging the soffit ventilation ports with insulation
allow for sufficient accumulation of insulation right above where your house ceiling meets the exterior wall, thus limiting air exchange between the living space and the attic

However, your attic can also have a perfect air circulation without the vent baffles, in some cases they might be even useless (houses with no soffits or no soffit vents don’t have any use for them) – it all depends on the attic ventilation design and insulation of the attic floor.

Soffit – the exposed underside of the roof section overhanging house wall

So, how do you find out if your attic is properly ventilated, and if you need any vent chutes?

Unfortunately, you have to have your attic examined (not that this is the only reason to visit your attic periodically), and if your climate includes a cold season, pick one of the coldest days for this purpose. This way, you’ll be able to spot many more attic problems than while doing it on a warm day.

Attic vent chutes come in two popular flavors – cardboard and foam (looks like a compressed Styrofoam), and variety of colors. Most typical sizes are 16″ and 24″ to match open space between the roof framing members.

They are shaped in such way that can be stapled to the roof decking along its edges, which is an easy task if installed on a new construction, without the ceiling drywall below. Vent chutes can be also installed by sliding them between the insulation and the roof decking. Sliding part might be hard in some cases because of the roofing nails sticking out of the decking, low clearance, and insulation of course.

Attic vent chutes are very useful with a blown-in type insulation.

Blown-in or any loose / poured type of the attic floor insulation isn’t as easy to control as blankets and other compacted / formed into a shape insulation types. Without vent chutes, the insulation can fall into the soffit, or it is often blown by air drafts from the area near the soffit deeper into the attic.

This exposes attic floor, and allows warm air from the living area below to migrate into the attic and condensate on the roof decking surface (cold season). This situation can be avoided by placing short pieces of batt insulation in the area closest to the soffit, and then filling up the rest of the floor cavity with blown-in type insulation, or by installing a vent chute.

With already installed blanket, batt, rolled type of attic insulation stuffed to far into the soffit, you’d need to pull it back into the attic so you have enough room between the roof decking and the insulation for sliding the vent chute into that space.

Don’t push the vent baffle all the way down into the soffit, this is not necessary, it just has to go slightly deeper than the insulation directly beneath it. After placing the vent chute against the roof decking (staple it if you can), push the pulled insulation firmly back into the space, but without crushing the vent chute.
Attic vent chutes in cathedral ceilings

If there are no vent chutes installed and the insulation has been packed tight into the rafter space, you’ll most likely end up with mold, and not much can be done without serious remodeling.

In some cases, installed vent chutes might create problems – a very common issue is when the bathroom vent discharges into the soffit (International Building Code does not allow it, but some jurisdictions do… for some unexplained reason). With the vent chute installed close to the bathroom vent discharge register, the warm and humid air will often find its way back into the attic and often result in condensation + mold growth.

How many vent chutes do you need?

If you go to your attic, and against all odds everything looks perfect:

there’s no moisture stains on roof decking and framing
no corrosion or roofing nails sticking through the decking
no dripping condensation stains on the attic floor insulation
no mold residue

you most likely don’t need any vent chutes.

If you did notice any of the problems listed above, you’d have to start investigating, and attic vent chutes installation might be a way to solve your problems. You can start from installing them only in the areas where you observed some obvious ventilation issues.

You can also fill every single rafter / truss space with a vent chute just to be on a safe side, but before you do that, make sure that your house has a soffit with existing and open vents.

No matter how many vent baffles you’ll install, they won’t work if the soffit vents are clogged or if they don’t exist at all – seeing a soffit vent register on the house exterior does not necessarily mean that it is open. It might be sealed with several coats of paint, clogged with dust / lint, clogged with insulation from attic, or there might be no cut-out above the exterior register – check this first.

Whatever you’ll do about the attic vent chutes, always remember about your safety first, don’t attempt to do anything you are not felling 100% comfortable with, avoid performing attic work in hot weather, be extremely cautious on the ladder, and always wear protective gear.

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To make homemade wines with the recipes and ingredients here

all one needs is a gallon-size glass bottle, a saucepan and

a polyethylene pail. Make certain to use polyethylene as

some plastics are not suitable. Do not use aluminum, copper,

or enamel vessels to make your homemade wine with.

Sterilization is mandatory for all utensils, bottles and

corks, especially corks. One should use commercialy

available plastic corks until you know how to properly

sterilize natural corks.

