Fabric printing method and fabric printing apparatus
阅读说明:本技术 织物印刷方法和织物印刷设备 (Fabric printing method and fabric printing apparatus ) 是由 一之濑孝一 土肥克己 于 2018-06-20 设计创作,主要内容包括:提供了一种织物印刷方法和织物印刷设备,利用该设备,当通过点印刷将设计或背景印刷在织物的前表面上时,能够从后表面看到印刷在织物前表面上的字符、图画或背景,并且前表面不太可能显示颗粒感。该织物印刷方法包括:多个第一油墨罐53,多种印刷色的油墨分别填充在其中;至少一个第二油墨罐54,通过混合不同印刷色的油墨而获得的至少一种专色油墨填充在其中。在待印刷的织物上进行印刷,该待印刷的织物被划分成建立在第一表面上的多个印刷区域,其包括一个或多个第一印刷区域R1和一个或多个第二印刷区域R2,在第一印刷区域中,用从第一油墨罐中的至少一个引入的油墨印刷点,在第二印刷区域中,用从第二油墨罐中的至少一个引入的油墨印刷点。(Provided are a fabric printing method and a fabric printing apparatus with which, when a design or background is printed on a front surface of a fabric by dot printing, characters, drawings, or the background printed on the front surface of the fabric can be seen from a rear surface, and the front surface is less likely to show a grainy feeling. The fabric printing method comprises the following steps: a plurality of first ink tanks 53 in which a plurality of printing color inks are filled, respectively; at least one second ink tank 54 in which at least one spot color ink obtained by mixing inks of different process colors is filled. Printing is performed on a fabric to be printed, which is divided into a plurality of printing areas established on the first surface, including one or more first printing areas R1 in which dots are printed with ink introduced from at least one of the first ink tanks, and one or more second printing areas R2 in which dots are printed with ink introduced from at least one of the second ink tanks.)
1. A method of fabric printing comprising:
a plurality of first ink tanks filled with inks of a plurality of printing colors, respectively; and
at least one second ink tank filled with at least one spot color ink obtained by mixing inks of different process colors,
the method includes performing printing on a fabric to be printed by dividing a plurality of printing areas provided on a first side of the fabric into one or more first printing areas in which dots are printed with ink introduced from at least one of the first ink tanks and one or more second printing areas in which dots are printed with ink introduced from the at least one second ink tank.
2. The fabric printing method according to claim 1, wherein an area ratio per unit area of the dots formed by the spot color ink is not less than 80% and not more than 100%.
3. The fabric printing method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein a design pattern having at least one of a drawing and a character is printed as dots in the first printing area using the ink introduced from the first ink tank, and a background of the design pattern is printed as dots in the second printing area using the ink introduced from the second ink tank.
4. A fabric printing apparatus as claimed in claim 1 or 3, wherein the fabric to be printed is a fabric for an item of apparel.
5. A fabric printing apparatus comprising:
a plurality of first ink tanks filled with inks of a plurality of printing colors, respectively;
at least one second ink tank filled with at least one spot color ink obtained by mixing inks of different process colors;
a plurality of first printing heads which are respectively connected to the plurality of first ink tanks and perform printing of dots in one or more first printing regions provided on a first side of the fabric to be printed with the ink of the printing color; and
at least one second print head connected to the at least one second ink tank and performing printing of dots in one or more second print areas disposed on the first side of the fabric to be printed with spot color ink.
6. The fabric printing apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a deployment device, the deployment device comprising: an ink storage tank that stores inks of a plurality of printing colors, respectively; and a mixing tank that is connected to the ink storage tank and mixes the inks of the different process colors stored in the ink storage tank,
wherein the mixing tank is connected to the at least one second ink tank.
Technical Field
The present invention relates to a fabric printing method and a fabric printing apparatus, and more particularly, to a fabric printing method and a fabric printing apparatus that perform printing with a printing color ink and perform printing with a spot color ink.
