Transfer of latex-containing ink compositions
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDheya M. Alfekri, Fredrick Muya Makau, Maria Jesus Perez
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Abstract
Provided in one example herein is a method of printing. The method includes disposing onto a transfer paper an ink composition to form thereon an image, the ink composition including pigments and latex particulates. The method includes transferring the image from the imaged transfer paper onto a substrate comprising fabric by a lamination process. The lamination process includes: laminating together the substrate, the imaged transfer paper, and a release paper, whereby the image is transferred from the transfer paper onto the substrate.
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A method of printing, the method comprising:
- disposing onto a transfer paper an ink composition to form thereon an image, the ink composition comprising pigments and latex particulates;
- and
- transferring the image onto a substrate comprising fabric by a lamination process comprising:
- laminating together the substrate, the imaged transfer paper, and a release paper which is separate from the imaged transfer paper, by feeding the substrate, the imaged transfer paper, and the release paper through laminator rollers and then removing the release paper, whereby the imaged transfer paper adheres to the substrate such that the image has the same orientation as when the image was formed on the transfer paper.
A method of printing, the method comprising:
- disposing onto a transfer paper an ink composition to form thereon an image, the ink composition comprising pigments and latex particulates;
- and
- transferring the image from the imaged transfer paper onto a substrate comprising fabric by a lamination process comprising:
- mounting the substrate with a front side facing up onto a bottom mandrel of a laminator;
- mounting the imaged transfer paper with the image facing up onto a middle mandrel of the laminator;
- mounting a release paper onto a top mandrel of the laminator;
- and
- feeding the substrate, the imaged transfer paper, and the release paper through laminator rollers, whereby the imaged transfer paper adheres to the substrate.
A system, comprising:
- a printer to dispose onto a transfer paper an ink composition to form thereon an image, the ink composition comprising pigments and latex particulates;
- and
- a laminator to:
- mount a substrate comprising a fabric with a front side facing up onto a bottom mandrel of the laminator;
- mount the imaged transfer paper with the image facing up onto a middle mandrel of the laminator;
- mount a release paper onto a top mandrel of the laminator;
- and
- feed the substrate, the imaged transfer paper, and the release paper through laminator rollers, whereby the imaged transfer paper adheres to the substrate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.