A roll-to-roll (R2R) fabric printer prints directly onto continuous textile rolls without transfer paper. The H·EASY HY-Series supports reactive, pigment and high-temp disperse ink for cotton, polyester and blends at 1.8–2.6 m standard widths, plus 3.2 m HY-3264/HY-3296 configurations on request, with 8–96 Ricoh Gen6 printheads.
Whether you need the luxurious wash fastness of Reactive, the waterless efficiency of Pigment, or the deep penetration of High-Temp Disperse, H·EASY delivers true industrial stability. Built with our proprietary Ricoh drive boards and up to 96 printheads.
Professional RIP software for flawless color management.
Scale from agile sampling to rotary replacement.
We guide you on sizing, steaming, and washing.
Extracting max lifespan (3-4 years) since 2013.
Engineered with global tier-1 components for unmatched stability
We don't compromise on the core architecture. Every H·EASY printer relies on the world's most trusted industrial component brands to guarantee 24/7 uptime.
Different fabric types require different ink chemistries, post-treatment workflows, and machine configurations. Explore the most suitable printing route for cotton, polyester, blended fabrics, and wide-format home textiles.
Breathable, absorbent, and widely used in fashion apparel, shirting, dresses, and soft home textile products.
Durable, stretchable, and widely used in sportswear, activewear, and soft signage.
Popular in fast fashion, hoodies, uniforms, and casualwear where mixed fibers require a more flexible printing route.
Ideal for curtains, bedding, decorative fabrics, and other large-format textile products that require stable fabric transport and seamless repeat consistency.
Compare reactive, pigment, and high-temp disperse printing for cotton, viscose, polyester, and blended fabrics. Understand process flow, post-treatment, factory requirements, and which production setup best matches your business.
Use the standalone ink routes and processes reference to compare all three expanded workflows. For the waterless and natural-fibre routes, read Pigment vs Reactive Printing: Which Is the Future?
Reactive dye forms a permanent covalent bond directly with cellulosic fibre hydroxyl groups. Unlike surface-adhesion methods, this bond becomes part of the fibre itself - delivering Grade 4–5 wash fastness and genuinely soft hand feel that high-end fashion and home textile export programs demand.
Covalent fiber bond withstands repeated commercial washing. Meets the wash durability requirements of European and US apparel export programs.
The Complete Reactive Route - Step by Step
pH value directly impacts steaming fixation. A value too high or low causes colour inconsistencies and batch rejects. Weft slope should be controlled within 3–5 cm. Raw edges over 1 cm will touch the printhead during printing and cause clogging.
Pigment ink binds to the fabric surface through a binder chemistry system - completely eliminating steaming lines and large-scale washing infrastructure. Advances since 2020 have resolved historic issues of rigid hand feel and poor fastness. Pigment printing now accounts for approximately 10% of the global digital printing market, with rapid growth in Shandong, Guangdong, and international markets.
Superior light fastness makes pigment the preferred route for curtains, home furnishings, and any application where UV durability outweighs wash cycle requirements. Results depend on correct thermal curing parameters.
The Lean Pigment Route - Step by Step
If fabric is not completely dry before entering the curing oven, colour uptake becomes unstable and floating colour increases - particularly cyan, which becomes extremely difficult to remove in any post-wash. In the Shandong market, many knitted fabric programs combine drying and fixation into a single pass. Sample validation is strongly recommended before committing to this in production.
High-temperature direct disperse ink is forced deep into the polyester fibre core under elevated heat - achieving penetration depth that transfer-based and low-temp methods cannot replicate. H·EASY pioneered this technology through the DragonPlay Digital project (11 units, Shaoxing), the first factory in China to achieve mass-scale high-temp disperse direct printing. For stretch fabrics and sportswear, this is the correct industrial route.
Transfer printing is faster to set up but faces fundamental limitations: re-sublimation risk under heat, limited suitability for raised-surface fabrics, and surface-only penetration that shows white fibre edges when stretched.