Background
In recent years, printing using a combination of printing colors such as CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) has been performed. This type of printing is called "process color printing". For example, an inkjet printing apparatus disclosed in patent document 1 has been proposed. In the inkjet printing apparatus, transfer rollers are provided upstream and downstream, and a transfer belt for transferring a fabric is wound around the transfer rollers. The fabric is conveyed by a conveyor belt and printing is performed with printing color ink supplied from a printing head.
In this type of inkjet printing apparatus, printing is typically performed by dot printing. The dot printing creates dots, and adjusts the interval between dots, the size of the corresponding dots, and the overlapping state of the dots of the respective colors, thereby expressing the variation and density of colors. This printing method enables reproduction of various colors.
For example, as shown in fig. 7(a) to 7(C), the dot printing expresses various degrees of color density by adjusting the dot area per unit area (area ratio). The color density increases with increasing dot density. Fig. 7(C) shows an example in which the dot area ratio is 10%, in which the color to be expressed is a light color. Fig. 7(a) shows an example in which the dot area ratio is 100%, in which the color to be expressed is a dark color. Fig. 7(B) shows an example in which the dot area ratio is 50%, in which the density of colors to be expressed is in the middle of fig. 7(a) and 7 (C). It follows that the higher the dot area ratio, the darker the color to be expressed.
Reference list
Patent document
Patent document 1: japanese patent No.5116542
Disclosure of Invention
Technical problem
For example, when printing is performed on a fabric such as chiffon or twill to be used for clothing such as a scarf, it is preferable that ink penetrate to the back side of the fabric (this phenomenon may also be referred to as "penetration") so that characters, drawings, and a background printed on the surface can be seen from the back side of the fabric. This is because, when articles of apparel such as scarves are used, they are recognized not only from the surface but also from the back.
However, when a light color is printed on a fabric by dot printing, the dot area ratio becomes small, and the area where no dot is printed is large. Thus, if the ink in the front surface does not sufficiently penetrate to the back surface, the original color (e.g., white) of the fabric will be recognized as the color of the back surface. For example, when yellow is printed on the surface of a white fabric with a small dot area ratio, as shown in fig. 8(a), although yellowish printing is visible on the fabric surface, the ink for printing dots does not penetrate to the back surface, and thus the back surface is recognized substantially as white, as shown in fig. 8 (B).
Further, when dot printing is performed using inks of a plurality of printing colors, dots may protrude on the surface according to the area ratio of the dots of the respective colors, thus resulting in a problematic grainy appearance as shown in fig. 9.
The present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a fabric printing method and a fabric printing apparatus, which are capable of performing printing while ensuring that characters, drawings, and backgrounds printed on a fabric surface are visible from the back side of the fabric and reducing the appearance of grainy appearance on the fabric surface when a design pattern and a background are printed on the fabric surface by dot printing.
Solution to the problem
A method of printing a fabric according to some embodiments of the present invention comprises: a plurality of first ink tanks filled with inks of a plurality of printing colors, respectively; and at least one second ink tank filled with at least one spot color ink obtained by mixing inks of different printing colors, the method including performing printing on the fabric by dividing a plurality of printing areas provided on a first face of the fabric to be printed into one or more first printing areas in which dots are printed with the ink introduced from at least one of the first ink tanks and one or more second printing areas in which dots are printed with the ink introduced from at least one of the second ink tanks.
With this structure, since printing is performed in the second printing region using spot color ink obtained by mixing a plurality of printing color inks, the dot area ratio is increased to be larger than the case of using the printing color inks while performing printing. Thus, the ink in the first side (i.e., surface) penetrates into the second side (i.e., back) of the fabric, allowing characters, drawings, and background printed on the surface of the fabric to be viewed from the back. In addition, since the dot area is large, a grainy appearance is not easily seen.
Further, in the first printing region, so-called "printing color printing" using a printing color ink or a combination of a plurality of printing color inks is performed. This makes it possible to express and refine designs of various colors.
In a preferred embodiment, the area ratio per unit area of the dots formed by the spot color ink is not less than 80% and not more than 100%.
With this structure, since the area of dots per unit area is relatively large when printed on the fabric surface, the ink on the fabric surface penetrates to the back surface, allowing characters, pictures and backgrounds printed on the fabric surface to be seen from the back surface and reducing the occurrence of grainy appearance on the surface.
