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Printing Defect

The document describes several common printing defects that can occur when screen printing fabric. These include flushing/wicking caused by low viscosity paste bleeding into unprinted areas, bleeding also caused by low viscosity paste, and misfits from improper screen alignment leading to overlapping colors. Other defects mentioned are stick-ins where lint gets stuck in the screen, back fabric seam impressions, color smearing, running out of color, uneven color application, cracks or misalignments from improper transfer printing, and color drag or splatter from paste application issues.

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Printing Defect

The document describes several common printing defects that can occur when screen printing fabric. These include flushing/wicking caused by low viscosity paste bleeding into unprinted areas, bleeding also caused by low viscosity paste, and misfits from improper screen alignment leading to overlapping colors. Other defects mentioned are stick-ins where lint gets stuck in the screen, back fabric seam impressions, color smearing, running out of color, uneven color application, cracks or misalignments from improper transfer printing, and color drag or splatter from paste application issues.

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PRINTING DEFECT

Flushing/Wicking Caused due to Low viscosity of print paste. It occurs when the printed area bleeds out into the UN printed area. The result is a haloing or shadowing effect around the outline of the pattern design.

Bleeding Misfits A misfit is a print defect caused by improper alignment of the screens. Also known as ted areas in the design. For example, a green leaf may overlap its black outline or print over another color. Caused due to Low viscosity of print paste It is major defect as it happens throughout the fabric unless the viscosity is corrected.

Stick-ins A stick-in occurs when a small fiber or piece of lint gets stuck in the screen opening. The result is a small unprinted circle in the design. A stick-in is very difficult to see and often goes unnoticed during a long run.

Back Fabric Seam Impression Backing fabric is often used to cushion fabric being printed. If there is a joining seam in the backing fabric, an impression will result on printed fabric.

Color Smear The result of color being smeared during printing.

Color Out The result of color running low in reservoir on printing machine

Mottled Color applied unevenly during printing

Crack or miss alignment in transfer printed fabric. Incomplete transfer of design from paper to fabric on transfer printing due to removal of transfer of paper while the fabric was still hot.

Colour Drag-Colour of the print smears or smudges from rubbing against an object before it becomes dry. Colour Splatter-The print paste instead of being placed on the fabric is thrown or splattered onto thefabric surface. Fuzzy Pattern-The edges of patterns are not sharp, clear lines, but are instead rather fuzzy lines. Most frequently caused by improper singeing or improperly thickened print paste. Off-register-Printing rolls or screens improperly aligned so pattern parts do not meet properly. This imperfection is also called out-of-fit or out-of-register. Stop Mark-Colour streak across the fabric resulting from the printing machine being stopped during the printing process and then starting again. Tender Spots-In printed fabrics; one or more colours of the print may cause weakened areas where they were printed. Usually due to excessive use of injurious chemicals in the print paste. May also be found in the discharged area of discharge prints.

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