Assignment no 1 ( 2017)

a) Briefly explain the application of color techniques on below styles of printing?

a. Block
b. Stencil
c. Roller
d. Screen Printing
i. Flat Bed Screen Printing?
ii. Rotary Screen Printing?
e. Spray printing
f. Resist printing
g. Discharge printing
h. Duplex printing
b) Define and explain the intaglio effect in printing?
c) What is the function of color doctor on roller printing?
d) What is a Croquis?
e) What are the limitations and disadvantages of roller printing?
f) What is the function of the lint doctor in the above printing technique?
g) Explain the term diapositives in engraving of screens?
h) Discuss the steps of engraving screens being used for roller printing?
i) What variable factors control the amount of paste flow in screen printing?
j) Explain the following printing faults
a. Registration:
Registration It has already been pointed out that accurate
movement of the blanket exactly one screen-repeat distance, each time
it is advanced, is essential for the correct registration of the colours in
the design, and that inadequate adhesion of the fabric to the blanket
will cause local misfitting.
b. Frame marks:

When printing consecutive screen repeats, the screen frame inevitably

falls on part of the area most recently printed and may leave an
impression. This is a particularly difficult problem for blotch screens
where large amounts of print paste are applied.

The problem is reduced in hand screen and semi-automatic screen

printing by printing alternate screen repeats and then moving back to
fill in the gaps, but this is obviously not possible in automatic machines,
since in these the movement of the blanket is always in the same
direction.

To avoid this fault is known as off-contact printing. The screen frame is

lowered to a point only just above the blanket, the gap being so small
that, as the squeegee passes and stretches the screen fabric, the
printing area of the screen makes contact with the fabric being printed.
 c. Splashing:
When screens are lifted symmetrically after printing (that is, with the screen
remaining horizontal), print paste in the space beneath the screen can often
remain in contact with the screen momentarily and then splash back on to the
fabric.
This can be avoided, or at least reduced, by lifting the screens at one side just
before the other.
k) Define mesh?
l) Define raster?
m) What are pitch marks?
n) Define the squeegee systems?
o) List and briefly explain the parameters of intermittent movement?
List and briefly explain the parameters affecting the production rate of machines?(flat bed
screen printing)
p) Explain the steps/functions of CAD in the interpretation and development of design for
printing?
q) Explain the three basic design aspects of Repeats? Diagrams appreciated?
r) What is the difference between Step and Repeat?