How are printed fabrics classified?

Calico, also known as printed fabric, is a kind of textile with printed patterns, including cotton and polyester. There are many kinds. Let's briefly introduce what calico is. The simple understanding of calico is that fabric is a kind of fabric after printing patterns. Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, there were more than 100 Lingbao Dyehouses, which were distributed in counties, towns and villages, and their business was booming. When making, first soak the white cloth in water, stir it into paste with bean flour and gypsum, make a plate with hard oil paper, carve the patterns of flowers, birds, insects and fish, spread the plate on the white cloth, print it with a scraper, then put it in a dye vat for dyeing, and peel off the attachments on the patterns after drying in the shade. After the founding of New China, the development of textile printing and dyeing industry gradually replaced this traditional technology. According to the difference of calico and printing process, calico also has corresponding classification.

There are two kinds of printed fabrics: reactive printing and dyeing and pigment printing and dyeing. Pigment printing and dyeing belongs to non-reactive dyes, which are relatively cheap, but now there are many special printed fabrics, and the price is not cheap. Reactive dyes are reactive dyes, which make fabrics have excellent dustproof performance, high cleanliness, high color fastness and high cost. Printing process determines that there are several classifications: First, printed fabrics are divided into ink-and-wash printed fabrics and transfer printed fabrics. The main difference between these two fabrics lies in the different printing processes. First, look at ink printed fabrics, which are generally divided into rotary screen printed fabrics and flat screen printed fabrics. This paper briefly introduces their characteristics: flat screen printing has low production efficiency, but wide adaptability and flexible application, which is suitable for small batch and multi-variety production. Rotary screen printing is a continuous process with high production efficiency, which has the advantages of roller and flat screen printing, but it still has some limitations in pattern fineness and printing color richness. The transfer printing process of transfer printing fabric is simple, with small investment and flexible production.