Fabric printing on nested patterns, and associated print systems and products thereof
AssigneeFiery, LLC
InventorsAsaf Landau, Ron Grinfeld, Ghilad Dziesietnik
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Abstract
Disclosed are methods that couple effective nesting of fabric, as part of a textile cutting process, in which designs and/or graphic elements are directly printed on the nested elements, instead of on the entire textile sheet. Embodiments of the invention can address issues of waste and redundant printing, such as by starting with a blank textile roll, and printing only in the geometry areas of the patterns. Embodiments of the invention can increase fabric yield, because there are no constraints between the pattern geometries and the textile sheet print.
Claims16
A system comprising:
- a design module configured for:
- defining a plurality of cut patterns, each of which corresponds to a different part of a product;
- and
- creating or identifying a graphic design to be arranged within the plurality of cut patterns;
- a mechanism configured for:
- nesting the plurality of cut patterns within the bounds of one or more pattern design blocks, such that each cut pattern has a corresponding graphic design arranged therein, and
- positioning the plurality of cut patterns to define positions with respect to a fabric, so as to output a nested graphic design in which at least some of the corresponding graphic designs are matched across different cut patterns;
- and
- a printer for printing the nested graphic design on the fabric to produce a printed fabric having a plurality of nested patterns.
A system comprising:
- a design module that is configured to:
- identify, for each cut pattern of a plurality of cut patterns, a graphic design to be arranged within that cut pattern,
- arrange the plurality of cut patterns within the bounds of one or more design blocks, such that each cut pattern has the corresponding graphic design arranged therein, and
- nest the plurality of cut patterns to define positions with respect to fabric, such that at least some of the corresponding graphic designs are matched across different cut patterns;
- and
- a printer that is configured to print the nested plurality of cut patterns on the fabric, so as to produce a printed fabric having a nested plurality of printed patterns.
A non-transitory medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying, for each cut pattern of a plurality of cut patterns, a graphic design to be arranged within that cut pattern;
- arranging the plurality of cut patterns within the bounds of one or more design blocks, such that each cut pattern has the corresponding graphic design arranged therein;
- nesting the plurality of cut patterns to define positions with respect to fabric, such that at least some of the corresponding graphic designs are matched across different cut patterns;
- positioning, rotating, or scaling the nested plurality of cut patterns to generate a layout;
- and
- transmitting the layout to a printer for printing of the nested plurality of cut patterns on a fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.