Ordinarily, baker’s yeast and white granulated sugar are

used by the average homemade wine maker. A special wine

yeast and invert sugar makes the best wine possible.

Wine yeast is capable of producing eighteen per cent of

alcohol by volume (32 proof), against the fourteen per cent

of bakers’ yeast.

Starting what is called a ‘nucleus ferment’or nutrient. A

small jar will do for this. About a 1/2 cup of water

and a teaspoonful of sugar are boiled together for a minute

and then allowed to cool. This is then put into a

sterilized jar and the yeast added in whatever form it is

obtained. Allow to set for 3 days covered with plastic wrap

and rubberband.

Preparing the fruit: Various types of wild yeast and

bacteria are on the fruit naturally and must be dealt with.

Our method, known as the ’sulphiting’ method, does

this. For more detailed information on “sulphiting” go to

==>http://www.make-homemade-wine.info/sulphiting.html

How to make homemade wine:

Crush the fruit by hand in the poly pail and pour on one

quart of distilled water. Mix well. Crush one campden tablet

and dissolve the power in 1/2 cup of warm water and

mix with pulp. Leave the mixture for 1 or 2 hours. A little

discoloring may happen. After this, take 1/3 of the sugar

to be used and boil this for 1 minute in 3 pints of

water. Allow this syrup to cool and then stir into the

pulp. Then add the yeast (or nutrient) and ferment for 7

days.

After 7 days, strain the pulp through fine cloth and wring

out as dry as you can. Put the strained homemade wine into a

gallon jar and discard pulp. Then boil another 1/3

of the sugar in one pint of water for 1 minute and when

cooled add it to the rest. Plug the neck of the jar with

cotton wool or fit a fermentation lock and continue to

ferment the homemade wine in a warm place for a further 10

days.

At this stage, pour the homemade wine into the poly pail

leaving as much deposit in the jar as you can. Clean

out the jar, sterilize it and return the homemade wine to

this. Boil the remaining 1/3 of the sugar for 1 minute

in 1 pint of water. When this has cooled, add it to the

rest. Refit the lock or plug the neck of the jar with

fresh cotton wool.

After this, the homemade wine should be left in a warm place

until all fermentation has ceased.

Clearing: it is usual to have a brilliantly clear homemade

wine a month before fermentation has ceased so

patience is required here. After all fermentation has

ceased, siphon the clear homemade wine (if not yet crystal

clear) into another jar leaving the deposit behind. Then

when the homemade wine is finally crystal clear it should

be siphoned into bottles and corked.

To get the maximum alcohol and to get total fermentation the

ideal temperature at which to keep a ‘must’ is

between 65-70 degrees F.

Fully ripe fruit is essential if we hope to make the best

homemade wine.

CHERRY WINE (A Delightful Sweet Wine):

8lb. black cherries, 7pts. water, 3 1/2lb. sugar (or 4lb.

invert), all-purpose wine yeast or Bordeaux yeast, nutrient.

PLUM WINE (Port Style):

Dark red, fully ripe fruits must be used. 10lb. plums,

7pts. water, 3 1/2lb. sugar (or 4lb. invert), port yeast,

nutrient.

GRAPE WINE

Homemade grape wine is much more difficult and requires 20

pounds of grapes so unless you own a vineyard it is

not cost effective to make homemade grape wine.

After several batches you will get the rhythm of making

homemade wine down to a tee. With further knowledge you

will be able to make homemade wines with a strength,

clarity, flavour and bouquet of which you will be justly proud.

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Plastic bags do bring a lot of convenience to people’s life, but at the same time, it also brings long-term harms. The recycling value of plastic bags is very low. When the waste plastic bags scatter on city streets, tourism zone, in the water, or long the roads and railways, it will cause “visual pollution”. What’s worse, it will also cause some potential hazards.

First of all, plastic bags affect agricultural development.

When the waste plastic products mix in the soil and accumulate continuously, they will affect the absorption of nutrients and water by the crops, thus reducing the output of the crops.

Secondly, plastic bags threaten the survival of animals.

