208results about "Transfer printing process" patented technology

The present invention relates to a transfer foil for transferring images onto solid substrates (transfer printing), such as textile supports, in particular T-shirts, metallic supports or plastic, in particular signs, ceramic supports, in particular cups and plates, etc., comprising a two-dimensional carrier based on polyester, based on polyether ether ketones or based on a cellulose-based material, having a layer (a) which is arranged on at least one of the carrier surfaces and which is made of a cross-linked, at least partially hydrolysed polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) polymer, The present invention also relates to the use of same. A further subject matter of the present invention is a ready-to-use system for transfer printing, comprising a transfer foil and an image applied thereto, in particular printed thereon, and a hot melt adhesive.

The invention relates to the field of ink, in particular to bio-based elastomer heat transfer printing ink and a low-temperature microwave curing method thereof. The bio-based elastomer heat transfer printing ink at least comprises the following raw materials in parts by mass: 50-75 parts of a bio-based prepolymer, 5-10 parts of a cross-linking agent, 15-30 parts of an anti-pinhole agent, 0.5-1.5 parts of a curing catalyst, 5-15 parts of a pigment and 15-30 parts of a solvent. The bio-based elastomer thermal transfer printing ink finally prepared by the invention not only has an excellent transfer printing effect, but also can greatly improve the bio-based carbon content in the printing ink, and avoids the problems of environmental pollution and discontinuity; and on the other hand, compared with the traditional petroleum-based TPU ink, the required energy consumption is lower, the flexibility and the washability are also obviously improved, the pinhole defect is reduced, and the probability of secondary printing blooming caused by solvent migration is greatly reduced.

The invention relates to the technical field of heat transfer printing ink, and discloses a heat transfer printing technology-based temperature-variable color formula which comprises the following components in percentage by mass: 30%-40% of a thermoplastic polymer carrier, 5%-10% of a temperature-sensitive color-variable pigment, 1%-3% of a dispersing agent, 5%-8% of a connecting material, 0%-5% of an ultraviolet light absorber and the balance of a solvent, the invention further discloses a printing technology of the temperature-variable color formula based on the heat transfer printing technology. The printing technology comprises the following steps that S1, the temperature-sensing color-variable ink is printed on transfer printing paper through digital printing equipment. By adopting the liquid crystal microcapsule pigment, the thermoplastic polymer carrier with narrow molecular weight distribution, the efficient dispersant and the improved preparation process, accurate color change, smooth transition and excellent aging resistance of the ink in a specific temperature range are realized, and meanwhile, the light stability, the storage stability and the definition of a printed pattern are improved; the method is suitable for multiple indoor and outdoor scenes, and meets the high-quality requirements of personalized customization of commodities.

A direct to film (DTF) transfer adhesive application unit with a vertical curing area overcomes space constraints associated with conventional DTF systems having a horizontal curing area.

The invention relates to the technical field of thermal transfer printing ink, in particular to anti-migration high-stability thermal transfer printing ink as well as a preparation process and application thereof. The anti-migration high-stability heat transfer printing ink is obtained by uniformly mixing the water-based acrylic resin, the pigment, the defoaming agent, the flatting agent, the thickening agent and the epoxy modified organic silicon resin, then adding the modified hydrotalcite and the kaolin, and uniformly mixing. The anti-migration high-stability heat transfer printing ink is prepared from the following components in parts by weight: 80 to 100 parts of waterborne acrylic resin, 10 to 20 parts of epoxy modified organic silicon resin, 20 to 30 parts of pigment, 10 to 20 parts of modified hydrotalcite, 5 to 8 parts of kaolin, 1 to 3 parts of flatting agent, 2 to 4 parts of defoaming agent and 1 to 3 parts of thickening agent. The anti-migration high-stability thermal transfer printing ink prepared by the invention has relatively high adhesive force and relatively low mobility, and can be stably attached to the surface of a base material.

An aqueous ink for textile printing includes a disperse dye, a first dispersant selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal salt of an aromatic sulfonic acid, an alkali metal salt of an aromatic sulfonic acid-formalin condensate, an alkali metal salt of a beta-naphthalenesulfonic acid, and an alkali metal salt of a beta-naphthalenesulfonic acid-formalin condensate, and a second dispersant selected from the group consisting of an alkali metal salt of an aromatic sulfonic acid-formalin condensate and an alkali metal salt of a beta-naphthalenesulfonic acid-formalin condensate. The second dispersing agent is a copolymer of acrylate and alkylene oxide.