The High-Temp Direct Disperse Route - Step by Step
Transfer printing is faster to set up but faces fundamental limitations: re-sublimation risk under heat, limited suitability for raised-surface fabrics, and surface-only penetration that shows white fibre edges when stretched. H·EASY worked alongside DragonPlay Digital for over six months - China's first factory to achieve mass-scale high-temp disperse direct printing with 11 installed units.
| Reactive Ink | Pigment Ink | High-Temp Disperse | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Primary Fabric | Cotton, Linen, Viscose, Silk | Cotton, Blends, Knits | Polyester, Synthetics |
| Wash Fastness | Grade 4–5 | Grade 2–3 | Grade 4–5 |
| Light Fastness | Grade 3–4 | Grade 5–6 | Grade 5–6 |
| Post-Processing | Steam + Multi-wash | Thermal Cure Only | Bake / Steam + Wash |
| Water Consumption | High | Zero | Medium |
| Machine Sharing | Yes - with Disperse | No - dedicated only | Yes - with Reactive |
| Stretch Performance | Moderate | Moderate | Excellent - zero white edge |
| Fixation Method | Steam 102–103°C | Oven 130–150°C | Bake ≥170°C or Steam 130°C |
| Typical production fit | Natural fibres · Soft hand · Repeated washing | Printed denim · Blends · Low-water short runs | Stretch polyester · Deep penetration · Performance textiles |
Not sure which route fits your fabric? Our engineers evaluate your specification free of charge - typically within 1 business day.
Select the most suitable roll-to-roll digital textile printer based on fabric width, printhead configuration, and output requirements. From agile 1.8m sampling lines to high-volume 2.6m industrial production - and a 3.2m ultra-wide class on request - each model is designed for a specific stage of growth.
| Model | Available Widths | Printhead Configuration | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
| HY-1804 | 1.8m Only | 4x Ricoh Gen 6 | Color testing, short proofing cycles, and low-risk production validation. |
| HY-1808 | 1.8m | 8x Ricoh Gen 6 | Faster sampling cycles, mixed-order workflows, and agile apparel production environments. |
| HY-1816 Series | 1.8m / 2.2m / 2.6m | 16x Ricoh Gen 6 | Manufacturers moving from sampling to stable industrial production across multiple width options. |
| HY-2232 / HY-2632 | 2.2m / 2.6m | 32x Ricoh Gen 6 | Apparel, sportswear, and wide-format home-textile production where output and width flexibility matter. |
| HY-3264 / HY-3296 | 3.2m (custom) | 64–96x Ricoh Gen 6 | Ultra-wide 3.2m home-textile and soft-signage production. Custom / on-request configuration - quoted per specification. |
Marketing claims don't print fabrics. We engineer out the vibrations, alignment issues, and head clogs that plague generic machines.
Flimsy screwed frames loosen and vibrate over time. Our pure welded steel chassis and 0.01mm precision head plate guarantee flawless, micro-level droplet placement. Since 2013, our engineering team has achieved 1.48m/s carriage speeds without compromising stability.
We write our own proprietary drive boards specifically tuned for Ricoh textile printing - extracting maximum head lifespan (3-4 years) since 2013.
We integrate licensed Neostampa V10 and Texprint, giving your operators ultimate control over file handling. What you see is exactly what prints.
We use robust dry-burning electric tubes for the Teflon belt drying, instead of cheap heating lamps that are notorious for literally burning the adhesive belt.
Our automatic negative pressure supply, combined with an integrated degasser, prevents air bubbles and stops clogs before they happen. True continuous yield.
When printing pauses, the washing unit intelligently delays for a few seconds and then stops, preventing water overflow and maintaining perfect belt hygiene.
See how textile manufacturers are using H·EASY machines to upgrade from conventional workflows to scalable digital production across apparel, sportswear, and home textile applications.
