Printing, digital

1.9

Description

Digital printing of textiles. Fabric is passed through a printer with rollers, where ink is applied before it is heated to cure.

Impacts

Impact area MSI Score
Global Warming 0.5
Eutrophication 0.8
Water Scarcity 0.2
Abiotic Resource Depletion, Fossil Fuels 0.4
Chemistry
Scored per material rather than production stage. Click on "Return to Material", and learn about Chemistry scoring under "Chemistry Certifications".

Modeling Notes

Screen printing from thinkstep as proxy

Meta information

  • Primary Source: GaBi 2014 Database, Service Pack 28, thinkstep AG, Leinfelden-Echterdingen
  • Last Publication or Review date: 2014
  • Geography: Global/generic
  • Data Generator: thinkstep

Data quality

Data Quality Value Description
Precision Fair 20% to 30% 3
Time Representativeness Excellent Data are not older than 4 years with respect to the release date or latest review date 1
Geographical Representativeness Fair The processes included in the dataset are sufficiently representative for the geography stated in the title and metadata 3
Technological Representativeness Fair The technologies modeled are representative of the average technology used for similar processes 3
Average 2.5