Global Patent Index - EP 3643504 A4

EP 3643504 A4 20210310 - FABRIC PRINTING METHOD AND FABRIC PRINTING APPARATUS

Title (en)

FABRIC PRINTING METHOD AND FABRIC PRINTING APPARATUS

Title (de)

STOFFDRUCKVERFAHREN UND STOFFDRUCKVORRICHTUNG

Title (fr)

PROCÉDÉ D'IMPRESSION D'ÉTOFFE ET APPAREIL D'IMPRESSION D'ÉTOFFE

Publication

EP 3643504 A4 20210310 (EN)

Application

EP 18819597 A 20180620

Priority

  • JP 2017123022 A 20170623
  • JP 2018023495 W 20180620

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP3643504A1] The present invention provides a fabric printing method and a fabric printing apparatus that enable printing in which the characters, pictures, and background printed on the fabric surface are visible from the rear side of the fabric when designed patterns and the backgrounds are printed on the fabric surface by dot printing, thereby reducing the occurrence of granular appearance on the fabric surface.The fabric printing method of the present invention comprises a plurality of first ink tanks 53 individually filled with inks of a plurality of process colors; at least one second ink tank 54 filled with at least one kind of spot color ink obtained by mixing inks of different process colors, the method comprising performing printing on a fabric by dividing a plurality of print regions set on a first side of a fabric to be printed into one or a plurality of first print regions R1 in which dots are printed with an ink introduced from at least one of the first ink tanks and one or a plurality of second print regions R2 in which dots are printed with an ink introduced from the at least one second ink tank.

IPC 8 full level

B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 2/175 (2006.01); B41J 2/18 (2006.01); B41J 2/205 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); D06B 11/00 (2006.01); D06P 5/30 (2006.01); B41J 29/02 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

B41J 2/18 (2013.01); B41J 2/2054 (2013.01); B41J 2/211 (2013.01); B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); D06B 11/0059 (2013.01); D06P 5/30 (2013.01); B41J 29/02 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3643504 A1 20200429; EP 3643504 A4 20210310; EP 3643504 B1 20230816; CN 110785286 A 20200211; CN 110785286 B 20210409; JP 7114093 B2 20220808; JP WO2018235874 A1 20200521; WO 2018235874 A1 20181227

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18819597 A 20180620; CN 201880042071 A 20180620; JP 2018023495 W 20180620; JP 2019525668 A 20180620