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Textile Printing Techniques Overview

This document provides an overview of textile printing processes. It discusses the history of textile printing and various printing methods such as block printing and transfer printing. It also describes screen printing techniques including hand screen printing and rotary screen printing. Additionally, it covers screen preparation, direct and pigment printing processes, discharge and resist styles of printing, fixation techniques, and recent advancements in the textile printing sector such as ink-jet printing and digital control systems.

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Textile Printing Techniques Overview

This document provides an overview of textile printing processes. It discusses the history of textile printing and various printing methods such as block printing and transfer printing. It also describes screen printing techniques including hand screen printing and rotary screen printing. Additionally, it covers screen preparation, direct and pigment printing processes, discharge and resist styles of printing, fixation techniques, and recent advancements in the textile printing sector such as ink-jet printing and digital control systems.

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Textile Printing

(Over view of subject)

Lecture# 1-3

Mujahid Mehdi Abro

Indus University Karachi.

(Introduction)

Introduction and historical


background, preparation of cloth,
printing methods, block printing,
transfer printing, direct and indirect
printing.

Screen Printing
Hand Screen printing, semi and fully automatic
flat belt screen printing, rotary screen printing,
features of rotary screen printing, rotary screen
components, electronic control system in rotary,
magnetic rod, blade squeegee system,
fundamental mechanism of screen printing.
Auto colour kitchen.

Screen Preparation
Types of screen according to repeat and mesh
Size, screen engraving operation, types
engraving, screen development techniques,
CAD (Computer aided Design) operation, design
aspects, integration of CAD with engraving
department.

Direct print coloration


Pigment printing, requirement of thickener,
binder and fixers, chemistry of auxiliaries used
in pigment printing; reactive printing selection
criteria of dye class and thickener, chemistry of
auxiliaries used in reactive printing; printing with
disperse dyes and printing of polyester /
cellulosic blends.

Discharge and resist styles of printing


Application procedure of discharge and resist
printing, differentiate b/w discharge and resist
printing styles.

Fixation techniques and washing ranges


Working principle of the steamers and curing
chambers; the fixation parameters according to
colorants-type; washing ranges and was
washing-off reactive printed goods.

Advancement in textile printing sectors


Recent development in rotary printing machine;
Ink-jet printing, principle of CMYK photo-printing;
Digital control system in the textile industry.

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