Method and apparatus for safe use of a wet on wet textile printer
AssigneeKornit Digital Technologies Ltd.
InventorOfer Ben-Zur
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Abstract
A wet on wet garment printing device for printing on a textile surface comprises: an ink holder; a printing head mounted for printing onto the textile surface using ink from the ink holder; a wetting applicator for wetting the locations prior to printing using a wetting composition; and an ink regulator configured to identify compatibility of ink in the holding unit with the wetting composition and to operate the wetting applicator only upon successful identification of compatibility.
Claims21
A wet on wet garment printing device for printing on a textile surface comprising:
- an ink holder for holding ink;
- a printing head mounted for printing onto locations of said textile surface using ink from said ink holder;
- a wetting applicator for wetting said locations prior to printing using a wetting composition;
- and
- an ink regulator configured to identify ink in said holding unit and to operate said wetting applicator for said wetting only upon successful identification of said ink, thereby allowing wetting and printing together upon said successful identification, and in the absence of said successful identification allowing printing without wetting.
A method of wet on wet garment printing, for printing on a textile surface, comprising:
- providing ink in an ink holder;
- providing a wetting composition;
- identifying ink in said ink holder;
- wetting said locations prior to printing using said wetting composition only upon successful identification of said ink;
- and
- printing onto locations of said textile surface using a print head obtaining ink from said ink holder, said method thereby allowing wetting and printing together upon said successful identification, and in the absence of said successful identification allowing printing without wetting.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.