If animals mistakenly take the waste of plastic products as food and swallow them, it will lead to animal death. Last year, there were nearly one thousand sheep in Qinghai Lake died because of this, which caused economic loss of about 300 thousand Yuan. Sheep like to eat the oily residues wrapped in the plastic bags, while plastic is difficult to be digested. If it remains in the stomach for a long time, there will be no room in stomach for other foods. As a result, these sheep can only be starved to death at last. Such a thing is very common in the zoo, pasturing area, village, and the ocean.

Thirdly, waste plastics are difficult to be disposed.

The waste plastics not only takes up a lot of land, but the land occupied will not recover for a long time, which will affect the sustainable use of the land. If the waste plastic products are buried in the ground, it will take 200 years for the degradation. What’s more, the raw material of plastic bags is petroleum, which not only consumes a lot of resources, but also can not be broken down. If it is buried in the ground, it will pollute the land and river.

In addition, the plastic itself will release harmful gases. Especially cooked foods, if they are packaged in plastic bags, they often degenerate very easily. The effect of deteriorated foods is particularly prominent on the health and development of children.

Last but not the least, the production of plastic bags will consume a large number of energy, such as polyethylene (PE), polrvinyl chloride (PVC), shrinkfilm and Low-Density Polyethylene (LDPE). As a result, in order to change this situation, the replacement of plastic with other recycling and degradable materials is extremely urgent.

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Historical review in textile printing

Textile printing is a method by which fabrics are printed in various colors, arts and designs. It is a very old art developed and created on fabrics in Egypt during 5000 B.C. Fabrics also found printed in Greek during 4th century. B.C, also it is noted that printing blocks were sourced from India in 5th century. B.C. During that time, France acknowledged as popular center of this type of cloth production and printing. Japan was popular for adding stencil work in wood by making blocks and further by pasting dies and prints it in fabrics.

In the Mid-15th Century, with the invention of printing press by John Gutenberg there was a drastic change seen in printing technology and textile printing. After practicing by William Caxton in England, there was a remarkable widespread seen in relief printing technology in 1476. In sixteen and seventeen century with the export of spices, India became major provider of printing fabrics and products, like calico, pajama, gingham, dungaree, chintz and khaki according to the requirement of European countries. Then by the efforts by Grant, Thomas Bell and many printers, with the invention of wood block (1760), copper block (1770) and copper roller (1797) printing technology in the eighteenth century, especially the trend of cotton printing spread, still it can be seen at the Toile de Jouy Museum.

The history of fabric printing in Dartford goes away with Augustus Applegath’s acceptance of a silk printing works in the town and it sustained until 1865 when James Keymer established a new fabric printing works on the banks of the River Darent. In 1907 Samuel Simon was used a fabric printing system in which the designs were shaped from stencils through screen printing machines. In 1940’s first photographic stencil was built up by Colin Sharp. After development of computers, the printing process and its developments geared up in their colors.

Development in last two decades

With the improvement in the printing technology, color inkjet printers played an important role in digital fabrics for the consumer market in the late 1980s. That time Canon and Hewlett-Packard became leaders in the printing technology. Canon’s Bubble Jet printers were received so acceptance in the market. Again latest technology geared up in their improvement with the existence of a large format color inkjet printer – the Iris printer in the 1990s, but that technology was not considered as ideal tool for the fabrics due to light sensitive color problem, rather it was accepted for paper printing.

Earlier, direct printing method used for fabric with the computer and the printing is made with the computer inks; it was the time where fabric was printed using only black images or text because of the availability of only laser printers and ribbon printers and there were no color printers. In 1999 Bubble Jet Set printing technology developed, which permits fabric to be treated, amalgamated to freezer paper with an iron and then operate through an ink jet printer.

The meaning of Digital fabric/Textile Printing

The digital fabrics printing technology is existed since last decade, it emerged after 1994. It is a skill that prints the designs on fabric, immediately from your computer, without extra efforts just like printing and designing a paper. Digital textile printing is a flexible tool and a key acceptable to the vision of mass customization. It permits the user to evade the screen making process, offering the chance for quick changes to color or design elements prior to printing.

