Patent ID: 6036307
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: D06P

Abstract:
An ink-jet printing process comprising the three steps of:(a) applying a first aqueous ink and a second aqueous ink to a cloth comprising fibers, the first aqueous ink containing a first disperse dye and a compound for dispersing the first disperse dye and the second aqueous ink containing a second disperse dye and a compound for dispersing the second disperse dye;(b) subjecting the cloth, to which the inks have been applied, to a heat treatment; and(c) washing the cloth resulting from step (b),wherein a dye concentration of the first ink is higher than a dye concentration of the second ink, and the first disperse dye and the second disperse dye are different from each other, and both of the disperse dyes are a same hue in the Munsell color chart, andwherein the second dye has a color fastness of from Class 2 to 3 as determined in accordance with Method B in ""Testing Method for Color Fastness to Dry Heating"" prescribed in JIS L 0879-1975, and the first disperse dye has a color fastness of higher than Class 3.