Patent ID: 9676208
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A41D,B41F,B41J,B41P,D04B,D06B,D06H

Claim:
1. A printing system for printing onto an article of apparel made of a knit fabric, the printing system comprising: a printer comprising a tubular platen having a drum connected to the framework by a platen support, wherein the print head is disposed proximate to the tubular platen; a platen surface extending around an outer region of the drum, the platen surface adapted to receive the article of apparel; and a plurality of registration features on the platen surface to retain the article of apparel in a printing configuration, wherein the plurality of registration features form a platen repeating pattern on the platen surface, wherein the platen repeating pattern substantially covers the entire platen surface, and wherein the platen repeating pattern corresponds to a fabric repeating pattern formed by a plurality of repeating features of the knit fabric of the article of apparel.