Unit 1 Introduction to printing

5 lecture hours

• General sequence of printing
• Printing ingredients: thickeners
• hygroscopic agents
• reducing and oxidizing agents, etc
• Different styles of printing: direct
• raised etc
• Various methods of printing: flat-bed
• screen printing
• rotary screen printing
• roller printing
• block printing
• stencil printing
• transfer printing, etc

Unit 2 Methods for print fixation

• various steamers and agers 02 5 %

Unit 3 Printing of cotton fabric using different dyes

4 lecture hours

• reactive, vat, azoic colours
• etc. by different styles of printing

Unit 4 Printing of other natural fibres except cotton

4 lecture hours

• etc. and regenerated cellulosics i.e. viscose rayon
• cuprammonium rayon
• etc. by different styles of printing using suitable dyes

Unit 5 Printing of synthetic fibres

5 lecture hours

• etc. by different styles of printing using suitable dyes

Unit 6 Printing of blended fabrics

2 lecture hours

• etc. using suitable combination of dyes and style of printing

Unit 7 Introduction to finishing

• Object and significance

Unit 8 Chemical finishing of natural and synthetic textiles Softening, stiffening, durable press finish, weighing, milling etc

5 lecture hours

• application and techno-chemical aspects

Unit 9 Mechanical finishing of natural and synthetic textile

5 lecture hours

• etc.: principle
• application and techno-physical aspects