Polymer dispersions in aqueous media form binders for pretreatments, coatings and images on substrates. The polymer includes polyamide segments and may have a high percentage of tertiary amide linkages, which facilitates film formation at temperature convenient to textiles and nonwovens. The polyamides are linked with reactions with polyisocyanates (which forms urea linkages if the other reactant is an amine or a urethane linkage if the other reactant is a hydroxyl group).

A pigment printing ink jet ink composition includes a pigment, a resin particle, an organic solvent, and water. The organic solvent includes an amide compound represented by the following general formula (1). ##STR00001## In the general formula (1), R.sup.1 represents a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently present hydrogen atoms or a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms.

Kits and methods are provided for color customization of articles by applying ink to regions of decreased pigment density. By creating tension over these regions during application of the ink, the ink may be preferentially transferred to those regions.

Kiosk systems are used for personalizing articles. The articles may include an item to be personalized assembled with components of packaging in a pre-hooped configuration. The system may include a housing and a personalization system within the housing. The personalization system may include a plurality of system components for personalizing the article. The system may also include a conveying system within the housing. The conveying system may be used to transfer the article in the pre-hooped configuration between the system components of the personalization systems. The system may also include a control system in the housing and/or remote from the housing. The control system may receive a personalization order and in response the control system may control the system components of the personalization systems and the conveying system so that the article is personalized without human intervention once within the housing.

A treatment liquid composition for ink jet pigment printing is a treatment liquid composition which is used to be adhered to a cloth and which includes resin particles containing a polyester-based resin and a cationic compound.

A treatment liquid composition for ink jet pigment printing is a treatment liquid composition which is used to be adhered to a cloth and which includes a block isocyanate compound, a hydroxyethyl cellulose, and a cationic compound.

Compositions for and methods of digitally printing an ink image onto a woven textile material are provided. A base application is applied to the surface of a woven textile material, especially one comprising synthetic resin fibers prior to application of an ink image layer. The base application comprises an acrylic latex material that is formulated to be printed on with a digital ink while still wet, thereby eliminating the need for an intermediate drying cycle in between base application deposit and printing of the ink image.

An ink jet printing penetrant contains a first dye which is represented by Formula (1) described below or a second dye which is represented by Formula (2) described below as a dye.

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An example of an inkjet pre-treatment fluid for dye sublimation printing consists of a humectant; a cationic polymer; a surfactant; a co-solvent present in an amount up to about 50 wt % based on a total weight of the inkjet pre-treatment fluid; and a balance of water. In an example of a printing method, the inkjet pre-treatment fluid is inkjet printed onto a textile substrate to form a pre-treated area on the textile substrate.

A image forming method of the present invention includes steps of forming a coloring material layer by applying an ink containing water and a dispersible coloring material dispersed in the water to the surface of a fabric by an inkjet method; and forming, on a surface of the coloring material layer, a protective layer having an average thickness smaller than that of the coloring material layer.