An ink contains an aqueous medium, coloring particles dispersing in the aqueous medium, and a cross-linking agent having a carbodiimide group. The coloring particles contain a specific vinyl resin and a specific salt compound containing a dye. The specific vinyl resin includes a specific repeating unit derived from a specific monomer having a carboxy group. The specific vinyl resin has an acid value of at least 50 mg KOH/g and no greater than 150 mg KOH/g. The specific vinyl resin has a glass transition point of at least 50° C. and no higher than 80° C. The ink does not contain a free resin dispersing or dissolving in the aqueous medium or has a percentage content of the free resin of greater than 0.00% by mass and no greater than 0.50% by mass.

The present invention relates to an aqueous paste composition for textile coating, comprising: 1-60 parts by weight of at least one material having tensile modulus of at least 2000 MPa, 1-24 parts by weight of at least one antistatic agent, 16-60 parts by weight of at least one binder, and 50-200 parts by weight of water. The invention also relates to a process for producing a coated fabric, to a coated fabric as obtainable trough said process, and to a garment comprising it.

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 fabric print medium comprising a fabric base substrate; a primary coating composition with a polymeric binder and filler particles applied to, at least, one side of the fabric base substrate; an image-receiving coating composition with a first and a second crosslinked polymeric network applied over the primary coating composition; and a barrier layer comprising a water-repellent agent and a physical gelling compound. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric print medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.

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.

The present invention relates to a novel plastisol composition that cures at a temperature much lower than conventional plastisols. Also disclosed is a method of applying the composition.

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.

A fabric printable medium comprising a fabric printable medium, with an image-side and a back-side, comprising a fabric base substrate; an image-receiving coating layer, applied on the image-side of printable medium, comprising a first and a second crosslinked polymeric network; a fire retarding barrier layer, applied to the back-side of the printable medium comprising polymeric binder and filler particles with flame retardancy properties; and, at least, a migration control finish layer comprising a film-formable polymer and a flame retardant agent, at a coat-weight ranging from about 0.5 to 10 gsm. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric printable medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.

Disclosed is a process for printing on cotton fabric comprising (1) contacting cotton fabric with an aqueous solution comprising (A) 40% to 70% by weight of at least one multivalent cationic salt; (B) optionally 0.1% to 5% by weight of a blocked isocyanate crosslinking agent, and (C) 3% to 40% by weight of a waterborne resin, all percentages based on the weight of the aqueous solution; (2) drying the cotton fabric to remove the water from the cotton fabric; and (3) digitally printing the pretreated and coated cotton fabric with a water-based textile ink.

A method of pre-treating a polyester textile for inkjet printing with a water-based disperse dye ink composition, which method comprises treating at, least a part of, a surface of the polyester textile to increase its hydrophobicity.