Rubber printing v/s Crack printing

Advanced Apparel Washing,

Dyeing, Printing & Finishing.

•E.AZMIR LATIF BEG

•B.Sc. & M.Sc.

Engr.(Textile)

The Rubber Printing System is the first

ink jet printer in the world to

successfully print with co-curable inks

on uncured tire components and rubber

products. This specialized printer fully

automates the marking process,

streamlining the production process

and eliminating marking mistakes

Rubber Printing

• Rubber printing is done of the important

printing process. After apparel

manufacturing printing is done on the

surface of the fabric.

• Recipe:

• Rubber-98%

• Fixer-2%

• Process flow chart of rubber printing: Rubber

printing is done as the flowing way in a printing unit.

Table preparation

Fabric plaited on the table

Rubber printing paste apply with the help of screen

Hanging the fabric for 15 min

Curing at 150c(speed 5 m/min)

Hanging the fabric for 30 min

Curing at 150c(speed 5 m/min)

Delivery

• Crack printing is a printing method to

produce attractive design on the fabric

surface. Here rubber is used as the

printing paste. It is near similar as rubber

printing process but additional crack paste

is used before applying rubber printing

paste by the screen printer on the cotton

fabric. In crack print when pull the print, it

seem like crack, but rubber print when pull

it may seem crack effect.

• Printing recipe:

• Rubber-60%

• Add crack paste/clear -38%

• Fixer-2%

• Add crack paste/clear (Ecocrack White &

Clear. Suitable for crack effect silkscreen prints

on polyester-cotton blend and cotton fabric,

these are Eco-friendly water based that are soft

auto-crack inks. Further, this white/clear provides

an auto crack finish with elasticity, wash

fastness, smoothness, excellent softness and

hand feel.)

Crack printing can be produced on the surface

on T-shirt and other finished knit fabric and

woven fabric. Water based ready paste giving

effect with mud crack appearance on knitted/

stretchy fabric giving very soft hand feel &

color fastness towards world class standards

& world class eco system.

• Paste Input Machine

• You can use meshes ranging from 80-160/inch (32T-64T

cm), depending on the detail in your artwork. Keep in

mind the puff will cause the ink to expand, so your edge

definition may not be the same as you are used to.

Procedure of Rubber & Crack printing

Screen Preparation• 110 Mesh with a 16% Emulsion of Mesh (EOM)

deposit. The goal is to achieve a heavier ink

deposit, so we use a thicker stencil.

Print Method

• Flood the stencil with ink and print stroke (multiple strokes can be used to ensure thick deposit). A print-flash-print (PFP) technique, simply flashing the ink and printing the same screen again, can be used to achieve a higher, “stacked” puff effect.

• We recommend keeping puff areas small and incorporating negative (non-printing) space to make the texture noticeable without feeling too heavy on the shirt. If you decide to go against our better advice and print a large puff area, you might consider printing large dots or a line pattern spaced closely together. This will result in a more even looking puff print.

ifference between Rubber print and crack

print

In both print Rubbers is used as the printing

paste. Crack printing is near similar as rubber

printing process but additional crack paste is

used before applying rubber printing paste by

the screen printer on the fabric. In crack print

when pull the print, it seem like crack, but rubber

print only rubber and fixer are commonly used

no use crack inks to produce crack effect. So

when pull the rubber print, it seem like solid,

smooth, plain and no crack effect.

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