TEXTILE
PRINTING
TEXTILE PRINTING
LECTURE 1
INTRODUCTION TO TEXTILE PRINTING
2. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN DYEING AND PRINTING
3. METHODS OF OBTAINING PRINT LIKE EFFECT OTHER
THAN PRINTING
4. TEXTILE PRINTING STUDY ( METHODS OF PRINTING, STYLES OF
PRINTING
5. METHODS OF PRINTING
6. APPROXIMATE PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT METHODS
OF PRINTING
7. HERITAGE BASED TECHNOLOGIES AND SCIENCE BASED
TECHNOLOGIES
8. WORLD MARKET SHARE OF PRINTING BY DIFFERENT METHODS
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN
DYEING AND PRINTING
DYEING
UNIFORM COLOURATION ALONG
LENGTH AND WIDTH OF FABRIC
ONLY SINGLE COLOUR IS
POSSIBLE.
NO DIFFERENCE IN COLOUR
BETWEEN FRONT AND BACK SIDE
OF FABRIC
AQUEOUS DYEING MEDIUM OF LOW
VISCOSITY
DYEING IN BATCHWISE, CONTINUOUS
OR SEMI-CONTINUOUS METHOD.
DYEING IN FIBRE, YARN, FABRIC,
GARMENT FORM
PRINTING
LOCALLIZED DYEING
COLOUR IS APPLIED LOCALLY IN
THE FORM OF DESIGN/PATTERN
SINGLE COLOR OR
MULTICOLOR DESIGN
LOW VISCOSITY MEDIUM WOULD
SPREAD THE COLOUR BY
CAPILLARY ACTION, DOES NOT
MAINTAIN THE SHARPNESS OF THE
DESIGN.
AQUEOUS MEDIUM OF HIGH
VISCOSITY, PREVENT THE COLOUR
SPREADING
FABRIC PRINTING IN OPEN WIDTH
FORM ONLY
FABRIC PRINTING IS MOST
COMMON COMPARED TO YARN
AND GARMENT PRINTING,
EXCEPTION T-SHIRT PRINTING
PRINT LIKE EFFECTS
WEAVING USING APPLIQUE
COLOURED YARN OR PATCH
WORK
KNITTING USING
COLOURED YARN
EMBROIDERY
PRINT LIKE EFFECTS
TIE-DYE
BATIK
PRINTING STUDY
STYLES OF PRINTING
DIRECT STYLE
PRINTING OF SINGLE PRINTING OF SINGLE
OR MULTICOLOURS ON OR MULTICOLOURS
WHITE FABRIC ON WHITE FABRIC
PREVENTION OF
RESIST STYLE COLOUR FIXATION
AT THE PRINTED
PORTION
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RESIST STYLE
DESTRUCTION OF
COLOUR AT THE
DISCHARGE STYLE
PRINTED PORTION
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BLOCK PRINTING
SPRAY/STENCIL PRINTING
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FLAT BED SCREEN
PRINTING
ROTARY SCREEN PRINTING
BATCH TRANSFER
CONTINUOUS TRANSFER TRANSFER PRINTING
DIGITAL
PRINTING
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Approximate period of
commercialization
Method Period Origin
Block Ancient India
Roller Printing 1785 Scotland
Manual Screen 1900 England
Auto. Flat bed 1940 Switzerland
Rotary 1963 Portugal
Transfer 1968 France
Printing
Inkjet, Xerox 1990 USA
Heritage based
Technologies
Block Printing
Tie-dye
Batik
Spray/Stencil
Human skill based
Nation’s pride
Non replaceable
Unlimited life
Science based
Technologies
Roller printing
Screen printing: Flat bed,
Rotary screen printing
Transfer printing
Digital printing
Machine based
Replaceable
Limited life
PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGY TRENDS
World Production
share
• Rotary Screen Printing 60%
• Automatic Flat Bed 18%
• Other methods 22%