The most common process in printing-screen printing,
Screen printing is generally divided into water slurry printing, glue printing, gold, silver printing, luminous, reflective printing, foam printing, and thermosetting ink printing.
Screen printing is not limited by the surface shape of the substrate and the size of the area. Generally, the price is calculated according to the position of the color.
Water-based printing is the printing paste used when printing light-colored fabrics. It can penetrate into the fabrics, has no hand feeling, and is durable and does not fade. T-shirt colors suitable for water slurry are: white, light blue, pink, bright yellow, fruit green, etc.
Glue printing is the printing paste used when printing dark fabrics. Because the dark fabric has a deep color, it is difficult to cover the background color during printing. It is necessary to use glue to achieve the effect of covering the background color. All colors of clothes can be printed with glue.
The printing paste used for gold powder and silver powder printing is made of special gold and silver powder paste and gold and silver powder. The gold and silver powder paste is a jelly and has a higher viscosity. When printing, use a 60-80 mesh low mesh screen. It can be heated after printing, and the surface of the printed matter has a strong hand feeling and gold and silver powder luster. Because it needs to be prepared with gold and silver powder, the solid production cost is higher than that of water slurry and glue.
Luminous printing is prepared by mixing glue with luminous powder. Luminous powder is a powdery light-induced energy storage and light-storing luminescent material, which realizes the luminous function by absorbing various visible lights. Under bright light, it presents its own appearance color, and under the effect of dark place, it emits fluorescent green light. It is a kind of printing that is more popular among young people. It is suitable for nightclubs, concerts, and party clothes.
Reflective printing Reflective material uses the principle of retroreflection to reflect the long-distance light beam irradiated on the surface of the reflective material back to the light source with a certain intensity according to the original path of the light. At night, rain and snow, or when there is no street light, unclear vision, fatigue and other poor recognition ability, it can enhance the visibility of moving objects in various environments with poor vision, so that drivers and passengers can be farther and farther in the shortest time. Within the distance, the content of the sign can be recognized in time and without error, so as to make corresponding judgments to ensure the safety of people and transportation facilities; it also provides reminders or warning signs for other civilian objects and people that need to borrow light to reflect at night, so as to achieve The purpose of reducing or avoiding traffic accidents. This kind of printing is generally used for the vests worn by traffic police and firefighting suits worn by firefighters.
Foam printing Foam printing is a kind of screen printing, but the printing paste used is foam paste. After heating or standing, the foaming paste will foam up and swell quickly on the printing surface, forming a clear three-dimensional effect, and it is elastic, just like foaming sponge products. Sports casual wear and casual fashion are often used. Like ordinary screen printing, the colors can be adjusted at will.
Foam printing does not have too many requirements for clothing fabrics, and it is suitable for almost all external clothing.
Thermosetting ink printing Thermosetting ink is mainly used in dot printing, especially spot color dot printing. Without digital computer technology, the color separation and screening of patterns will be very difficult. Therefore, it is precisely relying on the rapid development of digital computer technology that dot printing has gained popularity.
Thermosetting inks need to be heated after printing, usually with drying treatment. After drying, the printed surface feels a bit blunt. It is mostly used for alternative and personalized fashion casual wear, and the cost is relatively high.
