The production process of printed fabrics includes multiple steps, from preparing the fabric to the final printing. First, the colorless cotton blended fabric needs to go through a series of pre-treatment processes such as singeing, desizing, scouring, bleaching, and tensioning before printing. There are many printing methods, including flat screen printing and roller printing, which are suitable for fabrics of different materials and needs.
In the printing process, screen printing is a common method. It involves preparing a printing screen, which is usually made of nylon, polyester fiber or wire fabric with a fine mesh. The screen needs to be coated with an opaque non-porous film, and then the film on the pattern part is removed by photosensitive method to reveal the pattern. When printing, the printing paste is poured into the printing frame, and the paste is forced to pass through the mesh of the screen by a scraper to form the desired pattern.
In addition, different types of printing processes are also widely used in clothing and textile design. For example, plate printing is suitable for figurative patterns with clear edges; digital printing inputs digital data into the computer, breaking through the limitation of cyclic arrangement of unit patterns; transfer printing transfers patterns to fabrics through heat pressing and other methods, which is suitable for the design of fine patterns. These processes not only enrich the visual effects of fabrics, but also provide designers with more creative space.