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Printing is widely regarded as the textile finishing process par excellence. This prominent role is bestowed upon both due to its inherent applicative challenges and the demands for artistic sensitivity it entails.

Depending on the needs and desired results, Serigrafica Carpigiana provides its clients the opportunity yo enhance their clothing items or fabrics using various printing techniques and types of printing paste; in particular:

Square screen printing - Large andSmall Format

What is it?

Screen printing is a method of printing practiced on fabric and knitwear to imprint design or ornamental artwork on them, using one or more colors.

Process

Once the cloth to be printed is stretched on the appropriate support, the screen print is placed on them, and the color is poured on the silk of the screen print. By pressing it with a specialized spatula, known as a “racla” , the color will pass through the dye-permeable areas of the silk, precisely and distinctly maintaining the graphic design.

Interesting Fact

After this brief description, the etymological meaning of the term “screen printing” became clear. It originates from the latin word “sericum” (silk) and the Greek word “graphos” ( to write ); thus “serigrafis” literally means “writing with silk”.
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Digital printing with dyes

What is it?

Digital print on fabric and garments operates using a system conceptually similar to that of a digital inkjet for paper.

Process

The color is printed on the garments using A so-called “print head”, making the reproduced artwork durable and imperceptible to the touch.

Interesting Fact

Digital printing is often refferd to as “DTG” ( Direct To Garment printing ) or “ink-jet” printing because the color is literally “sprayed” directly onto the garments.
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Printing foils and coloured polishes

What is it?

Colored foil and polishing represent highly appreciated stylistic possibilities in the high fashion market.

Process

Lamination in a textile enhancement process through which a thin metallic foil (lamina) can be transferred onto the surface of a garments, previously printed with suitable glue. This foil can adhere on the garment surface uniformly or be distributed in a pattern.
Temperature and pressure cause the foil deposit onto the surface.

Interesting Fact

The foil used for this process is available in different metallic colors such as gold, silver, transparent, pastel, gradient, multicolor and more.
The foil transferred on garments gives them a unique richness, making them more visible and sought after.
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Flock applications

What is it?

The term “floccation” refers to a particular process that allows the coating of an object, or parts of it, with very small fibers that give a velvety effect to both touch and sight. The material used is called “flock” from which the term “floccation” derived.

Process

The floccation treatment consist of 6 main steps:
- Glue printing on the support ( in our case, onto the garments );
- Glue drying;
- Polimerization;
- Hot pressing with flock;
- Polimerization to complet the fixing process of the flock onto the fabric/garments;
- Brushing (manual or with compressed air ) of the flocked articles to remove the excess fibers.

Interesting Fact

In English, “flock” means “fluff”, a term that alludes to the light texture of the fibers it comprises.
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Transfer applications

What is it?

The transfer print on textile is a technique that allow for transferring a specific image onto a textile substrate.

Process

This technique is carried out using a transfer, which is an intermediate carrier where the image to be transferred onto the garments item is placed. The transfer is then placed on the fabric, and through the heat produced by a plate placed on the top of it, the ink from the image is released.

Interesting Fact

The ink is thus transferred onto the substrate, and the processing time will depend from the quantity of the ink that needs to be transferred onto the garment or fabric undergoing this type of treatment.

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