Advantages of digital fabric printing over traditional printing technology

Generally, textile printing has been operated through transferring media, such as screens and rollers. Each transferring media is designed and allocated for a specific color. A block printing and engraved copper printing are operating through these methods. A number of woodblocks that are designed in block printing give a number of colors in design. Advantage of using this type of method is that you can have three dimensional effects due to its color separation and layers, and still today rotary screen printing method is used in designing of traditional floral patterns and toile designs. Mechanical or traditional fabric printing methods some times manipulate in both way, by design aesthetics and styles, while in the field of printed textile design with the latest digital fabric printing technology it enhanced the style and meaning of printed textile design. It is a fact that the new latest methods of digital printing on fabrics have exposed new horizons to the designers and manufacturers. Digital printing methods have facilitated manufactures to make a digital sampling and have advantages of change in designs before engraving. By adopting digital printing techniques you can re-adjust conventional printing design and can able to give new looks in design.

Today, many customers are demanding fabrics to be printed with various color combinations, styles, designs, traditional designs and looks, but to co-up with these customization demands there has been a limitation to attend the entire mass market with traditional printing technology. Digital printing profits over conventional printing it provide noteworthy benefits like quick turn-around, efficient set-up and speed, economical and great flexibility, takes less time, alteration possible etc. And in today’s customer oriented market the printing technology is not limited to wearing wears; but it bounds to its limits and reaches to the requirements of trade show graphics, picture of huge fabric posters of television and movie stars, advertising purposes, flags and banners and many mores.

Unlike any traditional textile printing technology, the main benefit of digital fabric printing is in its process color application with its latest printers, software applications. Photographic and tonal graphics shaped millions of colors with Photoshop and can be printed on fabric according to the color combination requirement. Wider color scope and finer printing quality are available with the latest development of inks, color management software. In the traditional process colors of CMYK, you can have various color combination with addition of extra preset colors like orange, blue, green, and also there is availability of various type of software with these complex color combination. These preset colors reduce importance of screens or rollers for printing, and there is no need of repeat the size and other combination with no limit with color combinations in designs.

From digital textile printing technology you can have latest innovative and creative deigns like concepts of shadow, shimmering, vibration, reflection, moire, optical, translucent, netting, blurring, layering, superimposing, etc., instead of making special efforts with traditional methods of printing. Today, the printing technology developed so tremendously and became so eco-friendly, user-friendly that, even designers can make its products without taking help from textile designers.

Digital Printing Advantages

. Design achieved with greater flexibility, without the limitation of on repeat size, colors, engineered designs and gets outstanding depiction of continuous tone (photographic) images

. The digital printing equipment not requires much infrastructure and it is comparatively available in less cost

. Drastically trim down time to market the products

. It also decrease the use of water, dyes & solutions hence acts as an environmentally friendly tool

. It decreases industrial waste and print loss, provides centralize manufacturing facility

. Mass customization requirements easily available in short time

. Availability of fast greater speed of operation, high resolution / drop Size & configuration with spot colors combination or color control without lack of standards

Types of digital fabric printing technologies

There are various types of digital printing technology available in market like thermal DOD Ink jet

Piezoelectric DOD ink jet, airbrush/valve jet, electrostatic (sublimation & resin), thermal transfer, electro photography (Laser, LED), photographic development, continuous ink jet (CIJ) etc.

DOD Ink jet fabric printing method: DOD Ink jet printing method bring a drop of ink or dyes only when needed for printing that is why it is called drops on demand ( DOD ), i.e. it works on the principal “only when and where required in the design” . This system works as environment friendly, because of its “no paste, no waste “method, and the complete color reaches to the fabric.

Piezoelectric DOD ink jet fabric printing method: It uses electrostatic forces for arrangement and spraying of micro drops of inks or dyes in fabric printing. Here high voltages are applied to piezoelectric crystals for producing directional current. The advantage of using this methods are it formulation directional ink, where inks not heated , hence less expensive, printing heads works at its cycles per second and provides high resolution by applying small drop size of inks or dyes.

Electrostatic Sublimation Transfer Printing : Sublimation is a method whereby a solid dyes turns exactly into a gas without passing through a liquid state, can be transferred to a fabric (e.g. polyester) and re-solidify as a solid color again. Dye sublimation is a two-step process that needs additional equipment to the electrostatic printers for dye-sub. Also it requires a special paper for heating at the heat press; electrostatic printer. It is also called sublimation transfer printing. These inks or dyes can be printed onto paper from either a silkscreen process or from printers attached with ribbons with the sublimation inks. These papers then can transmit images onto fabrics.

Direct ink jet transfer method: The direct ink jet transfer method is direct transfer, or printing directly onto fabric with an inkjet printer. This process expensive and the fabrics require to be coated in order to effectively allow the inks or dyes.

