Ink-jet textile printing process
First Claim
1. An ink-jet color textile printing process for producing a cloth having an image including a black image, a first color image of yellow and a second color image of a color selected from the group consisting of red, green and blue, the first and second color images overlapping with the black image, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a cloth having a moisture regain higher than an official regain of fibers constituting the cloth by 5 to 100 percent by weight;
(b) providing a black ink containing a black dye, a yellow ink containing a yellow dye and a color ink selected from the group consisting of a red ink containing a red dye, a green ink containing a green dye, and a blue ink containing a blue dye;
(c) applying the black ink, the yellow ink and the color ink on the cloth provided in step (a);
(d) subjecting the cloth resulting from step (c) to a heat treatment and fixing the dyes in the respective inks; and
(e) washing the cloth resulting from step (d) and forming the black image, the first color image and the second color image on the cloth,wherein the step (c) comprises the sub-steps of;
(i) applying the black ink to a portion on the cloth where the black image is formed with an ink-let printer;
(ii) applying the color ink to a portion on the cloth where the second color image is formed with the ink-jet printer; and
(iii) applying the yellow ink to a portion on the cloth where the first color image is formed with the ink-jet printer;
wherein the sub-steps (i), (ii) and (iii) are conducted in this order, andwherein an amount of dyes attached to a portion on the cloth where the black image, the first color image and the second color image are overlapped, ranges from 0.025 to 1 mg/cm2.
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Abstract
Provided is an ink-jet textile printing process imparting an ink to a cloth by ink-jet recording, which process comprises (a) forming a mixed color area made of at least two different colors on the cloth by ejecting successively ink droplets using at least one of an yellow ink and a black ink and at least one ink selected from the group consisting of a red ink, a green ink and a blue ink, the adhered quantity of corresponding dyes in the mixed color area being from 0.025 to 1 mg/cm2 ; (b) dyeing the cloth having been subjected to the step (a) with the dyes adhered to the cloth by subjecting to a heat treatment; and (c) washing the cloth having been subjected to the step (b), to remove from said cloth a dye or dyes having not been adsorbed or fixed; and the mixed color area is formed by ejecting ink droplets in the order initiated with a black ink and terminated with an yellow ink.
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8 Claims
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1. An ink-jet color textile printing process for producing a cloth having an image including a black image, a first color image of yellow and a second color image of a color selected from the group consisting of red, green and blue, the first and second color images overlapping with the black image, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a cloth having a moisture regain higher than an official regain of fibers constituting the cloth by 5 to 100 percent by weight; (b) providing a black ink containing a black dye, a yellow ink containing a yellow dye and a color ink selected from the group consisting of a red ink containing a red dye, a green ink containing a green dye, and a blue ink containing a blue dye; (c) applying the black ink, the yellow ink and the color ink on the cloth provided in step (a); (d) subjecting the cloth resulting from step (c) to a heat treatment and fixing the dyes in the respective inks; and (e) washing the cloth resulting from step (d) and forming the black image, the first color image and the second color image on the cloth, wherein the step (c) comprises the sub-steps of; (i) applying the black ink to a portion on the cloth where the black image is formed with an ink-let printer; (ii) applying the color ink to a portion on the cloth where the second color image is formed with the ink-jet printer; and (iii) applying the yellow ink to a portion on the cloth where the first color image is formed with the ink-jet printer; wherein the sub-steps (i), (ii) and (iii) are conducted in this order, and wherein an amount of dyes attached to a portion on the cloth where the black image, the first color image and the second color image are overlapped, ranges from 0.025 to 1 mg/cm2. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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