System and method for improved digital printing on textiles

摘要

Systems and methods are described for printing directly onto textiles including pre-treating a textile with a liquid solution to improve the quality of the printed image. The systems and methods prevent over saturation of the fibers of the textile by the ink thereby reducing undesirable mixing of the ink and blurring of the printed image.

主权项

1. A method for direct to garment printing on a textile, comprising:
pretreating an area of the textile with a water-soluble liquid solution; curing the water-soluble liquid solution to form a dried pretreatment on the textile; printing a white ink onto a portion of the area pretreated with the water-soluble liquid solution, the portion being a designed image area, the dried pretreatment reacting with the white ink in a chemical reaction to form a substance that has a thicker consistency than either the liquid solution or the ink, the substance permitting the white ink to intermingle with surface fibers of threads of the textile while limiting the saturation of the white ink into the textile; digitally printing with colored ink within the designed image area on which the white ink has been printed; and curing the designed image area such that the pretreatment remaining outside the designed image area can be washed away after the curing.