TEXTILE PRINTING

By ABIGAIL GARCIA

CONTENTS CHAPTER TRADITIONAL METHODS A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE SURFACE PRINTING METHODS ENGRAVED-ROLLER PRINTING CHAPTER SCREEN PRINTING INTRODUCTION HAND SCREEN AND SEMI-AUTOMATIC SCREEN PRINTING FULLY AUTOMATIC FLAT-SCREEN PRINTING ROTARY-SCREEN PRINTING DESIGN ASPECTS COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN SCREEN PRODUCTION THE FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISM OF SCREEN PRINTING NONTEXTILE APPLICATIONS OF SCREEN PRINTING TRANSFER PRINTING SUBLIMATION TRANSFER MELT AND FILM RELEASE TRANSFER WET TRANSFER PRINTING CARPET AND YARN PRINTING HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF CARPET PRINTING YARN PRINTING (SPACE DYEING) CARPET PRINTING PRINTING OF CARPET TILES TREATMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER PRINTING PHYSICAL FACTORS AFFECTING THE QUALITY OF PRINTED CARPETS SELECTION OF DYES AND CHEMICALS FOR PRINTING NYLON CARPETS PRINTING OF CARPETS TUFTED FROM FIBRES OTHER THAN NYLON DIRECT PRINT COLORATION PIGMENT PRINTING CELLULOSIC FIBRES POLYESTER FIBRES CELLULOSE ACETATE FIBRES ACRYLIC FIBRES POLYAMIDE FIBRES PROTEIN FIBRES POLYESTER/CELLULOSE FIBRE BLENDS DISCHARGE, RESIST AND SPECIAL STYLES INTRODUCTION AND DEFINITIONS DISCHARGE PRINTING APPLICATION PROCEDURES IN DISCHARGE PRINTING RESIST PRINTING SPECIAL STYLES THE PRODUCTION AND PROPERTIES OF PRINTING PASTES THE REQUIREMENTS THICKENERS RAW MATERIALS: POLYSACCHARIDES VISCOUS EMULSIONS VISCOUS FOAMS SYNTHETIC-POLYMER THICKENERS PRINT PASTE RHEOLOGY PRINT PASTE PRODUCTION COLOUR SHOP ORGANISATION FIXATION AND AFTERTREATMENT PROCESSES PIGMENT PRINTS STEAMERS MISCELLANEOUS TECHNIQUES WASHING-OFF PROCESSES WASHING-OFF EQUIPMENT THE USE OF DIGITAL SYSTEMS IN TEXTILE PRINTING IMAGE CAPTURE AND DISPLAY SCREEN MAKING USING DIGITAL PATTERN DATA DIGITAL CONTROL SYSTEMS IN THE SCREEN PRINTING INDUSTRY PRINCIPLES OF INK-JET PRINTING SYSTEMS USED FOR TEXTILES LARGE-FORMAT PRINTING MACHINES FOR TEXTILES INK SYSTEMS FOR DIGITAL PRINTING VARIABLES AFFECTING SHADE REPRODUCIBILITY MARKETS FOR JET-PRINTED TEXTILES