Patent ID: 7140312

Claim:
An inkjet printing device for performing a printing operation on fabric by use of an embroidery frame which is also used by a sewing machine to form an embroidery pattern on fabric, comprising: an inkjet head that ejects ink on a surface of the fabric; a holding member configured to fit in the embroidery frame to hold the embroidery frame, the embroidery frame holding the fabric in a state of tension; and a print control unit configured to perform the printing operation on the surface of the fabric held by the embroidery frame by use of the inkjet head and the holding member; wherein the embroidery frame is fitted to the holding member so that the surface of the fabric to be printed faces the inkjet head, wherein when the holding member holds the embroidery frame, the embroidery frame has a first orientation and when the sewing machine holds the embroidery frame, the embroidery frame has a second orientation, the first orientation being reversed from the second orientation.