Biased serial ink jet printing system for textiles

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EP 0 829 368 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	09.06.1999 Bulletin 1999/23

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	18.03.1998 Bulletin 1998/12

(21)	Application number: 97306940.4

(22)	Date of filing: 08.09.1997

(51)	International Patent Classification (IPC)⁶: B41J 2/21, D06P 5/00

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

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Priority:

11.09.1996 US 710103

(71)	Applicant: Scitex Digital Printing, Inc.
	Dayton, Ohio 45420-4099 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	Rayfield, Wilson P. Dayton, Ohio 45459 (US)

(74)	Representative: Freed, Arthur Woolf et al
	Reginald W. Barker & Co., Chancery House, 53-64, Chancery Lane London, WC2A 1QU London, WC2A 1QU (GB)

(54)	Biased serial ink jet printing system for textiles

(57) A method is provided for using an ink jet printer to print on a textile substrate. One or more printheads are oriented to scan the width of the textile web at a bias angle. A different printhead can be used for each color ink, whereby the ink is projected across an air gap to the textile web during the scan. Arranging the multiple printheads for parallel scanning allows each printhead to scan a separate swath simultaneously. Additional scan widths can be left between printheads to allow for sufficient ink absorption or drying time prior to applying the next color.

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