Textiles custom printed with antimicrobial nanoparticles

A printed article comprising:

• a fabric having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
• a pre-treatment layer disposed on the first surface of the fabric, wherein the pre-treatment layer comprises a white dry marking material that fills in one or more of pores in the fabric, and a porosity of the first surface of the fabric is reduced compared to the first surface of the fabric without the pre-treatment layer;
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• a toner image disposed on the pre-treatment layer, wherein the toner image comprises toner particles having a size of from 4 microns to about 20 microns and antimicrobial nanoparticles on an outer surface of the toner, the antimicrobial nanoparticles have a size of from 5 nanometers to 500 nanometers.

A method of forming an image on a fabric comprising:

• providing a printable media comprising:
• a carrier layer comprising a first surface comprising a first area, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a first rigidity;
• a fabric layer comprising a third surface, a fourth surface opposite the third surface and comprising a second area, and a second rigidity less than the first rigidity;
• and, an adhesive, wherein the fabric layer is secured to the carrier layer by adhesive bonding a first portion of the fourth surface to the first surface;
• applying a pretreatment to the fabric layer, wherein the pretreatment comprises depositing a white dry marking material on the fabric layer, and the white dry marking material filling into one or more of pores in the fabric layer;
• applying a toner to a first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer, wherein the toner comprises a size of from 4 microns to about 20 microns, wherein the toner includes antimicrobial nanoparticles, the antimicrobial nanoparticles have a size of from 5 nanometers to 500 nanometers;
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• fusing the toner to the first portion of the third surface of the fabric layer to form a fused toner image.

A printed article comprising:

• a fabric having first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
• a pre-treatment layer disposed on the first surface of the fabric, wherein the pre-treatment layer comprises a white dry marking material that fills in one or more of pores in the fabric, and a porosity of the first surface of the fabric is reduced compared to the first surface of the fabric without the pre-treatment layer;
• and
• a toner image disposed on the pre-treatment layer, wherein the toner image comprises toner particles having a size of from 4 microns to about 20 microns and antimicrobial nanoparticles, the antimicrobial nanoparticles have a size of from 5 nanometers to 500 nanometers, wherein the toner image has a resolution of from 600 dpi to 2400 dpi.