Kornit’s Digital Printing Glossary
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Karbon Technology
Karbon Technology
What Is Kornit Karbon Technology?
Kornit Karbon Technology is Kornit Digital’s proprietary technology for printing on dyed polyester without dye migration.
Dye migration is a common challenge in polyester printing. It happens when fabric dyes move into the printed design during curing or heat exposure. This causes color shifts, bleeding, or loss of print clarity.
Karbon Technology was developed to solve this issue in digital textile production. It enables both direct and indirect decoration on dyed polyester while helping prints stay vibrant and clear.
This technology is used in Kornit Atlas MATRIX. It’s powered by DigiBlocker™, Kornit’s proprietary digital ink blocker.
Why Karbon Technology Matters
Polyester is widely used in sportswear, athleisure, team uniforms, and performance apparel. However, dyed polyester can be difficult to print because its dyes may react during production.
Karbon Technology helps solve this by enabling:
- Migration-free polyester printing: Reduces dye bleeding from the fabric into the printed design.
- Color integrity: Helps maintain accurate and vibrant printed colors.
- Performance apparel applications: Supports printing on sportswear and other polyester-based garments.
- Production flexibility: Allows businesses to add polyester applications without relying only on traditional screen printing methods.
This expands what digital textile printing can do, especially in markets where polyester is a core fabric.
Karbon Shield
Karbon Shield is the direct-to-polyester capability within Kornit Karbon Technology.
It enables migration-free direct printing on colored polyester, including challenging dyed polyester fabrics. Karbon Shield is powered by DigiBlocker™. It acts as a digital barrier between the fabric dye and the printed design.
Karbon Transfer
Karbon Transfer is the indirect printing capability – a part of Kornit Karbon Technology.
It enables advanced direct-to-film decoration on polyester. This is useful for applications where direct printing may have limitations (e.g., complex placements, accessories, caps, bags).
Contact us to learn more about Atlass MATRIX and Kornit Karbon Technology.
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