Research libraryPrint on Demand, Sample on Screen
Chapter 02 of 14 · Part I · Draft web edition
Choose what the buyer commits to and where customisation occurs before quoting a minimum order or delivery date.
The cloth is woven from this chapter's 5 exhibits: each weft is one exhibit's own data, normalised; each warp group is a section. The probe reads the exhibit's own value where it crosses. Procedural visualisation, not a measurement.
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Illustrative GFT classification informed by S01, S03 and S15. Horizontal axis scores upstream process depth committed per order (0 = finished blank in stock, 10 = pattern, fabric print and full garment assembly). Vertical axis scores specification and validation burden per order (0 = print file only, 10 = body measurement, pattern adaptation and physical fit verification).
Unit: illustrative index (0 to 10). Status: illustrative. Sources: S01, S03, S15. Illustrative figures are teaching examples, not measured factory results.
Overture · 1 min
An on-demand apparel operation succeeds or fails on the precision of its commercial promise long before a printhead fires a single picolitre of ink.[S03] When a local producer in Cameroon offers digital printing, three-dimensional sampling, or short-run garment manufacture, the quotation defines which party carries inventory risk, which party absorbs geometry and shade variation, and how many hours the shop floor has to turn raw materials into accepted output.[S01] Research on order-triggered textile systems shows that on-demand production represents a structural transformation in supply-chain control rather than a simple technological upgrade.[S03] Green Future Tech Limited (GFT), drawing on the greenfield operating concept, performance-management system design, and digital strategy prepared on 31 January 2024 for its Cameroon textile programme (with source-refresh notes retained in 2026), argues that a factory must define its customer-order decoupling point, payment gates, permission records, and end-use testing boundaries before purchasing equipment or publishing lead times.[S03] Without an enforceable service boundary, an on-demand offer converts speculative finished-goods stock into unfunded design labour, disputed deposits, emergency consumable purchases, and unscheduled overtime.[S28]
2.1
Digital catalogues and social-media storefronts blur the boundary between curiosity and commitment.[S03] A prospective buyer who views an online garment render, requests a motif placement change, or asks for a pro-forma price breakdown has not triggered an on-demand manufacturing event.[S03] In an order-driven production system, the customer-order trigger is the exact administrative and financial threshold at which an upstream capacity reservation becomes an irreversible commitment of fabric, pretreatment liquor, ink, thermal curing energy, and operator time.[S01] Confusing pre-sales design exploration with confirmed demand corrupts both capacity scheduling and unit-economics accounting.[S28]
GFT proposes that a local apparel service separate commercial intake into seven auditable state transitions: an initial design enquiry, a scoped technical quotation, a verified rights and measurement clearance, a funded financial commitment, a frozen technical approval bundle, an authorised shop-floor release, and a retained sale measured after the return and dispute window closes.[S03] Under this governance discipline, which extends the event-logging architecture of GFT's Cameroon textile programme performance-management design, no job enters raster image processing (RIP) or marker preparation on the strength of a verbal promise or an unfunded purchase order.[S01]
Financial accounting must mirror this operational separation. When an institutional buyer or independent designer pays an advance deposit to initiate custom strike-offs or short-run manufacture, that cash receipt is an unearned contract liability, not realised revenue, in GFT's proposed order ledger.[S03] The deposit remains encumbered until the factory delivers garments that satisfy the agreed physical release criteria and the buyer signs off acceptance or the contractual claim window expires.[S07] Recording cancellations, pre-release drop-outs, post-delivery remakes, and cash refunds in distinct ledger accounts prevents a high volume of unpaid enquiries from disguising a negative retained-order contribution.[S28]
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Illustrative GFT qualification matrix informed by S01, S15 and S30. Horizontal axis scores on-site wet, chemical and thermal finishing infrastructure burden (0 = compact heat press only, 10 = industrial padding, steaming, multi-stage washing, stentor drying and effluent plant). Vertical axis scores structural and geometric versatility across garment panels (0 = platen-constrained spot decoration on blanks, 10 = full-width roll yardage and seam-to-seam engineered cut-and-sew panels).
Unit: illustrative engineering index (0 to 10). Status: illustrative. Sources: S01, S15, S30. Illustrative figures are teaching examples, not measured factory results.
