printing

Question 1

direct printing

Answer 1

warp
block
roller

Question 2

heat transfer

Answer 2

printed paper is heated at a high temp and the design is transferred to the fabric using pressure

Question 3

digital

Answer 3

printing directly onto the fabric using inkjet technology and CAD

Question 4

discharge

Answer 4

completed after fabric has been dyed; print paste contains a chemical to destroy the dye molecules and discharge the dye

Question 5

resist

Answer 5

irate printing
rotary screen printing
machine printing
hand printing
stencil
batik

Question 6

principles of printing

Answer 6

printing bed should have soft resist
printing past should be viscose
print tool pushed directly and firmly
heat set
washed

Question 7

sublimation

Answer 7

change from solid to gas without passing through the liquid stage; used in heat transfer printing so they fabric isn’t wetted out

Question 8

role of the thickener

Answer 8

printing paste; produces a medick for the dye base

Question 9

role of the mordant

Answer 9

chemical that can help assist bind a dye molecule to a fibre for which it otherwise has little or no affinity