Patent ID: 7040748

Claim:
An inkjet type fabric printing apparatus, comprising: an inkjet head that ejects ink onto a fabric, the inkjet head reciprocally moving in main scanning direction and auxiliary scanning direction relative to the fabric; a platen that holds the fabric to extend on a plane substantially parallel with the main scanning direction and the auxiliary scanning direction with a first predetermined distance spaced from the inkjet head; and a positioning member on which the fabric is set, the fabric being positioned on the platen in place in a direction parallel with the main scanning direction and the auxiliary scanning direction, the positioning member supporting at least one of a neck portion and a shoulder portion of the fabric such that the at least one of the neck portion and the shoulder portion is spaced from the inkjet head by a second predetermined distance wherein the first predetermined distance and the second predetermined distance are different, and the positioning member further includes a lower tier that supports the at least one of the neck portion and the shoulder portion of the fabric thereby not hindering movement of the inkjet head.