Read this exhibit in its chapter ↗The phrase print on demand is routinely applied to three distinct manufacturing services that share almost no upstream inventory, patternmaking, or quality-control requirements.[S03] Treating them as a single business model causes capital misallocation and broken delivery promises.[S01] A producer must decide whether the buyer is purchasing surface decoration on an existing finished garment, cut-and-sew assembly of custom-printed roll fabric in standard graded sizes, or individualised garment construction tailored to personal body dimensions.[S32]
In stocked-blank decoration, the garment is knitted, dyed, cut, and sewn before the customer approaches the service.[S15] The operator holds unprinted cotton T-shirts, hoodies, or piqué polo shirts across sizes and colours, applying buyer artwork after order confirmation via direct-to-garment (DTG) inkjet printing or direct-to-film (DTF) heat transfer.[S15] Customisation is restricted to printable platen zones avoiding seams, collars, and plackets, with lead time governed by pretreatment drying, printing, and thermal curing.[S30] Decorating imported blanks can create local service value, but it must remain distinct from Cameroon's national industrialisation baseline, where about 95 percent of cotton fibre is exported raw against about 5 percent processed locally.[R06] As Cameroon's National Development Strategy (SND30) targets 50 percent local cotton-fibre processing by 2030, a business case must state whether its blanks use domestic fabric or imported garments.[R07]
In printed-fabric cut-and-sew, the customer-order decoupling point moves upstream to prepared-for-print roll fabric.[S01] After the buyer approves the artwork and size breakdown, the facility prints yardage or engineered panel markers using pigment or reactive ink, fixes the colour through dry heat or steaming and washing, cuts the panels, and assembles the garment.[S01] This route permits all-over prints, seam-to-seam motif alignment, and custom trims, but requires validated graded sewing patterns, shrinkage compensation, marker nesting, bundle tracking, and full cut-make-trim competence.[S09][S32]
In made-to-measure or parametric custom manufacture, customisation extends into pattern geometry itself.[S32] Each order adapts a base block or parametric sewing program to an individual wearer's anthropometric measurements and preferred ease allowance before printing and cutting.[S0202] Programmable pattern research shows that maintaining valid seam matching, grainline orientation, and dart geometry under dimensional retargeting is computationally and technically demanding.[S32] Furthermore, virtual try-on studies confirm that digital simulation cannot yet replace physical fitting across all garment types and body shapes, giving made-to-measure production the highest prep burden and remake risk.[S07]
To keep these operational differences concrete throughout this paper, GFT evaluates three illustrative product cases that represent test designs rather than known GFT customers or completed factory runs:
As shown in Exhibit 5, each service model places the customer-order decoupling point at a different depth of the manufacturing chain and demands a correspondingly higher degree of technical specification before release.[S03]
Exhibit 5 illustrates why a producer cannot quote a uniform minimum order quantity or a single turnaround time across its catalogue.[S03] Moving from light-garment blank decoration in the lower-left quadrant to an engineered-print cut-and-sew or made-to-measure shirt in the upper-right quadrant multiplies both shop-floor transformations and pre-cutting verification.[S01] What Exhibit 5 cannot establish is which quadrant yields the highest net margin in Cameroon; that outcome depends on local price realisation, reject rates, and utilisation measured in a pilot.[S03]
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Illustrative unit-cost curves C_i(q)/q = F_i/q + v_i/y_i from the worked example for a four-colour graphic on dark cotton T-shirts. Inputs are illustrative assumptions (DTF: F=6,000 XAF, v/y=3,771 XAF; DTG: F=9,500 XAF, v/y=4,247 XAF; 4-colour screen: F=78,000 XAF, v/y=3,028 XAF), not observed Cameroon quotes or GFT operating data. Crossover occurs near 56 shirts (DTG vs screen) and 97 shirts (DTF vs screen).
Unit: illustrative XAF per accepted garment. Status: illustrative. Sources: S01, S02, S15. Illustrative figures are teaching examples, not measured factory results.
