Zimmer Austria has introduced a major breakthrough for the digital carpet and textile printing industry with the launch of TUNEUP, an advanced stability and quality–enhancing system developed entirely in-house by the company’s R&D team. The innovation was officially showcased at this year’s ITMA exhibition, generating strong interest among global manufacturers seeking higher reliability and consistent print performance.
According to Andreas Rass, Managing Director of Zimmer Austria Digital Printing Systems, TUNEUP directly addresses two of the most persistent challenges in high-speed industrial printing:
missing nozzles and bending issues—problems widely recognized across the textile printing world.
Rass explained that modern digital carpet printers may operate with nearly 100,000 individual nozzles firing ink 24/7, making stability essential for maintaining high-quality output. Over time, nozzle dropouts, printhead stress, or subtle mechanical deviations can lead to visible defects, reduced print quality, and higher maintenance costs.
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TUNEUP is designed precisely to solve these issues.
The new system automatically maintains consistent print quality over long production cycles, compensates for nozzle failures, and corrects bending effects before they impact fabric appearance. As a result, manufacturers benefit from:
- Stable long-term print performance
- Significantly reduced printhead maintenance
- Longer uptime and fewer production interruptions
- Improved accuracy on carpet and textile substrates
Rass emphasized that this enhancement is not limited to future installations.
“TUNEUP is available for all existing Colaris customers,” he said. “It enables them to achieve more stable production, extend printhead life, and reduce maintenance costs significantly.”
As digital carpet printing continues to expand globally, Zimmer Austria’s latest innovation reinforces the company’s position as a long-standing technology leader—and signals a major step forward in the reliability and industrial efficiency of digital carpet manufacturing.
