Printing

Question 1

What is rotary screen printing?

Answer 1

The dye is applied through a roller. The ink is pressed from reservoirs inside the roller onto the fabric.

Question 2

What is flatbed screen printing?

Answer 2

Very detailed patterns, very expensive. Fabric is moved along on a conveyor blanket and moved along the printing table

Question 3

What is manual flatbed screen printing?

Answer 3

Designer and t shirt prints mainly

Question 4

What is discharge printing?

Answer 4

A plain dyed fabric is printed with a resist paste which removes the colour and adds another. Mostly used on dark fabrics

Question 5

What is digital printing?

Answer 5

In this form of printing, micro sized droplets of dye are placed onto the fabric through an inkjet print head

Question 6

What are the methods of printing?

Answer 6

Rotary screen printing // flat bed screen printing // manual flat bed screen printing // discharge printing // digital printing