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PRINTING STYLES

CONTENTS
• Fiber classification
• Processes
• Recipes
• Fastness
OBJECTIVES
1. GOOD REGISTRATION
2. GOOD CLARITY
3. GOOD DEFINITION
4. GOOD PENETRATION
5. GOOD FASTNESS
6 . LOW PERCENTAGE SECONDS
STYLES OF PRINTING
• Direct
• Discharge
• Resist
• Heat transfer
WHAT & WHY DIRECT?
• most common approach.
• Simple and fast.
• done on white or a colored fabric.
• If done on colored fabric, known as overprinting.
WHICH FIBER GETS WHAT?
• Cellulosic – direct, reactive, vats, pigments.
• Protein – acid, basic, pigments, metal
complex.
• Synthetics – disperse, pigments
STEPS IN PRINTING PROCESS
1. Preparation of fabric and print paste
2. Printing on fabric
3. Drying
4. Fixation of prints
5. Wash off
PREPARATION OF FABRIC AND
PRINT PASTE
PREPARATION OF FABRIC AND
PRINT PASTE
FABRIC PASTE
• Proper pretreatment (RFD) • No lump formation
• If colored fabric, uniform • Uniform color distribution,
coloration. viscosity
TYPICAL RECIPE OF PRINT PASTE
• Dyes and pigments
• Thickener
• Binder, cross linking agent
• Sequestering agent
• Defoamers
• Catalysts
• Dispersing agent
• Handle modifiers
• Humectants
• Adhesive promoters
THOSE NECESSARY FOR FIXATION OF DYE
ONTO FIBER
• REACTIVES - ALKALI
• VATS - REDUCING AGENT
• CATIONIC - ACID
• DISPERSE - CARRIER
• DO NOT INCORPORATE STRONG ACID, BASES, OXIDIZING AND
REDUCING AGENTS IN PRINT PASTE.
FIXATION STEPS
• 1. ATMOSPHERIC STEAM
- TREATMENT AT 102-105ºC WITH SATURATED STEAM USED WITH
• DIRECT DYES
• VAT DYES
• NAPHTHOL DYES
• ACID DYES
• CATIONIC DYES
• REACTIVE DYES
- FESTOON STEAMER MOST COMMON EQUIPMENT & ACID AGER FOR ACID DYES
• 2. PRESSURE STEAM
- TREATMENT AT 125-130ºCUNDER LON
PRESSURE
- USED WITH DISPERSE DYES
- TURBO-AUTOCLAVE MOST COMMON
EQUIPMENT
• 3. HIGH TEMPERATURE STEAM
- TREATMENT WITH SPUERHEATED STEAM AT
TEMPERATURE UP TO 165-185ºC USED WITH
• DiSPERSE DYES
• PIGMENTS
- CAN ALSO BE USED As AN ATMOSPHERIC
STEAMER
• 4. DRY HEAT
- TREATMENT WITH DRY HEAT AT
TEMPERATURES UP TO 200-210ºC USED
WITH
• DISPERSE DYES
• REACTIVE DYES
• PIGMENTS
WASH OFF
• REMOVE THE THICKENING AGENT
• REMOVE AUXILIARIES
• REMOVE EXCESS DYESTUFF
• IMPROVE BRILLIANCE OF PRINT
• IMPROVE FASTNESS PROPERTIES OF PRINT

TO OVERCOME THE PROBLEM OF-


• BACKSTAINING OF UNDYED AREAS

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