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US 6,582,803 B2Granted
Ink-jet printable transfer media comprising a paper backing containing removable panels
AssigneeArkwright Incorporated
InventorsRobert Cole, Phillip Wheeler, Zhong Xu, Shengmei Yuan
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Abstract
The present invention relates to ink-jet transfer media that can be printed with images using ink-jet printers. The printed image can be thermally transferred to fabric materials such as black or white colored T-shirts. The ink-jet transfer media of this invention comprise a support paper containing independently removable panels. Each removable panel is capable of being peeled away from the film coating. The removable panels are divided by means of a peel line in the paper.
Claims10
A method for applying an image to a fabric material, comprising the following steps:
- a) providing an ink-jet printable transfer medium, comprising a support paper having a surface coated with an ink-receptive film coating, said support paper comprising at least two independently removable panels divided by means of a peel line, wherein each panel is capable of being peeled away from the film coating.
- b) printing an image on the ink-receptive film coating with an ink-jet printer,
- c) peeling away at least one removable panel of the support paper from the imaged film coating,
- d) placing the imaged film coating on a fabric material,
- e) placing a protective paper over the imaged film coating,
- f) hand-ironing the protective paper so that the imaged film coating is pressed into the fabric and the image is transferred to the fabric;
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- g) removing the protective paper from the fabric.
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