US 12,330,438 B2
Digital-to-garment inkjet printing machine
Tolga Efendi, Roselle, IL (US); Piotr Latka, Roselle, IL (US); and Stephen Chuddy, Roselle, IL (US)
Assigned to M&R PRINTING EQUIPMENT, INC., Roselle, IL (US)
Filed by M&R Printing Equipment, Inc., Roselle, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/657,731.
Prior Publication US 2021/0114395 A1, Apr. 22, 2021
Int. Cl. B41M 7/00 (2006.01); B41J 2/21 (2006.01); B41J 3/407 (2006.01); B41M 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B41M 7/009 (2013.01) [B41J 2/2114 (2013.01); B41J 3/4078 (2013.01); B41M 5/0011 (2013.01); B41M 5/0047 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of printing ink on a textile comprising:
providing a source of white ink;
providing a print carriage;
providing a first print head connected to the source of white ink and mounted at a first position in the print carriage for reciprocating translational movement through a printing zone;
providing a first heating source;
preheating a textile with the first heating source;
ironing the textile to press down any erratic fibers;
moving the first print head through the printing zone to apply white ink to the textile positioned in the printing zone;
providing a second heat source on the print carriage;
moving the second heating source through the printing zone to heat the white ink on the textile to cause gelling of the white ink on the textile;
providing a source of color ink;
providing a second print head connected to the source of color ink and mounted at a second position on the print carriage spaced from the first position by a gelling gap for reciprocating translational movement through the printing zone; and,
moving the second print head through the printing zone to apply color ink to a heated white ink.