Principles of Textile Printing

Principles of Textile Printing discusses technical aspects of textile printing, covering almost all topics related to textile printing, including the types and quality of printing important for user satisfaction. It offers historical and introductory aspects of textile printing, styles and methods of printing, and printing and ancillary machines. Describes a variety of existing technologies and a wide range of designs created by applying colors in restricted portions using printing tools. Identifies technical, as opposed to artistic, aspects of textile printing. Covers a wide range of diverse and economical designs created by applying colors in restricted portions using printing tools. Discusses theoretical as well as practical aspects of textile printing. Explores a broad variety of printing types. The book aims to educate those readers from large printing houses as well as from cottage and smaller boutique printers so that their products meet fastness standards.

1. Introduction to Textile Printing 2. Preparatory Processes Before Printing 3. Dyes and Auxiliaries for Textile Printing 4. Various Means of Printing Textiles 5. Direct, Discharge and Resist Styles of Printing 6. Manual Printing Methods 7. Roller and Screen Printing Machines 8. Digital Printing

Dr. Asim Kumar Roy Choudhury is Principal, KPS Institute of Polytechnic, India. He was formerly with Gargi Memorial Institute of Technology (GMIT), Baruipur and was Professor of Dyeing and HOD (Textile) at Government College of Engineering and Textile Technology, Serampore (GCETTS) Hooghly, West Bengal for 32 years. He is a Fellow of The Society of Dyers and Colourists, (UK), Institute of Engineers (India), and Hind-Agri-Horticultural Society and a Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education, Textile Association (India), Indian Society of Analytical Scientists, and Indian Thermal Analysis Society. He serves as Executive Editor, Asian Journal of Environmental Science (Hind-Agri-Horticultural Society) and Editor, FutureTech: An International Journal of Science and Technology (FIJST).