Printing Defects

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Printing Defects
● Printing defects may result from faulty or
improper printing procedures, faulty or improper
preparation of fabric prior to printing, or from
imperfections in the material being printed or to
imperfections in the material itself.
Flipped Yarn
● The part that looks like scratches because
the warp and weft yarns have been turned
upside down. This failure of finishing is called,
flipped yarn. Basically, the cause of this trouble
is due to the insufficient penetration of color
paste, and it often happens when the treatment
after printing is carried out inappropriately
Flipped Yarn
Blebbiness
● A part of the printed surface became blebby
with a rough appearance like that of sharkskin.
This is often caused by such factors as
unsuitability of color paste viscosity and screen
mesh, and uneven adhesion.
Blebbiness
Bleeding
● A printed motif blurs, & as a result the outline
of the design appears unclear. When bleeding
occurs, it is possible to think of the following
reasons: the viscosity of color paste is too low;
the concentration of dyestuff in print paste is
too high & the amount of color paste printed or
amount of hygroscopic agent used is too large
Bleeding
Staining During
Steaming
● Stains are transferred when a poorly washed
printing table is used, the printed cloth is piled
up after insufficient drying or a part of the cloth
touches another during steaming. In Japan,
some factories carry out complete washing of
finished cloth applying tensionless rope
Staining During
Steaming
Stains
Uneven Printing
● Color tone gaps appear horizontally at the
same distance from each other. Bad screen
frame, a poorly installed squeegee and uneven
squeegee pressure can cause such a problem
Uneven Printing
Slight Touching
● Some area in a motif has pale spots. This is
caused by such factors as the slow replenishment
of color paste, uneven squeegee pressure,
choosing a squeegee with inappropriate hardness,
bad squeegee relay, uneven surface of printing
table, inappropriate viscosity of color paste &
inappropriate use of thickener.
Slight Touching
Poorly Adjusted Screen
● Disfigured designs or overlapped motifs. The
problem occurs when the belt-drive and point
adjustments, etc are not properly done
Poorly Adjusted Screen
Double Printing
● Designs printed are a little off. Disfigured
designs, poor engraving, poor cloth adhesion
etc are the causes of this problem
Double Printing
Pressing Paste by Frame
● Sometimes a frame mark appears in the
printed area. This phenomenon occurs
because of poor belt drive and frame
installation
Pressing Paste by Frame
Pattern Bending
● Printed patterns are diagonal to the line
pattern or sometimes curved. This is caused
when the cloth is delivered diagonally or the
cloth is adhered diagonally to the printing table
because of inappropriately sewed end stitches.
Pattern Bending
Speck
● The arrow points to the dots of color stain.
This is because non-dissolved dyestuff and
impurities contained in color paste have fixed to
the problem area
Speck
Stain by Friction
● Staining occurs since the motif touches
something when it is not dried and is scuffed
after all
Stain by Friction
Color Paste Splash
● Sometimes stains can be made by color
paste splashes. The splashes are most likely to
occur when the roller printing speed is too fast,
the screen plate is lifted inappropriately or the
viscosity of color paste is too low
Color Paste Splash
Extra Hanging Yarns
● Yarn-like-stains are made by the extra
hanging yarns sticking out of the cloth. This
happens especially when poorly knit fabric is
used
Extra Hanging Yarns
Listing
● The color shade or depth of selvages are
different from that of the center. This sort of
color shade or depth difference occurs because
of poor bleaching, the poor installation of a
frame & squeegee, uneven squeegee pressure
& inappropriate padding and color fixing
Listing
End Stitches Stain
● Stain made by sewing machine stitches, or
the end stitches of undercloth. This happens
when the end stitches or joint overlaps end up
too large
End Stitches Stain
Drops
● Stains or unevenness due to drops. Drain
(condensed water) or drops can stain like the
one the arrow points to before the completion
of steaming
Drops
Doctor Mark
● Belt-like-stain appears vertical to the direction
of roller printing
Doctor Mark
Take Up Wire
Uneven Printing due to
Crease
● Non printed areas appear because of crease
on fabric. This is caused by crease on fabric,
bad end stitches, too much tension during
adhesion, crease on undercloth etc
Uneven Printing due to
Crease
Poor Discharge or Resist
Printing
● Poor white discharge and colored discharge
have to do with poor conditions of
discharge/resist printing paste, color paste,
squeegee pressure, steaming
Poor Discharge or Resist
Printing
Crack of Print Paste
● Printed color paste cracks. The problem
occurs because poor treatment is carried out
after printing or the viscosity of the color paste
is inappropriate
Crack of Print Paste
Rope Mark Modification
● Rope and roller leave their marks on printed
cloth. It happens when the temperatures during
steaming are too high, or the temperatures set
for finishing are too low
Rope Mark Modification
Rope Mark Fading
● The area that has touched rope or rollers
during steaming has faded colors or stains.
This problem occurs particularly when steam is
condensed in rope or rollers
Rope Mark Fading
Clip and Pin Miss
● Tenter's clip or pin marks remain or appear
too inside. Bad clips or pins, poorly conditioned
guilder and unusual cloth width can lead to the
problem
Clip and Pin Miss
Unprinted Area
● Some area in a motif are not printed. The
reason is that foreign matter has been built up
in the screen mesh, or that color paste cannot
adhere to the cloth because of yarn knot or
foreign matter
Unprinted Area
Crack Marks
● Unprinted part appears when the fabric is
stretched or bent. This is caused by poor
penetration of color paste due to inappropriate
viscosity of color paste, screen mesh and
squeegee pressure
Crack Marks
Moire
● Moire pattern appears on printed designs.
Screen mesh, the roulettes of rollers, the line
delineation pattern have to do with this
phenomenon
Moire
Water Mark
● An unwanted ripple effect/light mark
produced on the fabric is known as a water
mark. Main causes are Improper Scouring,
Surface pressure of one fabric on another,
Contamination with water prior to tinting or
dyeing on the pad mangle resulting in a
reduction in the update of dye liquor
Water Mark

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