Inkjet printing solution for genuine leather
With Alussa, Agfa has introduced an inkjet printing solution for the decoration of genuine leather, consisting of the Alussa eTU25 printer, dedicated Alussa iUL20 inkjet inks and workflow software to manage the entire printing process. TFL, a global company that manufactures specialty chemicals for the leather industry, contributed with a special coating chemistry. The components of Alussa are perfectly matched, so that it lives up to the high-quality standards in terms of flexibility and scratch resistance.
Agfa’s Alussa inkjet printing technology is addressed to fashion-forward brands looking for solutions to respond to the increasing demand for personalized leather, offering clear advantages over other ways of decorating leather, because they are suitable for any volume (unlike gravure or screen printing, inkjet requires no print ‘master’), any design (from detailed vector line work/pattern designs to bold full-color photographical images), any color, as up to 500,000 different colors can be obtained by combining printing inks. Agfa’s color software warrants the perfect color match for new projects as well as remakes. Moreover, we point out that the start-up time of an inkjet printer is limited to a few minutes, an ideal situation for both sampling and real production.
Therefore, with Inkjet unique prints can be created in any quantity and the decoration of handbags can quickly generate a new collection.