Pretreating natural fiber fabrics for dye sublimation ink printing
AssigneePrism Inks, Inc.
InventorsAmir A. AJANEE, Graham A. DRACUP, Carlos J. HERNANDEZ, Travis T. CALHOUN
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Abstract
Provided are pretreatment compositions, pretreated fabrics, and methods of pretreating fabrics for improved printing quality. Pretreated fabrics include natural fiber fabric having a polymer coating. Methods of pretreating fabrics include spraying natural fiber fabric with a pretreatment composition that comprises one or more latex polymers, a coalescing agent composition, a surfactant composition, an ultraviolet stabilizer composition, an antioxidant composition, and a solvent.
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A method of dye sublimation printing on a natural fiber fabric, the method comprising:
- pretreating the natural fiber fabric to form a pretreated natural fiber fabric;
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- dye sublimation printing on the pretreated natural fiber fabric.
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