I was just at the Atlantic City ISS show. Someone was asking me about the use of a discharge ink as an underbase.
Discharge ink is an ink that basically neutralizes the dye in a shirt instead of printing over the dye. So with discharge ink you  don’t need two prints (usually white and then the [...]

I have known Stefan Bergill since lived out West and he ran Patagonia’s Beneficial T’s program. He is knowledgeable and passionate about organic cotton. He moved East and he currently works for Econcsious. I caught up with him the other day and asked him a few questions about organic cotton and his experiences.
 
 
 

1. What originally [...]

In the spirit of the environmental movement, which has had a motto of the three R’s - Reduce Re-use Recycle, we have instituted a “Recycled Ink” program at Mirror Image. We have inks that were mixed in error, over bought (boo hoo, the Patriots lost!) over mixed, mixed or programs that were unexpectedly cancelled, etc.
These [...]

There is increased interest in printing textiles with water-based inks.
This is for the following several reasons, some of which seem reasonable and some to this observer which do not.
There are new laws in the USA which prevent the use of phthalates in ink and printers are using water-based ink because they do not contain [...]

Mirror Image makes and prints an ink for t-shirts that is organic and so safe you can eat it.