A dyeing and welding process may be configured to convert a substrate into a welded substrate having at least some color imparted thereto via a dye and/or coloring agent by applying a process solvent having a dye and/or coloring agent therein to the substrate, wherein the process solvent interrupts one or more intermolecular force between one or more component in the substrate. The substrate may be configured as a natural fiber, such as cellulose, hemicelluloses, and silk. The process solvent may include a binder, such as dissolved biopolymer (e.g., cellulose). After application of a process solvent comprised of a dye and/or coloring agent, the substrate may be exposed to a second application of a process solvent comprised of a binder, which second application may occur before or after a process temperature/pressure zone, process solvent recovery zone, and/or drying zone.

A method for manufacturing a fabric with an intelligently-designed digitally-printed pattern with energy saving effect is disclosed. The method includes S1 knitting: combining cotton yarn, bamboo fiber yarn, and mulberry silk yarn to form a double strand yarn, and knitting the double strand yarn into a silk-cotton plain knitted single-sided fabric; S2 singeing: subjecting the fabric obtained in step S1 to a double-sided singeing; S3 mercerizing: mercerizing the fabric obtained in step S2 by utilizing a knitting mercerizing machine; S4 boiling: subjecting the mercerized fabric obtained in step S3 to a neutralizing processing, a bleaching processing, a deoxidating processing, and a whitening processing in sequence; S5 setting a base color: setting the base color of the fabric obtained in step S4; S6 printing: subjecting the fabric obtained in step S5 to a sizing and setting treatment, a pattern design treatment, a digital printing, a steaming treatment, and a water washing treatment; S7 soft setting: subjecting the fabric obtained in step S6 to a soft setting by utilizing a setting machine; S8 decating treatment: subjecting the fabric obtained in step S7 to a decating treatment; and S9 pre-shrinking treatment: pre-shrinking the fabric obtained in S8 by utilizing a pre-shrinking machine.

The present disclosure describes fluid sets for printing, methods of textile printing, and textile printing systems. In one example, a fluid set for printing can include a pretreat composition, a fixer composition, and a white ink composition. The pretreat composition can include water and an emulsion of a silicone polymer having amino groups. The fixer composition can include a liquid vehicle and a cationic polymer. The white ink composition can include a liquid vehicle, a white pigment dispersion, and a polymeric binder.

The present disclosure describes fluid sets for printing, methods of textile printing, and textile printing systems. In one example, a fluid set for printing can include a pretreat composition, a fixer composition, and a white ink composition. The pretreat composition can include water and an emulsion of a silicone polymer having amino groups. The fixer composition can include a liquid vehicle and a cationic polymer. The white ink composition can include a liquid vehicle, a white pigment dispersion, and a polymeric binder.

A method for producing a printed textile item, the method including applying a treatment liquid containing an aggregating agent to a fabric using an inkjet method, applying a white ink having a charge density of at least 30 μeq/g, using a step of using an inkjet method and a wet-on-wet method, to the fabric to which the treatment liquid has been applied, applying a color ink for which the Young's modulus of the dried coating film is not more than 3.0 MPa, using an inkjet method and a wet-on-wet method, to the fabric to which the white ink has been applied.

A composition including a disperse dye and an aqueous carrier having a first polyol and a second polyol having at least 5 carbon has atoms, wherein the composition has a color fastness to water of at least 3 according to International Organization for Standardization test ISO 105-EO1:2010 when used in direct inkjet printing on a ready-to-print polyester textile.

A composition including a disperse dye and an aqueous carrier having a first polyol and a second polyol having at least 5 carbon has atoms, wherein the composition has a color fastness to water of at least 3 according to International Organization for Standardization test ISO 105-EO1:2010 when used in direct inkjet printing on a ready-to-print polyester textile.

A composite fiber may include at least one reinforcing filament formed of a first material. A second material maybe systematically deposited in a printed onto the at least one reinforcing filament such that at least one of a length, a width, and a thickness of the second material varies across a surface of the at least one reinforcing filament. The printed pattern may alter one or more properties of a composite structure containing the composite fiber.

A composite fiber may include at least one reinforcing filament formed of a first material. A second material maybe systematically deposited in a printed onto the at least one reinforcing filament such that at least one of a length, a width, and a thickness of the second material varies across a surface of the at least one reinforcing filament. The printed pattern may alter one or more properties of a composite structure containing the composite fiber.

This disclosure relates to novel aqueous ink-jet inks having improved image properties containing an aqueous vehicle, a cross-linked pigment dispersion, and a cross-linked polyurethane binder. The inks are particularly advantageous for printing on textile.