Read this exhibit in its chapter ↗Promotional literature often claims that on-demand manufacturing eliminates inventory working capital.[S03] In engineering reality, postponement never abolishes inventory; it relocates stock upstream from finished, graphic-specific garments to neutral intermediates held immediately behind the customer-order decoupling point.[S03] If those upstream intermediates are out of stock, expired, or uncalibrated when a buyer places a paid order, the promised short lead time collapses.[S31]
In a stocked-blank DTG or DTF service, postponement shifts inventory into unprinted garments across styles, weights, colours, and sizes.[S15] Offering three styles in five colours and six sizes requires thirty blank stock-keeping units (SKUs) before a single order arrives, illustrative of the combinatorial stock behind delayed decoration.[S03] Alongside blanks, the operator must hold pretreatment solutions for dark cotton and polyester, white and colour ink packs, cleaning fluids, transfer film rolls, and adhesive powder.[S30] Chemical and ink stocks carry shelf-life and agitation obligations even at zero order volume: commercial DTG maintenance instructions specify shaking white ink units daily and colour ink units monthly to prevent pigment settling.[S31]
In a printed-fabric cut-and-sew service, blank SKU proliferation is replaced by roll stock of prepared-for-print (PFP) fabrics, interlinings, threads, closures, and labels.[S01] While roll fabric is flexible across sizes, it locks capital into specific fibre compositions, yarn counts, weave structures, and scouring states.[S02] If a buyer orders an engineered-print shirt on a cotton poplin base that has not been pre-qualified for shrinkage and colour profile, substituting another fabric weight invalidates both pattern ease and the ICC colour profile.[S05]
The scope division across the GFT library keeps these inventory calculations modular: wp04 governs demand distributions and forecasting, while wp12 governs safety-stock sizing and working-capital optimisation across fibre, yarn, fabric, and trims.[S03] Here, wp20 defines the decoupling boundary where neutral upstream stock becomes an irreversible, order-specific commitment protected by deposits and cancellation terms.[S03]
Interlude · the cloth half-woven
Woven: sections 2.0 to 2.3Still to weave: 2.4 to 2.7
2.4
eCommerce revenue 2023 (US$m)
eCommerce revenue 2023 (US$m): 20.3 US$ million and percent penetration · sourced
An on-demand model trades immediate shelf availability for design specificity and lower finished-stock risk.
eCommerce revenue 2027 proj. (US$m)
eCommerce revenue 2027 proj. (US$m): 33.6 US$ million and percent penetration · sourced
User penetration 2023 (%)
User penetration 2023 (%): 18 US$ million and percent penetration · sourced
User penetration 2027 proj. (%)
User penetration 2027 proj. (%): 22.7 US$ million and percent penetration · sourced
Sourced from inherited register entry R26 (Statista; refreshed 2026, original publication date not recorded). Shows 2023 baseline and 2027 projection for Cameroon apparel eCommerce revenue (US$ million) and user penetration (percent). These sector aggregates cover all online apparel sales and do not measure demand for local on-demand printing or custom-fitted garments.
Unit: US$ million and percent penetration. Status: sourced. Sources: R26.
2.4 · the bodyExhibit 06 above; its figures are illustrative where marked.
An on-demand model trades immediate shelf availability for design specificity and lower finished-stock risk.[S03] Whether local buyers in Cameroon will accept that trade-off cannot be deduced from macro-economic targets or imported survey statistics.[R07] In the inherited evidence register, Cameroon's clothing and footwear spend is recorded at about US$94.70 a person in 2024 across roughly 8.0 pieces a person, while domestic apparel eCommerce revenue is projected to rise from US$20.32 million in 2023 to US$33.61 million in 2027 (13.41 percent a year), with user penetration expanding from 18.0 percent in 2023 to 22.7 percent in 2027.[R26] Meanwhile, the African textile market is estimated at about US$37.3 billion in 2025 and projected to reach US$49.41 billion by 2030 at 4.73 percent a year (with another market estimate projecting US$72.7 billion by 2035 and noting fashion and apparel at 48.1 percent of the market in 2024).[R24][R25]
As Exhibit 6 underscores, even by 2027 projected online apparel user penetration in Cameroon reaches 22.7 percent and total apparel eCommerce revenue is US$33.61 million across all imported, ready-made, and second-hand categories combined.[R26] Neither a share of that US$33.61 million aggregate nor the 50 percent national cotton-processing target in SND30 can be converted into a local apparel order forecast.[R07][R26] Equally, overseas consumer surveys on mass customisation cannot be transferred to Cameroon: an empirical study of online apparel mass customisation in South Korea evaluated perceived benefits and emotional product attachment across 290 female online shoppers and stressed that formal measurement-invariance testing (configural, metric, and scalar invariance) is required before comparing consumer behaviour across groups.[S0203]
