printing Flashcards
direct printing
warp
block
roller
heat transfer
printed paper is heated at a high temp and the design is transferred to the fabric using pressure
digital
printing directly onto the fabric using inkjet technology and CAD
discharge
completed after fabric has been dyed; print paste contains a chemical to destroy the dye molecules and discharge the dye
resist
irate printing
rotary screen printing
machine printing
hand printing
stencil
batik
principles of printing
printing bed should have soft resist
printing past should be viscose
print tool pushed directly and firmly
heat set
washed
sublimation
change from solid to gas without passing through the liquid stage; used in heat transfer printing so they fabric isn’t wetted out
role of the thickener
printing paste; produces a medick for the dye base
role of the mordant
chemical that can help assist bind a dye molecule to a fibre for which it otherwise has little or no affinity