Continuous ink jet fabric printing method: The ink is constantly pushed out of the ink channel by a pump by a nozzle attached with a PZT material and it generates an “ink-jet”. Using an electrical power on the PZT material, the nozzle shakes, breaches the ink jet into droplets of ink and used for printing fabrics. Continuous ink jet fabric printing method also available with its binary hertz operation and multi-deflection system.

Software application in digital fabric printing: For digital fabric printing Color management Systems (CMS, Calibration), Raster Image Processor (RIP), printer driver software, design lay out software (CAD), etc are widely used.

Development in printing equipment

At present Ichinose ImageProofer, Stork Amethyst, Dupont Artistri2020, Mimaki TX2-1600, Encad, NovaJet 880, Zimmer Chromotex, ColorSpan, FabriJet, Aprion Magic, Leggett and Platt Virtuetc, Imaje-Osiris, Reggiani DReAM, Robustelli Mona Lisa, Leggett & Platt UV-dye, Mimaki TX2 & TX 3 etc latest printers or equipment with their developed brand name or version are widely using for getting effective results.

Latest digital inks: Today most fabric printers or manufacturers uses reactive & acids in various colors, dispersed inks, finishing inks for light, color, pigments etc. Ink specialist such as Ciba Specialty Chemicals, DuPont, Dystar ( BASF), CHT, Lyson, Brookline, ECS and Kimberly Clark have developed digital form of conventional dyes such as reactive, acid, disperse and pigment. These inks permit printers to make prints on their specific type of fabrics.

According to Ray Work of DuPont, the worldwide market for textile chemicals is at $22 billion, of which around 36% is dyes and pigments. Finishing and coatings includes 38%. A foremost improved, according to Work, is that now almost every type of fabric can be digitally printed by ink jet, be grateful to progress in inks

For DuPont Artistri 2020 Printer DuPont Artistri 700 Series Ink is (acid dye ink chemistry) used for Nylon, Nylon/Lycra, Silk, Wool. For Polyester, Nylon, Nylon/Lycra processing disperse dye ink is used, for Cotton, Polyester, Cotton/Poly Blends, Viscose/Rayon Linen, Nylon*, Nylon/Lycra, Silk, Wool pigmented ink chemistry available. DuPont Solar Brite Ink is used especially for active wear, swimwear, intimate apparel, flags and accessories.

Digital textile printing technology in present market

For digital textile printing technology, there are three types of demands exists in market, which are sampling, strike-off, and mass customization.

Sampling: The sampling demand involves printing on paper and fabrics with an intimate concentration and compliance to the usual screen printing which is used for manufacturing.

Strike-off: Strike-off is a product of sample for a single, salable item for markets such as luxury, entertainment, or special events.

Mass customization: Mass customization is the third main products area and it creates an immense deal of concentration by mass customers.

The future markets: Besides the above existed segment, the digital fabric printing technology will be booming with their batch production printing and low volume demand fabric printing.

Its industry size is calculated: 300,000 Retailer “Doors” and 20,000+ Manufacturer “Doors”,

400 Companies Manufacture 80% of all apparel,

Apparel & Related Volume is $180B,

All Others’ Goods represent $36B.

Textile Printing Trends

The world wide trends: Decline in US print production, there seems growth of Asian print production and decreasing production run lengths, demand for greater design variety, demand for shorter production cycles and demand for reduced inventory risk.

Cotton is the most frequently printed material (48% of printing production), followed by cotton/polyester blends (19%), polyester (15%), and viscose (13%). From a worldwide viewpoint, other material (e.g. polyamide, polyacrylic, wool and silk) involve with a little part.

Prospecting Market

There are a range of new textile industry products you can print with digital printing, which covers wall covering, Info-banners, car covers, artworks, and flags and including museums, galleries, and exhibitors for multi disciplinary products, used in printing of education system or related products and there are many prospects for both direct and transfer digital printing e.g. for printing mouse pads ( new fabric surfaces and base materials), apparel prototyping for spot color, linking prototyping to production, and digitally-generated screens etc.

