Printing on a garment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDiana CANTO ESTANY, Marina CANTERO LAZARO, Maria Isabel BORRELL BAYONA
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Abstract
An example method for printing on a garment is described, comprising placing the garment on a support tray, depositing a first printing fluid on the garment and a second printing fluid on the first printing fluid, and providing heat from the support tray to the garment after depositing the first printing fluid and before depositing the second printing fluid, to dry the first printing fluid at least partially. An example apparatus for direct-to-garment printing is also described, comprising printheads for depositing a first printing fluid and a second printing fluid, and a support tray for the garment, the support tray comprising a heating element.
Claims15
A method for printing on a garment, comprising:
- placing the garment on a support tray;
- depositing a first printing fluid on the garment;
- depositing a second printing fluid on the first printing fluid, before the garment is removed from the support tray;
- and
- providing heat from the support tray to the garment after depositing the first printing fluid and before depositing the second printing fluid, to dry the first printing fluid at least partially.
A method for printing on a garment, comprising:
- placing the garment on a support tray in a loading zone of a printing apparatus;
- moving the support tray with the garment from the loading zone to a print zone of the printing apparatus;
- and
- while the support tray with the garment is in the print zone:
- depositing a first printing fluid on the garment;
- providing heat from the support tray to the garment at least where the first printing fluid has been deposited;
- and
- depositing a second printing fluid on the first printing fluid.
A direct-to-garment printing apparatus, comprising:
- a first printhead for depositing a first printing fluid;
- a second printhead for depositing a second printing fluid on the first printing fluid;
- and
- a support tray for supporting a garment during depositing of the first printing fluid and of the second printing fluid;
- the support tray comprising a heating element to dry at least partly the first printing fluid deposited on the garment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.