Digital printing device with improved pre-printing textile surface treatment
AssigneeKornit Digital Technologies Ltd.
InventorsAsaf KAPLAN, Eli KEDAR, Uri DUSHY, Jacob MOZEL
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Abstract
A digital printing machine prints textiles. The machine comprises a wetting unit for wetting fabric to be printed prior to printing, a printing head for printing on said fabric and a flattening unit located between the wetting unit and the printing head for exerting pressure on the fabric to flatten outwardly extending fibers of the fabric after wetting and before printing. The flattening provides a smoothed surface for digital printing.
Claims20
A digital printing machine for printing textiles, the textiles comprising fabric woven within a plane, the fabric comprising fibers extending outwardly from said plane, the machine comprising:
- a. a wetting unit for wetting fabric to be printed prior to printing;
- b. a printing head for printing on said fabric;
- and
- c. a flattening unit for exerting pressure on said fabric to flatten said outwardly extending fibers to said fabric after wetting and before printing, thereby smoothing said fabric for printing.
A method of digital printing on fabric;
- comprising:
- a. wetting said fabric;
- b. exerting flattening pressure on a surface to be printed of said fabric after said wetting;
- and
- c. performing digital printing on said surface of said fabric after said exerting flattening pressure and whilst said fabric is still wet from said wetting.
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