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.

The present disclosure describes methods of printing, textile printing systems, and printers. In one example, a method of printing can include jetting an ink composition onto a substrate, the ink composition including an evaporable solvent, a colorant, and a non-curable polymeric binder. The ink composition on the substrate can be exposed to electromagnetic radiation having a wavelength from 350 nm to 420 nm. The exposure of the ink composition can begin from 0 ms to 600 ms after jetting the ink composition. The electromagnetic radiation can heat the ink composition to evaporate a portion of the evaporable solvent from the ink composition within 5 ms to 500 ms after the beginning of the exposure.

An ink jet ink composition set includes a white ink jet ink composition and a nonwhite ink jet ink composition. The white ink jet ink composition contains a white pigment, resin particles, and water, and the nonwhite ink jet ink composition contains a nonwhite pigment, resin particles, and water. The white pigment has cation responsiveness, and the absolute value of zeta potential of the white pigment is lower than the absolute value of zeta potential of the nonwhite pigment.

A method for manufacturing printed textiles includes the steps of: a) inkjet printing an image onto a textile substrate with one or more inkjet printing liquids containing thermally reactive composite resin particles in an aqueous medium; and b) fixing the inkjet printed image by applying directly and/or indirectly a heat treatment to the image; wherein the thermally reactive composite resin particles contain at least one thermal cross-linker and at least one polymeric resin containing functional groups suitable for reacting with the thermal cross-linker.

The present disclosure is drawn to an aqueous ink composition, including from 60 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 4 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, and from 1 wt % to 6 wt % pigment. The aqueous ink composition can include a styrene acrylic polymer dispersant associated with a surface of the pigment and having a weight average molecular weight from 1,000 Mw to 50,000 Mw, and from 3 wt % to 15 wt % styrene C3-C5 alkyl (meth)acrylic polymer binder having a weight average molecular weight from 100,000 Mw to 500,000 Mw.

An ink jet ink composition set includes a white ink jet ink composition and a nonwhite ink jet ink composition. The white ink jet ink composition contains a white pigment, resin particles, and water, and the nonwhite ink jet ink composition contains a nonwhite pigment, resin particles, and water. The white pigment has cation responsiveness, and the absolute value of zeta potential of the white pigment is lower than the absolute value of zeta potential of the nonwhite pigment.

An ink jet recording method includes first attaching an ink composition to fabric so as to have an attached amount of 10 mg/inch.sup.2 to 30 mg/inch.sup.2, and second attaching the ink composition to the fabric so as to have an attached amount of 90 mg/inch.sup.2 to 250 mg/inch.sup.2, in which the ink composition includes a pigment and a resin dispersion, and a content of a resin included in the resin dispersion is 0.5 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the pigment.

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 method for manufacturing printed textiles including the steps of: a) inkjet printing an image onto a textile substrate with one or more inkjet printing liquids containing thermally reactive composite resin particles in an aqueous medium; and b) fixing the inkjet printed image by applying directly and/or indirectly a heat treatment to the image; wherein the thermally reactive composite resin particles contain at least one thermal cross-linker and at least one polymeric resin containing functional groups suitable for reacting with the thermal cross-linker.

An ink jet recording method includes first attaching an ink composition to fabric so as to have an attached amount of 10 mg/inch.sup.2 to 30 mg/inch.sup.2, and second attaching the ink composition to the fabric so as to have an attached amount of 90 mg/inch.sup.2 to 250 mg/inch.sup.2, in which the ink composition includes a pigment and a resin dispersion, and a content of a resin included in the resin dispersion is 0.5 parts by mass to 2.5 parts by mass with respect to 1 part by mass of the pigment.