…user penetration in Cameroon reaches 22.7 percent and total apparel eCommerce revenue is US$33.61…
R26
Instead of inventing demand percentages, GFT proposes treating willingness to wait and willingness to pay deposits as measurable hypotheses inside the pilot order ledger across direct retail, institutional uniform, and designer channels:[S03]
In Exhibit 7, stages 1 through 5 occur upstream of bulk manufacturing release.[S03] If an order stalls at stage 2 (missing permission to reproduce a logo or cultural motif) or stage 5 (a physical strike-off that fails buyer shade expectations), no bulk blanks are printed and no roll fabric is cut.[S01] What Exhibit 7 cannot prevent on its own is administrative delay between stages; if prepress review and strike-off sign-off take longer than printing and sewing, the buyer still experiences a slow service.[S03]
To make attrition across these states visible without fabricating market conversion rates, Exhibit 8 shows an illustrative pilot cohort accounting structure of 100 initial enquiries tracked through quotation, deposit commitment, technical approval, dispatch, and retained sales.[S03]
Exhibit 8 shows an illustrative pilot cohort accounting structure of 100 initial enquiries tracked through quotation
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The flow balance in Exhibit 8 demonstrates why commercial viability must be evaluated per retained order (the 34 illustrative units at stage 3) rather than per enquiry (100 units) or per quote (70 units).[S03] The 30 enquiries rejected at intake for unverified wash requirements or missing permissions and the 30 quotes abandoned over price or lead time consume sales and triage minutes, while the 6 orders lost after deposit to strike-off rejection, late delivery, or refund consume laboratory, print, and administrative resources.[S28] Populating Exhibit 8 with pilot ledger counts reveals whether the bottleneck lies in pricing, lead-time tolerance, or shop-floor execution.[S03]
…evaluated per retained order (the 34 illustrative units at stage 3) rather than per…
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2.5
Digital printing and three-dimensional customisation lower the technical barrier to reproducing existing visual motifs and capturing human body geometry.[S01][S13] In Cameroon, apparel orders frequently incorporate distinctive cultural heritage textiles, such as Grassfields ndop indigo resist-dyed geometries, royal or lineage insignia, artisanal embroidery patterns, school and corporate crests, or contemporary artworks by independent illustrators.[S29] Treating a digital printer as a copying machine exposes the factory to commercial disputes, reputational harm, and community or legal challenges.[S29]
GFT proposes a mandatory prepress permission and provenance record attached to every artwork identifier before file rasterisation, classifying each graphic asset into one of four categories:[S03]
Applying the risk-based due diligence guidance of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which expects each company to identify priority risk areas based on its specific circumstances including risks not listed in generic summaries, a local service network must screen design rights alongside material suppliers.[S29] Equally, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) Environmental and Social Management System (ESMS) handbook emphasises using structured risk-assessment forms to prioritise which operational risks require immediate controls.[S18]
A parallel governance duty applies to customer body records in made-to-measure and virtual-fitting services.[S13] Creating a custom-fit garment requires standardized anthropometric measurements as defined in ISO 8559-1:2017, paired with garment size rules and ease allowances reflecting wearer proportions and fit preferences.[S13][S0202] To avoid stationary three-dimensional scanning booths, recent workflows propose smartphone photography: a 2025 study in Ergonomics demonstrated a low-cost three-dimensional body reconstruction method from front, side, and back smartphone photographs using segmentation and point-cloud registration, reporting girth average absolute errors within 2 cm across 80 subjects.[S0201]
Case C) or provides a requested size recommendation; never collect scans for standard-size blank decoration (Case A).[S13]2.6
Entrepreneurs evaluating digital textile printing often target institutional niches, such as school uniforms, hospitality shirts, clinic tunics, workwear, and sports kits, because institutional buyers place larger, more repeatable orders than individual consumers.[S03] However, institutional garments face frequent washing, vigorous drying, perspiration, abrasion, and sunlight.[S10] Quoting an institutional uniform using a decorative retail print specification leads to delaminated film transfers, faded pigment graphics, shrunk collars, and batch rejection.[S02]
