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.
Claims20
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;
- and
- sublimation coloring material applying that is applying the sublimation coloring material to the cloth after the drying, wherein
- the pretreatment liquid contains an organic compound, and
- a heat source and the cloth are not in contact with each other in the drying.
An image forming apparatus that forms an image on a cloth with a sublimation coloring material, the image forming apparatus comprising:
- a pretreatment liquid applying unit that applies a pretreatment liquid to the cloth;
- a drying unit that dries the cloth;
- and
- a sublimation coloring material applying unit that applies the sublimation coloring material to the cloth, wherein
- in the drying unit, a heat source and the cloth are not in contact with each other.
An image forming system that dyes a cloth containing natural fibers by a sublimation transfer method, the image forming system comprising:
- a pretreatment liquid applying unit that applies a pretreatment liquid to the cloth;
- a drying unit that dries the cloth;
- a sublimation ink applying unit that applies a sublimation ink to a transfer medium;
- and
- a transfer unit that transfers the sublimation ink from the transfer medium to the cloth, wherein
- in the drying unit, a heat source and the cloth are not in contact with each other,
- the pretreatment liquid contains, as a solvent, an organic solvent containing nitrogen or sulfur, and an application amount of the organic solvent immediately after the pretreatment liquid is applied 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 sublimation ink to the cloth in the transfer unit is in a range of 3 to 40 mass % with respect to a mass of the entire cloth.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.