Printing textile using an ink jet printer

摘要

To print air-permeable textile material (8), successive areas (5) of the textile material (8) to be printed are brought incrementally into an area (5) covered by at least one ink jet print head (1). By means of the ink jet print head (1) ink is selectively applied to the textile, according to predetermined picture information. Ink applied to the textile material (8) is finally subjected to a treatment for fixing the ink. By keeping the textile material (8) in the area (5) covered by the print head (1) tensioned between a driven, circulating conveying surface and a tension roller (22) located in a loop of the textile material (8), a very constant tension and thereby a very accurate control over the transport of the textile is obtained. Furthermore, an apparatus for printing textile tensioned over a free space is described. <IMAGE>