The disclosure discloses an elongated cloth medium to be recorded made with a satin weave that ranges from six-harness satin to ten-harness satin by using a warp in a medium longitudinal direction and a weft in a direction orthogonal to the medium longitudinal direction. The cloth medium includes one surface and another surface. The warp has a weaving density that ranges from 300 [yarns/inch] to 540 [yarns/inch]. The weft has a weaving density that ranges from 80 [yarns/inch] to 540 [yarns/inch]. The one surface is a surface with the warp more exposed than the weft in accordance with the satin weave. The cloth medium further includes on the one surface a print-receiving surface that calendering is executed.

Provided are a yarn which can be easily knotted according to a common knotting method, which is high in knot strength and which can be suppressed in fading of coloration, and a method for production of the same. A yarn in which a plasma treated surface is formed on a surface of an original yarn and the plasma treated surface is covered with rubber. The yarn is preferably made of a synthetic resin, and polyethylene, wholly aromatic polyester and wholly aromatic polyamide are more preferable.

An ink set for textile printing is disclosed which includes a pretreatment liquid containing a metal salt, a water-dispersible resin (A), an organic solvent (B) having an SP value of 10 to 14 (cal/cm.sup.3).sup.1/2 and water, and an ink containing a pigment, a water-dispersible resin (C) having a glass transition point of 10 C. or higher, an organic solvent (D) and water. A method for producing a printed textile item is also disclosed.

A recording method according to the present disclosure includes: ejecting a pigment ink containing a pigment and water from an ink jet head onto a transfer medium having a release layer to form a first layer; ejecting a processing solution from the ink jet head onto the first layer to form a second layer; and heating a surface of the transfer medium that has the first layer and the second layer, with the surface facing an absorbent receiving medium, to thermally transfer the first layer and the second layer onto the receiving medium, wherein the pigment ink contains a resin in an amount of 15.0 mass % or less, the processing solution contains a resin and water, and the first layer has a dryness of 0% or more and 80% or less when the processing solution is ejected.

The disclosure discloses an elongated cloth medium to be recorded made with a satin weave that ranges from six-harness satin to ten-harness satin by using a warp in a medium longitudinal direction and a weft in a direction orthogonal to the medium longitudinal direction. The cloth medium includes one surface and another surface. The warp has a weaving density that ranges from 300 [yarns/inch] to 540 [yarns/inch]. The weft has a weaving density that ranges from 80 [yarns/inch] to 540 [yarns/inch]. The one surface is a surface with the warp more exposed than the weft in accordance with the satin weave. The cloth medium further includes on the one surface a print-receiving surface that calendering is executed.

A transfer recording method includes a first layer forming step of discharging an image forming ink from an ink jet head onto a transfer medium having a release layer to form a first layer, a second layer forming step of discharging an adhesive ink from the ink jet head to form a second layer so as to be superimposed on the first layer, and a thermal transfer step of thermally transferring the first layer and the second layer onto fabric by heating a surface of the transfer medium on which the first layer and the second layer are formed in a state where the surface faces the fabric, in which the image forming ink includes a color material and water, the adhesive ink includes a thermoplastic resin and water, the softening point of the thermoplastic resin is equal to or lower than the temperature for heating the fabric in the thermal transfer step, the solid content of the thermoplastic resin is 5% by mass or more and 25% by mass or less based on the total amount of the adhesive ink, the application amount of the adhesive ink in the second layer forming step is 38 g/m.sup.2 or more, and the sum of the application amount of the image forming ink in the first layer forming step and the application amount of the adhesive ink in the second layer forming step is 212 g/m.sup.2 or less.