– see Flexographic printing – Relief printing method using photopolymer plates. This is a direct-transfer relief print; it is mainly used in the corrugated cardboard industry. Its main advantage is that this method allows to print on most materials. The inks used are water-based.
Printing which separates the colors for the making of an offset plate. It consists of making films or high-definition bromide prints from a computer disk, with the help of an imagesetter.
It is the transformation of fiber to produce yarn.
– see Warp and Weft –
Textile yarn is the result of spinning. The threads are worked, intertwined with the help of a loom to obtain a fabric. The yarn is a single-twisted (a single and unique yarn with no twist) or double-twiwted (interlacing of at least two threads together to obtain a single yarn.)
see Ai – see EPS – see PDF – A vector file guarantees printed image quality because it does not depend on resolution and doesn’t lose any of its properties when enlarged or reduced. Vector files have «.ai» «.eps» and «.pdf» extensions. This type of file is required and indispensable for quality printing.
Synthetic fiber is entirely made from chemical components derived from oil. Some names: polyamide, polyester, acrylic, chlorofiber.
Plant fiber has two origins: plant or animal.
Plant fiber is mainly made of cellulose and extracted from either seeds (cotton, kapok,) stems and roots (linen, hemp, jute,) leaves (abaca, sisal) or sap (rubber.)
Animal fiber is mostly made of proteins and comes from certain mammals’hair (alpaca, angora, cashmere, wool, mohair, vicuna…) or silk made by silkworms.
Artificial fiber is made from cellulose obtained from cotton seeds or wood through the appropriate chemical treatment. Continuous (rayon, viscose) or discontinuous fibers (fibranne) are thus obtained.
Fiber is a slender and elongated natural or synthetic filament. There are three types of fibers: natural, artificial and synthetic.
Please note: artificial and synthetic fibers have specific resistant, rotproof and lightness characteristics: they are highly washable and do not wrinkle. Their feel today is close to that of natural materials.