A short-run apparel producer moved 1.5m fashion fabrics to a pigment workflow, reducing wet post-processing and improving turnaround for frequent style changes and smaller order batches.
MACHINE HY-1816 (Fabric Width: 1.5m)
DAILY OUTPUT ~4400 m/day
A sportswear fabric mill upgraded from transfer-based polyester printing to high-temp direct disperse on 2.0m fabrics, improving penetration, stretch performance, and repeat consistency.
MACHINE HY-2232 (Fabric Width: 2m)
DAILY OUTPUT ~6500 m/day
A home textile producer adopted a double-lane reactive setup for repeat-driven orders, combining digital flexibility with production-scale output for bedding and decorative fabric programs.
MACHINE HY-2632 (Fabric Width: 1m * Double line)
DAILY OUTPUT ~20,000 m/day
To support stable machine performance, protect printhead service life, and reduce commissioning risk, your facility should be prepared with the right electrical supply, air system, environmental conditions, and water access before installation.
Overseas buyers can receive workshop visibility during machine assembly, and third-party inspections can be arranged before shipment when required.
We use heavy-duty export wooden packing designed to protect precision components such as head plates and motion structures during sea freight.
We provide route-specific pre-treatment and production guidance based on fabric type, workflow direction, and production goals.
Get clear answers on how to choose between reactive, pigment, and high-temp disperse printing, how to match fabric type with the right HY-Series model, and how to evaluate width, printhead configuration, production targets, and after-sales support before investment.
If you work with cotton, linen, viscose, modal, or other cellulosic fabrics, reactive printing is usually the best starting point. If you want a simpler workflow and broader fabric compatibility, pigment printing is often easier to evaluate. If you mainly print polyester or polyester-rich textiles, high-temp disperse printing is usually the better route.
If you want stronger color brightness, better wash performance, and a softer hand feel on cotton, linen, rayon, or modal, you should usually start with reactive printing. If you want to simplify production and reduce post-processing, pigment printing can also be considered, but it should be judged against your final product requirements.
If you mainly work with polyester, sportswear, yoga wear, swimwear, or polyester-rich stretch fabrics, high-temp disperse direct printing is usually the more suitable option. It offers better penetration, less white show-through after fabric turnover, and better control in demanding applications than standard low-temperature transfer in many cases.
In some cases, you can switch between reactive, acid, and certain disperse configurations after proper cleaning, but frequent switching is not recommended. If you start with pigment ink, you should usually keep that machine dedicated to pigment because the larger particles are harder to clean completely and can increase the risk of clogging.
Yes, but the result depends on the fabric ground color and the ink route. If you want to overprint on colored fabric, pigment is usually the more practical option. Even then, the printed design will still be affected by the base color, so lighter fabric shades and darker design colors usually give more stable results.
You should choose the printhead based on the result you care about most. If you care more about durability, efficiency, and easier maintenance, Ricoh is often a strong option. If you care more about finer print quality and wider head structure, Kyocera is often considered. If you focus on finer detail and smoother fabrics, Epson-based solutions can also be suitable.
You should choose width based on your main product category. If you work with apparel fabrics, widths around 1.8 m to 2.2 m are usually the main range. If you work with home textiles or wider fabric applications, 2.6 m is the widest standard width in the HY-Series, with 3.2 m configurations available on request. The right width should match your current orders, target market, and fabric roll specifications.
Price depends on the model, fabric width (1.8m to 2.6m standard, up to 3.2m on request), and printhead count (4 to 96 Ricoh Gen 6 heads), plus the ink route and drying setup your fabrics require. Because each line is configured to your output target and facility, we quote per specification rather than publish a fixed list price. Send your fabric type, target daily meter output, and whether 380V power and steaming lines are ready, and our engineers return a configured quote and line plan, typically within 1 business day.
Go deeper: See full HY-Series specifications· R2R ink workflows - reactive, pigment and disperse
Tell us your fabric, your target output, and your facility setup. Our engineers will provide the exact machine recommendation and line planning.
