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US 2013/0076814 A1Published application
Pretreatment method for printing material, pretreatment device, ink jet textile printing apparatus and ink jet textile printing method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsNobuhiro Kanaya, Shinichi Kamoshida, Takuya Fujita
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Abstract
A pretreatment method for a printing material is performed prior to ink jet textile printing on the printing material and includes the steps of imparting a tension force to at least a printing area of the printing material on which ink jet textile printing is performed so as to put the printing area in a tensioned state, and applying a pretreatment agent having an ink permeation inhibiting property on the printing area in the tensioned state.
Claims9
A pretreatment method for a printing material comprising the steps of:
- imparting a tension force to at least a printing area of the printing material on which ink jet textile printing is performed;
- and
- applying a pretreatment agent having an ink permeation inhibiting property on the printing area in a state that the tension force is imparted.
A pretreatment device for a printing material comprising:
- a first set tray having a set surface on which the printing material is set and a tension force imparting unit that imparts a tension force to at least a printing area of the printing material on which ink jet textile printing is performed so as to put the printing area in a tensioned state;
- and
- a pretreatment agent applying unit that applies a pretreatment agent having an ink permeation inhibiting property on the printing area in the tensioned state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.