Patent ID: 8881652

Claim:
A planar, die-cut sock printing template comprising: a planar registration portion configured to register the sock printing template with a direct-to-garment ink delivery system print tray; a set of planar receiving portions extending from opposite sides of the registration portion, said receiving portions each configured to engage a sock opening of a sock, the receiving portions each having a width configured to stretch and flatten a portion of the sock for printing, wherein the registration portion has a first planar thickness and the receiving portions have a second planar thickness, and wherein the first planar thickness is greater than the second planar thickness; the sock printing template defining a semi-rigid planar insert structure integrally formed and discretely configured apart from the direct-to-garment ink delivery system print tray, wherein the sock printing template and socks received thereon form a composite print-ready blank processed by the direct-to-garment ink delivery system.