Public international standards scopes make these technical distinctions explicit. ISO 105-C06:2010 (Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering) warns that industrial and hospital articles may undergo special laundering procedures more severe in several respects than domestic washing.[S10] Similarly, ISO 6330:2021 (Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing) states that a complete test consists of both a washing and a drying procedure, since tumble, flat, or line drying alters shrinkage and appearance.[S12] For printed textiles, ISO 105-X12:2016 (Colour fastness to rubbing) specifies separate dry and wet rubbing tests, as prints passing dry crocking often transfer colour when wet.[S11] On the input side, the ZDHC Manufacturing Restricted Substances List (MRSL) establishes which chemical substances must be avoided in intentional manufacturing formulations, distinct from finished-product restrictions.[S23]
GFT proposes that sales intake enforce a strict end-use qualification boundary before quoting:[S10]
ISO 105-C06), wet and dry rubbing fastness (ISO 105-X12), and dimensional stability (ISO 6330) on the exact fabric and ink combination before bulk commitment.[S10][S11][S12]Read-out
| Order decoupling point | Stocked jersey blank by size/colour | Qualified piqué blank + collar trim lot | Prepared-for-print woven cotton roll |
|---|---|---|---|
| Customisation scope | Platen graphic area only | Chest crest + back text within platen | All-over or panel-matched print + size/fit |
| Intended care regime (S10, S12) | Domestic wash & line dry stated on quote | Buyer wash/bleach/dry route verified first | Domestic gentle wash, drip dry, warm iron |
| Pre-release physical gate | Batch first-article print & cure check | Signed strike-off + wash & rub test record | Signed strike-off + marker shrinkage check |
| Working-time capacity check (S28) | Platen & tunnel cure hours within 40-48h week | Transfer press & QC hours within 40-48h week | Print, cut & sew hours within 40-48h week |
| Pilot demand & price (XAF) | [To be recorded in pilot] | [To be recorded in pilot] | [To be recorded in pilot] |
Illustrative GFT pre-quotation interview and contract specification matrix based on S10 (laundering severity), S12 (combined wash and dry specification) and S28 (realistic planning lead times). Demand volume and unit price fields are left intentionally blank ('[To be recorded in pilot]') so operators do not confuse a template with a market forecast.
Unit: specification template fields. Status: illustrative. Sources: S10, S12, S28. Illustrative figures are teaching examples, not measured factory results.
As Exhibit 9 shows, every service tier binds the commercial promise to an explicit care regime, a physical pre-release check, and a finite shop-floor capacity check.[S10][S28] Because a paper form cannot prevent sales staff from bypassing fields to close a deal, GFT's proposed order-orchestration design in Chapter 10 blocks job release unless every mandatory field in Exhibit 9 carries a verified identifier.[S03]
2.7
Disputes over on-demand orders almost always stem from an ambiguity that existed before printing began: a screen preview brighter than a matte pigment print on cotton, a "medium" blank narrower than a previous supplier's, a late artwork change pushing delivery past an event date, or a rush promise met through unscheduled night shifts.[S22][S28] Making quotations enforceable requires writing operational tolerances and remedies into the commercial agreement before accepting the deposit.[S03]
GFT proposes that every formal quotation and order confirmation incorporate six contractual service boundaries:
Case A and Case B), the quote attaches the garment finished-measurement chart and tolerance rather than relying on letter labels (S, M, L, XL).[S13] For custom-fitted orders (Case C), it records the ISO 8559-1 landmark protocol used, who took the measurements, and who bears the remake cost if buyer-supplied self-measurements are inaccurate.[S13][S0201]S15, S17), cutting, and sewing within standard 40-to-48-hour shift schedules, never by offloading overflow work to unvetted informal subcontractors (S29).[R16][S28][S29]Warning
Operational warning: Rush promises and informal overflow destroy quality and compliance
Accepting last-minute orders without checking thermal curing capacity (S15, S17) and standard shift hours (R16) forces a destructive choice: shorten dryer dwell times (causing uncured binder that washes out per S10), force excessive overtime (S28), or pass sewing bundles to unapproved informal workshops (R16, S29). GFT's proposed order-release gate requires a supervisor-signed capacity reservation across print, cure, cut, and sew before quoting a rush date.[S28] Contract and employment terms require qualified local legal review; this framework provides operational controls, not legal advice.
