12 Facts About Textile printing

Textile printing is the process of applying color to fabric in definite patterns or designs.

Textile printing is related to dyeing but in dyeing properly the whole fabric is uniformly covered with one colour, whereas in printing one or more colours are applied to it in certain parts only, and in sharply defined patterns.

Colourants used in Textile printing contain dyes thickened to prevent the colour from spreading by capillary attraction beyond the limits of a pattern or design.

Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and probably originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.

Textile printing was known in Europe, via the Islamic world, from about the 12th century, and widely used.

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All Textile printing colours require thickening to enable them to be transferred from colour-box to cloth without running or spreading beyond the limits of the pattern.

Perrotine is a block-Textile printing machine invented by Perrot of Rouen in 1834 and is only of historical interest.

Digital textile printing is often referred to as direct-to-garment printing, DTG printing, or digital garment printing.

Inkjet technology in digital textile printing allows for single pieces, mid-run production and even long-run alternatives to screen printed fabric.

Lithographic printing has been applied to textile fabrics with qualified success.

Pad printing has been recently introduced to textile printing for the specific purpose of printing garment tags and care labels.

Goods intended for calico Textile printing are well-bleached; otherwise stains and other serious defects are certain to arise during subsequent operations.