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US 12,000,085 B2Granted
Method for live area printing for dark colored textiles
OwnerDaniel Greeneinventor
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Abstract
A method for live area printing for textiles including manufacturing a textile blank with a white or uncolored live area that is assembled into a textile article. A design or image printed on the live area in a subsequent, single print run without the addition of a previously applied overlay required to set-off the ink such that customizable imagery or designs having a background color matched to the textile blank are reproduced upon the textile blank live area.
Claims12
A method for live area printing for textiles comprising the steps of:
- manufacturing a textile blank with white or uncolored live areas disposed at intervals set to present the live area in a specific location upon a finished textile article manufactured from the said textile blank;
- assembling the textile article from the blank for distribution;
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- printing a design or image upon the live area in a subsequent, single print run without the addition of previously applied overly required to set-off the ink,
- wherein additional substances to bind, set, disburse, and/or contrast the ink to the textile article are unnecessary and customizable imagery or designs having a background color matched to the textile blank can be reproduced upon the textile blank live area on demand.
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A method for live area printing for textiles comprising the steps of:
- producing a colored textile blank with at least one white or uncolored live area, said live area configured to specific dimensions matched to a live area digital print module operating upon a digital ink jet printer or sized to a corresponding transfer paper for sublimation printing;
- producing the finished textile article from the blank such that the at least one live area is presented upon the textile article at a desired location for addition of a design or image printed onto the at least one live area at a subsequent time;
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- printing a design or image directly onto the at least one live area in a single print run with a background color matched to the color surrounding the live area on the textile article without the need of additional substances applied to the textile to set the ink in contrast during the said print run,
- wherein additional substances to bind, set, disburse, and/or contrast the ink to the textile blank are unnecessary whereby customizable imagery or designs having colors matched to the textile blank can be reproduced upon the textile blank live area upon demand.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.