By locking what the customer is buying, where stock is committed, how permissions are verified, and how working hours and quality gates are protected, the order promise establishes the exact boundary conditions that the technical print route must satisfy.[S01][S03] Chapter 3 now examines how fibre chemistry, garment construction, and batch volume govern the choice among pigment, reactive, sublimation, direct-to-garment, film-transfer, and screen-printing processes.[S01][S02]
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R06 · Grade C · inherited record
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About 95 percent of cotton fibre exported raw against 5 percent processed locally; industrialisation target of 50 percent local processing.
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R07 · Grade C · inherited record
Inherited evidence R07
SND30 restates the 50 percent local-processing target by 2030.
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R14 · Grade C · inherited record
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Cameroon minimum wage (SMIG) XAF 41,875 a month in 2023, raised to XAF 43,969 a month from 23 February 2024, about US$76, a rise of 5 percent.
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R15 · Grade C · inherited record
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Average salary across sectors in Cameroon about US$359 a month.
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Informal share of employment about 90 percent; standard 40-hour week, 48-hour maximum, overtime at 1.2 times.
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R24 · Grade C · inherited record
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Africa textile market about US$37.3 billion in 2025, projected US$49.41 billion by 2030 at 4.73 percent a year.
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R25 · Grade C · inherited record
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Africa textile market to about US$72.7 billion by 2035 at 6.9 percent a year; fashion and apparel 48.1 percent of the market in 2024.
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R26 · Grade C · inherited record
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Cameroon clothing and footwear spend about US$94.70 a person in 2024 and about 8.0 pieces a person; apparel eCommerce revenue US$20.32 million (2023) to US$33.61 million (2027) at 13.41 percent a year; user penetration 18.0 percent (2023) to 22.7 percent (2027).
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CFA franc to US dollar reference rates; franc pegged to the euro at 655.957. The GFT study's method note places the franc near 590 to 610 per US dollar across the 2023 study window and near 563 to 577 more recently, and treats currency conversions as estimates.
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Digital Textile Printing: Status Report 2021
The fixation is operated only by dry heat.
2021. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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Textile printing: An integrated view of processes, properties, and future prospects
However, due to its high complexity, rotary printing requires great technical knowledge.
2024-01-29. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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On-Demand Manufacturing Technology in Textile and Fashion Industry
The findings suggest that on-demand manufacturing represents a structural transformation rather than a simple technological upgrade.
2025-12-31. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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The Influence of Textile Materials Mechanical Properties upon Virtual Garment Fit
It was defined that for diagonal cut garments the highest influence upon garment fit has fabric tensile properties in weft direction.
2011-07-04. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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Comparative Study of Real and Virtual Garments Appearance and Distance Ease
Distance ease of virtual and scanned garments was compared in bust and waist cross-sections.
2020. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S07 · Grade B
Virtual Fit vs. Physical Fit: How Well Does 3D Simulation Represent the Physical Reality
It cannot fully replace a real physical fitting, since not all technical issues have been solved yet.
2020. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S09 · Grade B
Computational Pattern Making from 3D Garment Models
We propose a method for computing a sewing pattern of a given 3D garment model.
2022. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S10 · Grade A
ISO 105-C06:2010: Colour fastness to domestic and commercial laundering
Industrial and hospital articles may be subjected to special laundering procedures which may be more severe in some aspects.
2010. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S11 · Grade A
ISO 105-X12:2016: Colour fastness to rubbing
Two tests may be made, one with a dry rubbing cloth and one with a wet rubbing cloth.
2016. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S12 · Grade A
ISO 6330:2021: Domestic washing and drying procedures for textile testing
A complete test consists of a washing and drying procedure.
2021. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S13 · Grade A
ISO 8559-1:2017: Anthropometric definitions for body measurement
ISO 8559-1:2017 provides a description of anthropometric measurements that can be used as a basis for the creation of physical and digital anthropometric databases.
