A heating-energy-saving equipment for printing and dyeing factory, including: a heat source generator, a first ejector, a second ejector, a setting machine and a flash drum; a steam outlet of the heat source generator is connected to an injection port of the first ejector through a pipeline, an outlet of the first ejector is connected to an injection port of the second ejector, the water outlet of the flash drum is provided with a second branch pipe which is connected to the first ejector port of the second ejector, and the steam outlet of the flash drum is connected to the second ejector port of the second ejector, the present invention can save energy and reduce production costs; can be improved upon the existing equipment without changing the main structure of existing equipment, and it is very easy to implement; can reduce the discharge heat loss and environmental pollution.

A method for dyeing a hook-and-loop fastener strap is disclosed. The hook-and-loop fastener strap continuously passes through a basic or neutral dyeing solution in a dyeing device. The dyeing solution attaches itself to the hook-and-loop fastener strap. The dyeing solution has a dye that binds to the hook-and-loop fastener strap only when the dyeing solution is in an acidic state. After passing through the dyeing device, the hook-and-loop fastener strap with the deposited dyeing solution is passed through a damper, causing the dyeing solution to become acidic. The dye adheres to the hook-and-loop fastener strap to dye the hook-and-loop fastener strap. A dyeing system for implementing the method is also disclosed.

A computer program product including machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media for implementing a method for controlling color reproduction during manufacture of fabric for a garment is provided. The method includes: obtaining appearance information descriptive of the appearance desired for the fabric; obtaining color profile information for a device that generated the appearance information; updating the appearance information with the color profile information; selecting parts information descriptive of the geometry of at least one part of the garment and applying the updated appearance information to provide updated parts information; and storing the updated parts information for reference during the manufacture. A system and a method are described.

Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate.

The present invention provides a method for the production of textured color selection swatches for point of purchase displays of custom blended paints, for color selection guides of dyed or printed textiles or for color selection extruded chips of custom colored plastics using a digital inkjet printer and custom blended inkjet inks based on a set of base inks that can be blended using commercial match prediction software and wherein a textured effect is applied as a component of the color selection aids. The textured effect may be achieved either by printing in three dimensions or printing a pseudo-three dimensional effect.

A computer program product including machine executable instructions stored on machine readable media for implementing a method for controlling color reproduction during manufacture of fabric for a garment is provided. The method includes: obtaining appearance information descriptive of the appearance desired for the fabric; obtaining color profile information for a device that generated the appearance information; updating the appearance information with the color profile information; selecting parts information descriptive of the geometry of at least one part of the garment and applying the updated appearance information to provide updated parts information; and storing the updated parts information for reference during the manufacture. A system and a method are described.

Novel inkjet ink compositions for forming an image in a form of an elastic film attached to a surface of a stretchable and/or flexible substrate and processes utilizing same for inkjet printing color images on various substrates such as colored and absorptive or impregnable stretchable materials, which are characterized by heightened efficiency in process time, ink and energy consumption, as well as products having durable, wash-fast and abrasion-fast images printed thereon by the process, are disclosed. The novel ink compositions comprise a first part, which contains a property-adjusting agent and a carrier, and a second part which contains an emulsified property-sensitive proto-elastomeric film-forming agent, a colorant and a carrier, such that the second part congeals upon contact with the property-adjusting agent. The second part is digitally applied to the substrate less than 1 second following the application of the first part to the substrate.

System and methods that enables fabric to be metalized and dyed to reach final colors that were previously unobtainable. The systems and methods relate to processes for controlling the color of metalized fabrics. Specifically, for some embodiments, the systems and methods relate to methods of making metalized fabrics that are lighter in color than prior metalized fabrics. Such fabrics may be printed on or dyed using lighter colors than would be possible when using prior metalized fabrics. The systems and methods herein may include dye baths and wash baths that are hotter than prior art processes.

A textile mill (100) includes a testing and recipe finalization station (104), pretreatment application machinery (106), dye application machinery (114), and a post-dye processing station (124). An associated process involves applying a pretreatment to the cellulosic fabric for cationizing the cellulosic fabric and applying a dye treatment to the cellulosic fabric. A recipe for the dyeing process includes a predetermined concentration of a cationizing agent of the pretreatment based at least in part on a desired concentration of the dyeing component. A two-stage drying and curing process for the pretreatment and other processing equipment and parameters are also described that ensure a high-quality dyeing process with reduced environmental impacts.

A printing device 1 includes a transport belt 5 that transports a cloth M in a transport direction A in a state where a first surface M1 of the cloth M faces the adhesive layer 5a, printing section that print an image on a second surface M2 of the cloth M, which is an opposite side to the first surface M1 and which is transported by the transport belt 5, and an infrared image capturing section 30 that uses infrared light to capture an image of a capture target I formed on the first surface M1 of the cloth M that is transported by the transport belt 5, wherein the printing section has a first head 101 that is configured to eject an image forming ink for forming the image and a second head 102 that is configured to eject a capture target forming ink for forming the capture target I.