The invention discloses a treatment process of a 3D icon heat transfer printing fabric based on UV printing, and relates to the technical field of textile printing. The treatment process of the 3D icon heat transfer printing fabric comprises the following steps: coating a release layer with a hot melt adhesive, and drying to prepare a hot melt adhesive layer; carrying out UV ink-jet printing on the hot melt adhesive layer to form a pattern, and attaching a protective layer to the surface of the hot melt adhesive layer to obtain a hot melt adhesive film containing the pattern; and removing the release layer of the hot melt adhesive film containing the pattern, spreading the hot melt adhesive layer on the textile fabric, ironing at 140-160 DEG C, and removing the protective layer to obtain the printed textile fabric containing the 3D icon. The method can be used for preparing the icons with stereoscopic impression, rich colors and good firmness, is simple in process and short in production period, and meets the flexible production requirements of pattern diversification.

An object of the present invention is to provide an adhesive ink excellent in transferability onto a fabric during transfer printing and capable of enhancing fastness to wet rubbing and texture of an obtained printed material. The object can be achieved by an adhesive ink containing a resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, in which the resin has a glass transition temperature of 30°C or lower and a weight average molecular weight of 10000 to 700000.

In accordance with some embodiments, a system for manufacturing a heat transfer label is disclosed. The system includes an electronic database configured to store a plurality of unit graphics. The system also includes an input device communicably coupled to the electronic database. Furthermore, the system also includes a processor communicably coupled to the input device and the electronic database. In some embodiments, the system also includes a rotatable carousel operatively coupled to the processor. The system also includes, the rotatable carousel includes a plurality of pallets, each of the pallets includes a plurality of recessed cups to contain a plurality of character blocks representing the physical form of the plurality of unit graphics. The system also includes a robotic arm operatively coupled to the processor and positioned to access the rotatable carousel and a carrier sheet.

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an adhesive ink that has excellent transferability during transfer printing on fabric and that can improve the wet abrasion fastness and feel of the obtained printed material.　The problem can be solved by an adhesive ink that contains a resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, the resin having a glass transition temperature of 30°C or less and a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000-700,000.

A product for optimizing the integrated cycle of sublimation printing processes on textiles, which comprises a closed-matrix sublimation paper with final basis weight comprised between 19 and 120 gsm, according to the applications.

A method is disclosed for producing denim-effect garments by the following steps: 1) printing a reactive dye ink onto a PET film to form a pattern thereby obtaining a transfer printed PET film; 2) transfer printing a base pulp-treated fabric by attaching the transfer printed PET film thereby obtaining a denim-effect fabric; 3) cutting, sewing, washing to soften, and drying the denim-effect fabric and thereby obtaining a denim-effect garment. The method has the advantages of simple production, being environmentally friendly, having high efficiency, and being suitable for flexible fabrics, and the produced denim-effect garment of the invention has the advantages of having a good color fastness to rubbing, washing resistance, and having a diversity of patterns, and are suitable for large-scale production and application.

Transfer assemblies and transfer sheets and release paper for transferring images to articles, such as textiles, fabric or the like, are provided. In addition, improved methods for manufacturing the transfer sheets and the articles are provided. A transfer sheet comprises a support layer and an image transfer layer that includes an ink receptor and a blocking agent. The blocking agent is configured to block or impede the transfer of the ink composition to the substrate in non-printed areas of the image and substantially allow the transfer of the ink composition to the substrate in printed areas of the image. The systems and methods described herein provide a single step process that is "self-weeding", while minimizing defects in the image that is printed onto the article and are particularly useful for transferring white or colored images to dark colored or black textiles and other fabrics.

Transfer assemblies, transfer sheets, and release papers for transferring images to articles such as textiles, fabrics, etc. are provided. In addition, improved methods of making transfer sheets and articles are provided. The transfer sheet includes a support layer and an image transfer layer including an ink acceptor and a barrier agent. The barrier is configured to prevent or hinder transfer of the ink composition to the substrate in the non-printed area of the image, while substantially permit transfer of the ink composition to the substrate in the printed area of the image. The systems and methods described herein provide a "self-culling" single step process that at the same time minimizes defects in images printed onto articles, and are particularly suited for transfer of white or colored images to dark or black textiles and other fabrics.