The area ratio is preferably not less than 90% and not more than 100%, and more preferably 100%.
In a preferred embodiment, in the first printing region, a design pattern having at least one of a drawing and a character is printed as dots with ink introduced from the first ink tank, and in the second printing region, a background of the design pattern is printed as dots with ink introduced from the second ink tank.
The background of the design pattern typically has a larger print area than the pattern. Therefore, when the process color printing is used for the background printing, the back surface is recognized as white, and the grainy appearance exists in the surface. The white and grainy appearance of the back surface is undesirably prominent. In the present invention, in the first printing region, the patterns of the respective colors are expressed by printing color, and the background of the patterns is printed in the second printing region using spot color ink. Therefore, the whiteness of the back surface or the grainy appearance of the surface is not prominent.
In a preferred embodiment, the fabric to be printed is a fabric for an article of apparel.
The fabric for the clothing accessories is, for example, a fabric for a scarf, a handkerchief, a shawl, or the like, in which characters, pictures, and backgrounds printed on the surface of the fabric are preferably visible from the back side.
A fabric printing apparatus according to some embodiments of the present invention comprises: a plurality of first ink tanks filled with inks of a plurality of printing colors, respectively; at least one second ink tank filled with at least one spot color ink obtained by mixing inks of different process colors; a plurality of first printing heads which are respectively connected to the plurality of first ink tanks and perform printing of dots in one or more first printing regions provided on a first side of the fabric to be printed with the ink of the printing color; and at least one second printing head connected to the at least one second ink tank and performing printing of dots in one or more second printing areas provided on the first side of the fabric to be printed with spot color ink.
Spot color ink is supplied from a second ink tank to a second print head, and dots are printed by the first print head in a first print zone on a first side (i.e., surface) of the web. In the second printing area, printing is performed using spot color ink obtained by mixing a plurality of printing color inks while increasing the dot area ratio to be larger than the case of using the printing color inks. Therefore, the ink in the surface penetrates to the second side (i.e., the back side) of the fabric, thereby allowing characters, drawings, and backgrounds printed on the surface of the fabric to be visible from the back side, and a grainy appearance is not easily seen.
Further, printing ink is supplied from a first ink tank to the first print head, and dots are printed in the first print area by the first print head. In the first printing area, so-called "print color printing" using a print color ink or a combination of a plurality of print color inks is performed. This makes it possible to express and design various colors.
One embodiment of the present invention also includes a blending device, comprising: an ink storage tank that stores inks of a plurality of printing colors, respectively; and a mixed ink storage container that is connected to the ink storage tank and stores mixed ink obtained by mixing inks of different process colors introduced from the ink storage tank. The mixed ink storage container is connected to at least one second ink tank.
With this structure, since the spot color ink is prepared by color blending by the blending device and is introduced into the second ink tank, it is possible to easily prepare a desired spot color ink by color blending and supply the ink into the second ink tank.
Advantageous effects of the invention
The present invention enables the back side of the fabric to be penetrated with ink in the surface, allowing characters, drawings and background printed on the fabric surface to be seen from the back side.
Drawings
Fig. 1 is a schematic view showing the overall structure of a fabric printing apparatus according to one embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is an explanatory diagram showing an ink flow supplied to the first print head.
Fig. 3 is an explanatory diagram showing an ink flow supplied to the second print head.
Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram showing the structure of the deployment apparatus.
Fig. 5 is an explanatory view showing an example of printing on the fabric surface.
Fig. 6 is an explanatory view showing the second print area. (A) Showing the surface of the second printed area in the fabric and (B) showing the back side thereof.
Fig. 7 is an explanatory diagram showing dot printing. (A) An example in which the dot area per unit area is 10% is shown, (B) an example in which the dot area per unit area is 50% is shown, and (C) an example in which the dot area per unit area is 100% is shown.
Fig. 8 shows the (a) surface and (B) backside of the fabric when printed at a low dot area ratio.
Fig. 9 shows a state of printing in which a grainy appearance exists.
Detailed Description
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention are described by referring to the drawings.
