CLEANING APPARATUS AND METHOD

摘要

Printing apparatus (10) comprises support means to support a roll (14) (specifically a fabric) to be printed on. The fabric inevitably has loose material and such parts will reduce the quality of the final print on the surface. Three parts may include lint and dirt. Surface cleaning apparatus (30) locates upstream of the printing means (10) and comprises an adhesive or tacky surface (32) of a roller (31). The adhesive surface collects the loose lint particles but this inevitably reduces the effectiveness of the adhesive surface. Accordingly, the cleaning apparatus (30) comprise adhesive surface cleaning means to continually clean the adhesive surface. This means that the printing process is continual and there is no need to stop the printing process.