To provide a transfer method using functional powder while reducing manufacturing man-hours and manufacturing cost.SOLUTION: The transfer method includes a printing step, a powder applying step, and a pressing step. In the printing step, the image IM is printed on the medium M with ink. In the powder applying step, the hot melt powder HP (adhesive) mixed with the functional powder FP is applied to the image IM on the medium M. In the pressing step, the image IM on which the adhesive layer AL formed by the hot melt powder HP is laminated is transferred to the work Wk by superimposing and pressing the printing surface of the image IM of the medium M on the work Wk.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

To provide a liquid discharge device that suppresses color mixing between color ink and white ink in DTF-type printing and prevents deterioration of image quality.SOLUTION: A liquid discharge device includes: first discharge means that discharges color ink onto a transfer base material for transferring an image to a printing object; second discharge means that discharges white ink that becomes an underlayer for the color ink when the image is transferred to the printing object onto the transfer base material; third discharge means that discharges a treatment liquid containing a coagulant onto the transfer base material; and a control unit. The control unit calculates, based on image data, a total amount of adhesion of the color ink and the white ink for each predetermined region, and performs control so as to discharge the treatment liquid onto a region where the total amount of adhesion of the color ink and the white ink exceeds a predetermined threshold value.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

The present invention addresses the problem of providing an adhesive ink that has excellent transferability during transfer printing on fabric and that can improve the wet abrasion fastness and feel of the obtained printed material.　The problem can be solved by an adhesive ink that contains a resin, a water-soluble organic solvent, and water, the resin having a glass transition temperature of 30°C or less and a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000-700,000.

The invention discloses sublimation-resistant heat transfer printing ink which is good in cloth coloring penetration and not prone to secondary sublimation, a preparation method and a transfer printing process of the sublimation-resistant heat transfer printing ink. The sublimation-resistant heat transfer printing ink is prepared from the following components in percentage by mass: 20%-40% of disperse dye color paste, 25%-35% of an organic solvent, 0.1%-3% of a surfactant, 0.1%-1.5% of a water-based polymer, 0.1%-3% of a defoaming agent, 0.1%-0.5% of an acid-base regulator, 0.1%-2% of a bactericide and the balance of deionized water. The invention is applied to the technical field of digital printing ink jet.

The present invention provides a dyeing device and a dyeing method, which can appropriately dye a resin body while suppressing deformation of the resin body. The dyeing device heats a resin body having a dye attached to its surface to fix the dye to the resin body, and includes: a laser irradiation unit that irradiates a laser toward the resin body having a dye attached to its surface; a scanning unit that relatively scans the resin body with the laser irradiated by the laser irradiation unit; and a control unit that controls the scanning unit to change the irradiation position of the laser on the resin body. The control unit heats the resin body having a dye attached to its surface by irradiating the laser on a two-dimensional area of the resin body repeatedly multiple times to fix the dye to the resin body.

A fabric furniture covering manufactured using the process of selecting printing pattern / photo or artistic design and then printing a first pattern to a first fabric by printing an image to a transfer paper using a reverse image or directly printing (future state) directly onto the material. A transfer paper is then laid on top of the first fabric in a continuous production process. Both heat and pressure are simultaneously applied such that an ink dye is transferred to the first fabric so to permanently dye the fibers to their core. A first blank material is then cut to a predetermined size and upholstered to furniture such as stools, ottomans, table, chair or sofas. A second pattern is also cut using a second fabric and the second printed fabric is cut to a size so to act as a removeable or replacement cover over the first fabric on the upholstered furniture.

There is provided an anhydrous dyeing system for yarn, including: a transfer printer which repeatedly sprays dye ink on a surface of a transfer sheet a plurality of times to laminate and apply ink layers; a dyeing jig which is in a drum form having a plurality of microholes formed in an outer circumferential surface thereof to penetrate inside and outside; a process chamber into which the dyeing jig is put; a heating member for heating the yarn wound on the dyeing jig, by supplying heat to the inside of the process chamber; and a vacuum-generating member which is in communication with an internal space of the dyeing jig and vacuum-evacuates the air in the internal space of the dyeing jig to thereby form a vacuum pressure inside the dyeing jig.

