Patent ID: 8465143
Filing Date: 2013-06-18
Classification: B41J,D06P

Abstract:
1. A method for printing an image on a textile comprising: mounting a textile on a platen; placing the textile mounted on the platen at a first location on an automatic conveying means; conveying the textile mounted on the platen to a print pretreatment mechanism pretreating the textile mounted on the platen; conveying the pretreated textile mounted on the platen to a curing mechanism; conveying the pretreated textile mounted on the platen to a printing mechanism; printing, with a single pass printing system, an image on the textile mounted on the platen, the single pass printing system including at least two print heads, each print head including multiple nozzles, the at least two print heads moving relative to the textile only along a single axis and printing the entire image on the textile in no more than a single pass over the textile; conveying the textile mounted on the platen with a printed image to a curing mechanism; curing the printed image on the textile mounted on the platen; conveying the textile mounted on the platen with a printed image to an offloading area; and offloading the textile from the platen.