PRINTING DEFECTS

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Poorly Adjusted Screen

Disfigured designs or
overlapped motifs.
The problem occurs
when the belt-drive
and point adjustments,
etc are not properly
done

Double Printing
Designs printed are a
little off.
Disfigured
designs,
poor
engraving,
poor cloth adhesion
etc are the causes of
this problem

Pressing Paste by Frame

Sometimes a frame
mark appears in the
printed area.
phenomenon
This
occurs because of poor
belt drive and frame
installation

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.

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

Stain by Friction
occurs
Staining
since the motif
touches something
when it is not
dried
and
is
scuffed after all

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

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

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

End Stitches Stain

Stain made by
sewing
machine
stitches, or the end
stitches of under
cloth.
This happens when
the end stitches or
joint overlaps end
up too large

Drops
Stains or unevenness
due to drops.
(condensed
Drain
water) or drops can
stain like the one the
arrow points to before
the completion of
steaming

Doctor Mark
Belt-like-stain
appears vertical to
the direction of
roller printing

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 under cloth etc

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

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

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 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

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

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

Crack Marks
part
Unprinted
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

Moire
Moire pattern
appears
on
printed designs.
Screen mesh,
the roulettes of
rollers, the line
delineation
pattern have to
do with this
phenomenon

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