TS 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Halftone, Overprint, Electric Charge
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Screen printing: involves the preparation of a printing screen made from fine-mesh screen fabric of nylon, polyester, or metal tightly mounted on a frame or rolled in a cylinder. Automatic-screen printing: the fabric being printed is moved to the screens on a wide rubberized belt. Rotary-screen printing: continuous since the screens are cylinders; fabric being printed is moved on wide rubber belt under the rotary- screen cylinders that re in continuous motion. Roller printing: high speed process, capable of producing more than. 60,000 yards of printed fabric per hour; the design is put on fabric by copper engraved rollers. Aging: exposing the printed fabric to steam at temperatures near or sometimes exceeding the boiling point of water (pressure steaming) Curing: subjected to dry heat up to 400 f for several minutes to set resin that holds the pigments. Wet prints: fabrics have been printed with dyes.