2017. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S14 · Grade A
ISO 13655:2017: Spectral measurement and colorimetric computation for graphic arts images
It also specifies procedures for computation of colorimetric parameters for graphic arts images.
2017. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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Guide to printing on garments
The final stage is curing the inks using heat.
2026. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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Environmental and Social Management System Implementation Handbook: Textiles and Apparel
You can use the Risk Assessment Form to prioritize which risks should be addressed first.
2014. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S20 · Grade B
Rethinking business models for a thriving fashion industry
To successfully develop circular business models, their revenue must be decoupled from production and resource use.
2021-11-23. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S22 · Grade B
Display calibration
Since displays tend to drift over time, periodic calibration is needed to maintain colour performance.
2026. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S23 · Grade B
Roadmap to Zero: Manufacturing Restricted Substances List
It establishes which ones to avoid, in particular those banned from intentional use.
2026. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S28 · Grade A
OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear Sector
Three of the most common factors are low wages, inefficient production planning and poor purchasing practices.
2018. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S29 · Grade A
Due diligence essentials for responsible garment and footwear
Each company is expected to identify its priority risk areas based on its individual circumstances, including risks not listed here.
2026-02-26. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S30 · Grade C
DTG and DTF Printers for Small Businesses
When using white ink or printing onto polyester, pre-treatment is necessary.
2026. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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SureColor F2270 User Guide: Shaking the Ink Packs
Shake the White ink supply units once a day, and shake the color ink supply units once a month.
2026. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S32 · Grade B
GarmentCode: Programming Parametric Sewing Patterns
Realistic representation of garments with valid sewing patterns is key to their accurate digital simulation and eventual fabrication.
2023-06-06. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
Open the recorded source ↗c02-S0201 · Grade B
Low-cost 3D human body reconstruction under limited views and girth measurement for the apparel customisation
To enhance the convenience of human body 3D modelling, this study proposes a low-cost method for 3D body reconstruction under limited views, aiming to easily acquire client body size information through smart phone photography.
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A novel approach in predicting virtual garment fitting sizes with psychographic characteristics and 3D body measurements using artificial neural network and visualizing fitted bodies using generative adversarial network
3D body measurements, garment sizes, and ease allowance are the necessary factors to ensure end-user satisfaction in the apparel industry.
2023-07-08. Register access date: 2026-10-30. Source provenance is supplied by the paper evidence register.
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Applying an eMASS Customization Program as a Research Tool to Evaluate Consumer Benefits
An online survey company in South Korea recruited 290 female apparel shoppers who purchased apparel online.
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Keep the thread · chapter 02 of 14
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01Part I: Confirm the order before choosing the machine
GFT argues for a measured order-to-garment service that reduces speculative commitments while retaining physical proof of quality.
02Part I: Confirm the order before choosing the machine
Choose what the buyer commits to and where customisation occurs before quoting a minimum order or delivery date.
03Part I: Confirm the order before choosing the machine
Select a process against the substrate, print area, quality requirement and true batch cost.
04Part II: Make the digital sample physically accountable
A controlled colour workflow links artwork, fabric preparation, ink, cure and measured output.
05Part II: Make the digital sample physically accountable
A technical digital sample needs accountable pattern geometry, body measurements and construction intent.
06Part II: Make the digital sample physically accountable
Link the digital material to a physical specimen, control the simulation experiment and qualify the decisions that survive comparison.
07Part II: Make the digital sample physically accountable
Separate decisions that can be made on screen from those that require physical evidence.
08Part III: Prove the service and the economics
Connect approved artwork and patterns to material yield, cutting, sewing and accepted output.
09Part III: Prove the service and the economics
Compare physical sampling and digital sampling, then compare production routes under matched quality and service conditions.
10Part III: Prove the service and the economics
Make every design revision, production release and fulfilment event recoverable and auditable.
11Part III: Prove the service and the economics
Measure the whole order-to-use system and show which impacts move beyond the printing stage.
12Part IV: Buy, pilot and scale against evidence
Choose a supported production system and qualify the team that must operate and maintain it.
13Part IV: Buy, pilot and scale against evidence
Pre-register the comparisons and failure conditions before approving adoption.
14Part IV: Buy, pilot and scale against evidence
GFT recommends staged adoption with named evidence gates and a scorecard that stays inside the factory performance system.