US Patent 7465695 Method of manufacturing a printed textile ribbon

A method of manufacturing printed textile ribbons reliably and inexpensively, initially a web is produced which forms the later ribbon. The web is composed of two different materials, wherein a figure is applied on one side of the web. The web is subsequently subjected to a heat and pressure treatment with sublimation colors, such that the sublimation colors are absorbed by the first ribbon material and produce on one side a desired printed image. The figure is composed on this side of materials which do not absorb the sublimation colors. As a result, the color of the figure remains unchanged on this side of the ribbon, although the figure had contact with the sublimation colors.