Patent ID: 6375293
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: B41J

Abstract:
A printing system for performing printing on a cloth, comprising:printing means for printing a mark and a first image on the cloth by screen printing; and ink-jet print means for discharging a plurality of colors of ink from a plurality of ink-jet heads to print a second image on the first image on the cloth, said ink-jet print means comprising: (i) conveying means for conveying the cloth in a predetermined direction; (ii) scanning means for scanning the plurality of ink-jet heads substantially orthogonal to a direction in which the cloth is conveyed; (iii) print control means for repeatedly controlling conveyance of the cloth by said conveying means and printing while scanning of the plurality of ink-jet heads by said scanning means so as to print an image on the cloth; (iv) detecting means for detecting the mark printed by said printing means on the cloth while scanning of the plurality of ink-jet heads by said scanning means; and (v) start control means for controlling print start timing of each of the plurality of ink-jet heads, in a scanning direction of the ink-jet heads by said scanning means, based on a position of the mark detected by said detecting means, wherein said ink-jet print means prints the second image, in accordance with image data, on the cloth on which the first image has been printed.