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.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- identifying, for each cut pattern of a plurality of cut patterns, a graphic design that is to be arranged within that cut pattern;
- nesting the plurality of cut patterns to define positions with respect to a fabric, so as to create a nested graphic design in which
- (i) each cut pattern has a corresponding graphic design arranged therein, and
- (ii) at least some of the corresponding graphic designs are matched across different cut patterns;
- and
- causing the nested graphic design to be printed on the fabric.
A non-transitory medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- identifying a graphic design to be arranged within each cut pattern of a plurality of cut patterns;
- nesting the plurality of cut patterns to define positions with respect to a material, so as to create a nested graphic design in which each cut pattern of the plurality of cut patterns has a corresponding graphic design arranged therein;
- and
- causing the nested graphic design to be printed on the material, such that the material can then be cut in accordance with the plurality of cut patterns.
A non-transitory medium with instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
- arranging a plurality of cut patterns within the bounds of a plurality of blocks, such that
- (i) each cut pattern of the plurality of cut patterns is arranged within the bounds of a corresponding one of the plurality of blocks, and
- (ii) each cut pattern has a corresponding graphic design arranged therein;
- generating a layout by nesting the plurality of blocks to define positions of the plurality of cut patterns with respect to a material;
- and
- providing the layout to a printer for printing of the nested plurality of cut patterns, with the corresponding graphic designs, on the material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.