A method for producing a printed textile item is disclosed, the method including applying a pretreatment liquid containing a coagulant, water and a surfactant to a fabric, and, after the application of the pretreatment liquid, applying a white ink containing a white pigment and water to the fabric by an inkjet method, wherein a surface tension of the white ink at 0.05 Hz is within a range from 33 to 39 mN/m, a surface tension of the white ink at 10 Hz is 40 mN/m or greater, a specific gravity of the pretreatment liquid is greater than a specific gravity of the white ink, and the application of the white ink is performed within 100 seconds from the application of the pretreatment liquid and by a wet-on-wet method.

A recording method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a recording method on a fabric, including an ink adhering step of adhering droplets of an ink composition containing a pigment and resin particles to the fabric; and a treatment solution adhering step of adhering droplets of a treatment solution containing a crosslinking agent to the fabric, in which a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the ink composition is 30 ng or less, a maximum weight per droplet of the droplet of the treatment solution is 30 ng or less, and a droplet weight of the treatment solution is equal to or less than a droplet weight of the ink composition.

This disclosure relates generally to the preparation of eco-friendly engineered fabric, and more particularly to terry fabric and variations thereof. In one embodiment, a terry fabric is comprised of a soluble fiber blend, blended with cotton fibers, where the soluble fibers are dissolved in a caustic or enzyme solution to create highly porous yarns.

A pretreatment liquid for water-based pigment textile printing is disclosed, which includes: 1 wt % to 30 wt % of aqueous non-ionic polyurethane; 1 wt % to 20 wt % of a metal salt; 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % of a melamine resin; and the balance being a solvent. A method for forming a pattern on a textile using the aforesaid pretreatment liquid is also disclosed.

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

Hydrographic sheets and dip and decorator activity-kits are provided. The dip and decorator activity-kits comprise one or more hydrographic sheet formed of a water-soluble film, having decoration art formed from a non-aqueous ink or dye disposed on at least one side of the sheet, and an instruction for imparting an artistic effect to the article using the one or more hydrographic sheets. The hydrographic sheet leaves floating decoration art upon dissolution in water and wherein the floating decoration art comprises a softened and at least partially solubilized water-soluble film with decoration art for adhering to an article.

The present disclosure provides an image forming apparatus that improves washing fastness of an image forming portion of a fabric on which a discharge printing ink and a color ink are ejected. An image forming apparatus of the present disclosure includes: a color ink ejector; a discharge printing ink ejector; and a controller, wherein the color ink ejector is configured to eject a color ink containing an aqueous resin emulsion on a fabric, the discharge printing ink ejector is configured to eject a discharge printing ink containing a reducing agent on the fabric, and the controller is configured to control the color ink ejector and the discharge printing ink ejector to eject the color ink on the fabric in a first step, and after the first step, to eject the discharge printing ink on the fabric in a second step.

A processing fluid contains a resin having an amino group and an amine value of from 200 to 1,200 mgKOH/g and a polyvalent metal salt, wherein the proportion of the resin to the processing fluid is from 0.01 to 10 percent by mass and the processing fluid is applied to the fabric.

A processing fluid contains an alcohol having an amino group and a polyvalent metal salt, wherein the processing fluid is applied to fabric.

Disclosed is an apparatus for pretreatment of printable fabrics, comprising a washer/extractor; a control apparatus connected to the washer/extractor to control said washer/extractor; and a source of pretreatment chemicals to be added to the washer/extractor in a controlled manner by the control apparatus. Also disclosed are methods of pretreating fabrics using the disclosed apparatus.