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AssigneesCanon Denshi Kabushiki Kaisha, Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeki Koizumi, Shoji Koike, Makoto Aoki, Koromo Shirota, Minoru Kobayashi
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An ink-jet textile printing system includes an ink-jet printing mechanism capable of textile printing on a printing object formed by a cloth product such as a T-shirt, a printing tray for holding a printing target range of the printing object flat, and conveying the printing object while positioning the printing target range with respect to the ink-jet printing mechanism, and a printing object formed by a cloth product such as a T-shirt having a partial pre-process portion obtained by partially pre-processing only the printing target range.
An ink-jet textile printing system comprising:
An ink-jet textile printing apparatus having an ink-jet printing mechanism capable of textile printing on a printing object, comprising:
An ink-jet textile printing method of textile-printing an image on a printing object using an ink-jet printing mechanism, comprising the steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.
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Other features in dyeing or printing textiles, or dyeing leather, furs, or solid macromolecular substances in any form: ink jet printing
Characterised by the ink properties: ejecting specialized liquids, e.g. transparent or processing liquids
For marking on special material: printing on textile
Dyeing or printing textiles
Term ended 14 Nov 2021 (estimated)
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an ink-jet textile printing system for performing textile printing on a printing object formed by a cloth product such as a T-shirt.
2. Related Background Art
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of the overall textile printing process performed by an ink-jet textile printing system to which the present invention is applied;
FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a T-shirt as an example of a printing object subjected to textile printing by the present invention and the range of the partial pre-process portion (printing target range) of the T-shirt;
FIG. 3 is a schematic view showing the concept of spray coating as a partial coating method of coating a printing object with a preconditioning agent;
Embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following embodiments, a cloth product as a printing object is a T-shirt which is a cotton product, and textile printing is performed for the T-shirt.
<First Embodiment>
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the process of textile-printing a picture on a cloth product (T-shirt) by using the present invention. Referring to FIG. 1, in the pre-process, a preconditioning agent is applied to a T-shirt or the like as a printing object before application of a dye in printing in order to prevent ink from spreading (or blurring) and promote the reaction of the dye with respect to cloth fibers (cotton fibers or the like). The pre-process is constituted by application of a preconditioning agent and drying, as shown in FIG. 1.