Printing to textiles
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMaria Isabel Borrell Bayona, Marina Cantero Lazaro, Diana Canto Estany
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Abstract
An example method comprises providing a textile on which a printing fluid is to be deposited at a printing station and supporting the textile by a support member. The support member is to advance the textile through the printing station. The example method comprises increasing a dimension of the support member to increase a dimension of the textile, and advancing the textile toward the printing station by advancing the support member toward the printing station.
Claims6
A method comprising:
- providing a textile on which a printing fluid is to be deposited at a printing station;
- placing the textile in between first and second portions of a support member so that the textile is supported by the support member, wherein each of the first and second portions include a gripping element to grip the textile between the first and second portions;
- supporting the textile by the support member, the support member to advance the textile through the printing station;
- increasing a dimension of the support member to increase a dimension of the textile;
- and
- advancing the textile toward the printing station by advancing the support member toward the printing station.
A support for a textile, the support to advance the textile through a printing station of a printer, the support comprising:
- a first support member for supporting a first portion of the textile;
- and
- a second support member for supporting a second portion of the textile,
- wherein the first and second support members are at least partially receivable in a portion of the textile,
- wherein the first and second support members are movable relative to each other so as to change a dimension of the textile when first and second portions of the textile are supported by the first and second support members, wherein a portion of one of the first and second support members is receivable in a portion of the other support member.
A base for retaining and advancing a textile through a printer, the base comprising:
- first and second rotatable sides, each rotatable side being to retain a portion of the textile, wherein a portions of the first or second rotatable side is movable away from, and toward, the other rotatable side so that the distance between the first and second rotatable sides is adjustable, such that the base is to adjust a dimension of a textile retained by the first and second rotatable sides of the base.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.