Digital textile production has been increasing at about 13% worldwide. The worldwide volume of digitally-printed textiles has been reaching about 44 million square meters by 2005. Duo to the high quality performance, in short time the availability of products, multidiscipline design, eco-friendly , cost- effective , etc advantages in digital textile printing technology, there exits a new market opportunities for this technology and it will be applicable to, backgrounds printing, scenes for theaters, film studios, photographers, music and sports events, road shows, parades, high profile catering, presidential campaigns, promotion organizers, advertising agencies, universities, churches, parties, for hanging signs, displays systems, packing, for sampling, for prototyping and new designs sampling, short run production, for interior designers to make curtains, upholstery, table cloth, bed ware etc.

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CR-39 refers to the material that is used to make the majority prescription lenses. It is an optical grade plastic polymer recognised for its light weight, chemical resistance properties and ‘tint-ability’. In comparable prescriptions it is approximately half the weight of glass lenses, while being slightly thicker. Its impact resistance is greater than glass but does not rise to the level of polycarbonate and it should not be considered for applications where impacts are prevalent. On this basis, it is not recommended for active sports and motorcycling. It is more scratch resistant than polycarbonate, but will scratch if not properly taken care of.

Polycarbonate is an impact resistant material. It is becoming used more widely in recent times – especially for motorcycling and action sports. It is also used frequently for the glazing of rimless frames because of these properties. Although polycarbonate is impact resistant, it should not be considered indestructible. Polycarbonate is the strongest material available and will have the tendency to break into larger pieces, instead of the CR39’s smaller pieces, and is, consequently, less hazardous. Polycarbonate is thinner than standard CR39.

Polycarbonate lenses are ten times more impact resistant than other plastics making them highly suitable for action sports or folk that are a little (shall we say) heavy-handed! They offer UV protection and stop 99.9% of rays from the sun, fluorescent lights and computer screens. Our polycarbonate lenses are supplied with a scratch resistant coating and are thinner than standard lens and therefore more comfortable to wear.

Comparison of Lens Materials & Material Characteristics

Polycarbonate

- Strongest material for impact resistance

- Lightweight

- Can be coated for scratch resistance

- Most have built-in UV radiation protection

Plastic (CR39)

- About one-half the weight of glass

- Resistant to solvents and pitting

- More choices for coatings and tinting

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Business cards are small pieces of paper that contain business information about an individual or company. They are often shared during formal interactions between people and are convenient memory aids. Typically they include a name, company affiliation and logo, and contact information. Most companies use a simple text on a solid stock, while many may choose to add a visual design to their cards. There are many avid collectors of these cards. These individuals search for antique, celebrity, or unusual cards.

Generally these cards are printed on a form of card stock, though the method of printing, visuals, and cost will vary. Developments in digital and batch printing have made printing in full color a cost-effective option. A raised print effect can be added to a card in a process called thermography. Ones that are in full color may be printed on sheet-fed presses in the four-color printing technique. There is also the option of UV gloss coating. This may add to the overall design.

Some are made from plastic, specifically translucent, crystal clear, metallic, or white plastic. Other materials that may be used for construction: rubber, magnets, metal, wooden nickels, playing chips, and real wood. Using different materials is a way to grab the attention of potential clients.

There are printing shops that can mass-produce these products. They can even be printed at home, using a special card software or online program. Software usually allows individuals to customize the design, layout, and text of the card. The final product can be printed from a home printer, if card stock is available, or sent to a print shop.

Another option for getting these products is using a web-to-print application. There are several printing firms with websites that allow customers to choose and customize a design template, adding in logos, imagery and other features select their quantity, view pricing options, and request delivery. The company will produce and ship the finished product. Usually these companies also offer customized labels, notepads, pens, bags, t-shirts, letterheads, and other accessories.

These papers can act as advertising for the services provided by an individual or company. Some contain more than just contact information. A card may list the services available or a brief summary about the company or person. Because these products are used as a memory aid, it is best when they are straightforward and detailed. These may be handed out during formal interactions, or placed within a business for clients to take and pass on.

A new form of business card is called the compact disc cards. These devices hold approximately 35 to 100 MB of data and may be square, oblong or round in shape, but approximately the size of a traditional card. The compact disc is designed to fit within a CD-ROM drive of a computer, and can hold a large amount of data, including presentations and portfolios.

Business cards are a way to share contact information and services with potential clients or business partners. The small pieces of paper can come in a variety of shapes and sizes, and are sometimes made from unconventional materials. Typically these products include, at the very least, the name of the person, their company, and some form of contact information.

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