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    Styles of Printing

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    There are three main styles of printing fabrics: direct, discharge, and resist. Direct style involves applying dye directly to the fabric in paste form, allowing any pattern. Discharge style prints on dyed fabric, using a discharging agent to bleach the dye from printed areas. Resist style first applies a substance like wax to the fabric to resist dye, then dyes the rest of the fabric, leaving the resisted areas the original color.

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    There are three main styles of printing fabrics: direct, discharge, and resist. Direct style involves applying dye directly to the fabric in paste form, allowing any pattern. Discharge style prints on dyed fabric, using a discharging agent to bleach the dye from printed areas. Resist style first applies a substance like wax to the fabric to resist dye, then dyes the rest of the fabric, leaving the resisted areas the original color.

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    There are three main styles of printing fabrics: direct, discharge, and resist. Direct style involves applying dye directly to the fabric in paste form, allowing any pattern. Discharge style prints on dyed fabric, using a discharging agent to bleach the dye from printed areas. Resist style first applies a substance like wax to the fabric to resist dye, then dyes the rest of the fabric, leaving the resisted areas the original color.

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    There are three main styles of printing fabrics: direct, discharge, and resist. Direct style involves applying dye directly to the fabric in paste form, allowing any pattern. Discharge style prints on dyed fabric, using a discharging agent to bleach the dye from printed areas. Resist style first applies a substance like wax to the fabric to resist dye, then dyes the rest of the fabric, leaving the resisted areas the original color.

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    Styles of Printing

    Fabrics can be printed in three different styles namely direct, discharge and resist styles.

    Styles Of Printing
    Fabrics can be printed in three different styles namely direct, discharge and resist
    styles.

    1. Direct Style of Printing


    The most common style of printing textile fabric is direct printing. In this method
    the dye is directly applied onto the fabric. Dyes are used in paste form. It is the
    simplest and oldest style of printing. It can be done on a white fabric or coloured
    fabric. The dye is imprinted on the fabric in paste form and any desired pattern
    may be produced. Dark colour prints in lighter background is the characteristic
    feature of direct style printing. In this style of printing, the printing paste is
    transferred to the selected areas of the fabric and the pigments adhere to the fabric
    surface. Direct style of printing is used in block printing, screen printing or roller
    printing methods.
     easiest style of printing
     economical
     This style is easy, economical and suitable for printing both simple and
    complicated designs.

    2. Discharge Style of Printing


    In this method, the fabric is printed on a dyed fabric. The printing paste used in
    this method contains a discharging agent, which will bleach or destroy the colour
    from the dyed fabric in the printed areas. The resulting white area is brighten the
    overall design. Sometimes the base colour is removed and another colour is
    printed in its place. The discharging agent is an oxidizing or reducing agent
    capable of discharging colours by oxidation and reduction. Potassium chlorate or
    sodium chlorate (oxidizing agents) and stannous chloride (reducing agent) are
    commonly used discharging agents. The effects produced are very striking as the
    white area obtained brightens the overall design. This style of printing enabled
    intricate and fine designs to be printed on the fabric. If the fabric is not thoroughly
    washed after printing, the strength of the fabric may be affected due to the use of
    discharging agents. The advantages of discharge style of printing produces light,
    bright colour on a dark background, printing is sharp and fine and easier to work.
    However the major disadvantages of this method is the cost involved.

    3. The Resist Style


    In this method, the bleached fabric is first printed with a substance like wax, rice
    paste, china clay or chemicals such as acids, alkalis and salts that resist dye
    penetration and fixation. The printed fabric is then dipped in cold dye bath, so
    that the resisting agent remains unaffected and only the areas free of the resist
    agent are coloured. After dyeing process, the resist paste is removed, leaving
    white or light coloured patterns on a dark background. Batik, tie and dye are
    examples of resist printing. The durability of the fabric is not affected by the resist
    method.

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