Method for ink jet printing a digital image on a textile, the system and apparatus for practicing the method, and products produced by the system and apparatus using the method
US6588879B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 3, 2001 |
| Grant date | Jul 8, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 3, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N1/54
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
The present invention provides a method of printing a digital image on a textile including the steps of selecting 8 to 16 inks to form an ink set, calibrating the ink set to create an ink set profile, using the ink set profile to calculate hue and shade-based look-up tables directly correlating the inks with the color space coordinates of the pixels of the digital image. The present invention also is a system and an apparatus performing the calibration of the ink set and direct correlation of the color space coordinates. The printed fabric has a first plurality of dots having 8 to 16 differently colored inks per dot and a second plurality of dots having one color per dot. Significantly, the present invention produces printed textiles having a high detail, deep color, and broad shading, as well as a combination of dyes heretofore considered incompatible.
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