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US 11,365,512 B2Granted
Textile printing with inkjet inks
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsHector Lebron, Raffaella Fior, Stephen G. Rudisill, Jesiska Tandy, Alexey S. Kabalnov
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Abstract
A printing method includes selecting an inkjet ink including a pigment, and selecting an active agent, including an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing active material, and an aqueous or non-aqueous vehicle. The method further includes inkjet printing the inkjet ink and the active agent directly onto a textile fabric. The textile fabric having the ink and active agent thereon is exposed to electromagnetic radiation.
Claims16
A printing method, comprising:
- selecting an inkjet ink including a pigment;
- selecting an active agent, including:
- an electromagnetic radiation-absorbing active material;
- and
- an aqueous or non-aqueous vehicle;
- maintaining the inkjet ink separate from the active agent until they are inkjet printed onto a textile fabric;
- inkjet printing the active agent directly onto the textile fabric;
- warming the textile fabric having the active agent thereon at a temperature below a fixation temperature of the inkjet ink;
- then inkjet printing the inkjet ink onto the textile fabric;
- and
- exposing the textile fabric having the ink and active agent thereon to electromagnetic radiation.
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