The present invention belongs to the field of printing and dyeing technology, and particularly relates to a method for comprehensive plant dyeing and transfer of overlapping and layered patterns, wherein the method comprises: pre-treating a to-be-printed and dyed fabric with potassium hydrogen tartrate to obtain a first fabric; pre-treating a to-be-printed and dyed plant with potassium hydrogen tartrate to obtain a printing and dyeing plant; performing background dyeing of the first fabric using the printing and dyeing plant to obtain a plant dyeing fabric; performing plant thermal transfer printing on the plant dyeing fabric based on a mesh mold to obtain an overlapping and layered printing and dyeing fabric; and embroidery dyeing on the overlapping and layered printing and dyeing fabric to obtain a three-dimensional printing and dyeing fabric. By using plants to print and dye fabric, the present invention not only makes the printed and dyed fabric bright in color, but also makes the printed and dyed plants have a strong sense of layering and a good appearance, thereby optimizing the plant printing and dyeing technology.

This invention provides an inkjet ink set that enables the simultaneous reproduction of excellent black and light black colors while producing printed materials with superior granularity and colorfastness. [Solution] The ink set comprises a black inkjet ink composition and a light black inkjet ink composition. The black ink composition comprises one or more dyes selected from the group consisting of a first dye having a naphthalene skeleton and not containing chromium or copper, with a hue angle ∠h° of 270° or more and 290° or less for the printed material, a second dye having a naphthalene skeleton and not containing chromium or copper, with a hue angle of 35° or more and 55° or less for the printed material, and a third dye having a pyrazole skeleton and not containing chromium or copper, with a hue angle of 345° or more and 359° or less for the printed material, and water. The light black ink composition comprises a fourth dye having an anthraquinone skeleton and not containing chromium or copper, with a hue angle of 230° or more and 280° or less for the printed material, and one or more dyes selected from the group consisting of the second dye and the third dye, and water.

The objective is to provide a fabric treatment agent, a printing ink set, a pre-treated fabric, a printing method, and a printed fabric with suppressed discoloration, all of which can suppress discoloration and fading of printed fabrics. [Solution] The fabric treatment agent of the present invention is a fabric treatment agent used for printing with sublimation dyes, and is characterized by containing a colorant capturing compound whose Rf value, as determined by paper chromatography under the following conditions, is 0.7 or less. [Conditions for the paper chromatography method] Procedure 1: A 10% solution of the colorant capturing compound is impregnated into cellulose filter paper, then dried to prepare a carrier. Step 2: A 0.1% tetrahydrofuran solution of the sublimation colorant is spotted onto the carrier and then dried to prepare a developing sample. Step 3: Develop the sample with acetonitrile at 25°C for 3 minutes. Step 4: Calculate the Rf value using the following formula. (Formula) Rf value = Expansion distance of the sublimation colorant / Expansion distance of acetonitrile

To provide an adhesive liquid which is excellent in transferability of a printed layer and washing fastness of a printing medium after image transfer.SOLUTION: An adhesive liquid contains water, resin particles, an organic solvent, a crosslinking agent, and a surface active agent, wherein a weight change rate X before and after drying satisfies the following expression (1) or the following expression (2), and a storage elastic modulus E' at 110°C of a film after the adhesive liquid has been dried, before being heated and pressurized, is 5.4×106 Pa or less. A represents a weight ratio of the water in the total amount of the adhesive liquid, and B represents a weight ratio of the water and the organic solvent in the total amount of the adhesive liquid. Expression (1): X<A. Expression (2): A≤X<B.SELECTED DRAWING: None

To obtain a printed matter having excellent color development and a good feeling, through adhering a treatment liquid composition to fabric in advance and dye-printing onto the fabric with the treatment liquid composition adhered thereon.SOLUTION: A treatment liquid composition for dye-printing is to be used through adhering onto fabric, and includes a polyester resin and water. The polyester resin has a constitutional unit derived from an aromatic compound and a constitutional unit derived from a nonaromatic compound. The aromatic compound contains a phthalic acid. The nonaromatic compound contains a (poly)alkylene glycol. A content of the constitutional unit derived from the phthalic acid is 15 to 85 mol% with regard to 100 mol% of the polyester resin. A content of the constitutional unit derived from the (poly)alkylene glycol is 15 to 85 mol% with regard to 100 mol% of polyester resin.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Methods are directed to the use of a supercritical fluid for performing a dyeing of a material such that dye from a first material is used to dye a second material. A supercritical fluid is passed through a first material in a pressurized vessel. The supercritical fluid transports the dye from the first material to at least a second material causing a dye profile of the second material to change as a result of dye from the first material perfusing the second material.