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Ink-jet printing process and print

US6036307A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 23, 1997
Grant dateMar 14, 2000
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Expiry dateApr 23, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD06P3/54
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an ink-jet printing process comprising the three steps of (a) applying inks containing a disperse dye, a compound for dispersing the disperse dye and an aqueous medium to a cloth comprising fibers dyeable with disperse dyes according to an ink-jet system (b) subjecting the cloth, to which the inks have been applied, to a heat treatment and (c) cleaning the heat-treated cloth, wherein the inks comprise two or more inks which separately contain disperse dyes of the same hue and are different in dye concentration, and the thermal diffusivity of the disperse dye used in the ink having a low dye concentration is higher than that of the disperse dye used in the ink having a high dye concentration.

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