Image forming method, image forming apparatus, and image forming system
AssigneeKonica Minolta, Inc.
InventorsKen Nito, Ayumi Kawamura
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Abstract
An image forming method for forming an image on a cloth with a sublimation coloring material, the image forming method including: pretreatment liquid applying that is applying a pretreatment liquid to the cloth; drying that is drying the cloth after the pretreatment liquid applying; and sublimation coloring material applying that is applying the sublimation coloring material to the cloth after the drying. The pretreatment liquid contains an organic compound, and a heat source and the cloth are not in contact with each other in the drying.
Claims15
An image forming method for forming an image on a cloth with a sublimation coloring material, the image forming method comprising:
- pretreatment liquid applying that is applying a pretreatment liquid to the cloth;
- drying that is drying the cloth after the pretreatment liquid applying;
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- sublimation coloring material applying that is applying the sublimation coloring material to the cloth after the drying, wherein
- the pretreatment liquid contains an organic solvent,
- a heat source and the cloth are not in contact with each other in the drying,
- the sublimation coloring material applying includes transferring onto the cloth a transfer image formed by applying an ink containing the sublimation coloring material onto a transfer medium,
- an application amount of the organic solvent immediately after the pretreatment liquid applying is within a range of 10 to 150 mass % with respect to a mass of the entire cloth, and
- a residual amount of the organic solvent immediately before transfer of the ink containing the sublimation coloring material to the cloth in the transferring is in a range of 3 to 40 mass % with respect to the mass of the entire cloth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.