Textile Printing

Textile printing is one of the procedure of textile decoration.Textile printing requires the correct coordination between the printing machinery support and the human skill for producing the best of the results. Textile printing uses various printing techniques of which screen printing is most predominant.

• Screen printing was previously known as silk screening which refers to the printing technique that utilizes a stencil or a porous fabric to create a sharp edged image. Nowadays it is very popular both in fields of commercial printing and fine arts. Because of its advantage of low cost and ability to print on many mediums it is preferred over other processes like dye sublimation or inkjet printing. It started off during the First World War as an industrial process used primarily for printing flags and banners. Guy Mc Roy was the pioneer of screen printing technique. The greatest advantage of screen printing is that it possesses more versatility than any other traditional printing techniques.
• Block Printing --- It was first developed in china. In this technique , first an original needs to be created ,then block with ink is used to create duplicates which involves a wide variety of skilled crafts men
• Ink jet printing - In this technique the intended pattern along with the individual color is formed by projecting small drops of ink which are special dye liquors in predetermined micro arrays onto the surface of the substrate.