Fig. 1 is an explanatory diagram showing the overall structure of a
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In this embodiment, twelve first print heads 51, twelve second print heads 52, twelve first negative
It is also possible to fill some of the plurality of first negative-
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In the present specification, "printing color" refers to the color of the ink supplied to the
Further, "spot color" refers to the color of ink supplied to the
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The control device comprises a control unit, a storage unit and an interface unit. The control unit is composed of, for example, a CPU, a memory serving as a work area, and the like. The control unit executes a program stored in the storage unit to control the operations of the printing apparatus
Next, referring to fig. 2, the ink flow when each of the first print heads 51 is filled with printing ink is explained.
The ink stored in advance in the first
Next, referring to fig. 3, the ink flow when each
A fabric printing method using the
The fabric C to be printed is also referred to as a textile or fabric, and includes woven fabrics, dyed fabrics, knitted fabrics, and non-woven fabrics. In this embodiment, the fabric C is a fabric for scarves, handkerchiefs, shawl, or the like, which preferably allows the printing on its first face (i.e., surface) to penetrate to its second face (i.e., back). Examples of such fabrics include chiffon and twill. The fabric C is produced by a fabric production method including a step of performing printing on the fabric C by the following fabric printing method.
Fig. 5 shows an example of printing on the surface of the fabric C. A plurality of printing regions are provided on the surface of the fabric C, and the printing regions are divided into a plurality of first printing regions R1 and second printing regions R2. A single first printing region R1 and a plurality of second printing regions R2 may also be provided.
The first printing region R1 is a region where dots are printed by the
The process colors include cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, which are the basic colors of printing. In this embodiment, the total of 12 or more colors are selected from light cyan, light magenta, light black, blue, red, orange, navy, fluorescent magenta, fluorescent yellow, and the like. These colors are selected in this embodiment because the inks of these colors are readily available from commercial suppliers. The colors used as the printing colors are not limited to the above colors, and any colors may be used as long as they are contained in the first negative-
The second printing region R2 is a region where dots are printed by the
Spot colors include colors that are not selected as process colors. The "spot color" is the color of an ink obtained by mixing inks of a plurality of process colors or by mixing a diluent with the inks of the process colors. This example uses, as spot color inks, 12 color inks obtained by mixing color inks selected from cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta, light black, blue, red, orange, navy color, fluorescent magenta, fluorescent yellow, and the like as process colors. As the spot color, if the hue is the same, a color having higher lightness than the printing color, more specifically, a light color, may be selected. This is because, although the dot area ratio becomes small when printing a light color with the printing color ink, the dot area ratio can be set to 100% by performing printing using the spot color ink, thereby allowing the ink to more easily penetrate to the back surface. Spot colors can be selected to express colors that are difficult to express or tend to result in non-uniformity through process color printing. For example, for spot colors, if the hue is the same, a color with a higher chroma than the process color may be selected. For example, a color having a hue of red, green or blue and a chroma significantly higher than the chroma of the process color may be selected as a spot color because such a color cannot be expressed by the process color printing. Further, for some specific colors, such as brown or dark green, when the printing color printing is performed by reciprocally moving the
According to the above-described embodiment, since printing in the second printing region R2 is performed using a spot color ink obtained by mixing a plurality of printing color inks, the dot area ratio can be increased to be larger than that in the case where a spot color is expressed using a printing color ink. Therefore, the ink in the surface penetrates to the back of the fabric C, allowing characters, drawings, and backgrounds printed on the surface of the fabric C to be seen from the back, and a grainy appearance is not easily seen. Further, since the process color printing is performed in the first printing region R1, various colors and designs can be expressed.
The present invention is not limited to the above-described examples, and various modifications can be made within a scope of keeping the gist of the present invention.
Reference numerals
10 Fabric printing apparatus
20 printing apparatus main body
30 ink supply device
40 ink blending device
41 storage tank
42 mixed ink storage container
50 print head carrying unit
51 first print head
52 second print head
53 first negative pressure ink tank
54 second negative pressure ink tank
C, fabric
R1 first printing area
R2 second printing area
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