Printing and Recent Developments

The Egyptians created the prints in the ‘Eoptic’ period in the 5th and 6th century BC. Europe’s modern printing method was derived from Indian printing in the mid-17th century by land across Persia, reaching Germany, France and England. When the prints are localized or in relatively small production batches, screens are used to adapt the print, while for larger batches of production, use of automatic screens facilitate continuous prints with a limited extension. Resist printing is performed to preserve parts of the textile substrate that can be reserved chemically or mechanically. Three-dimensional printing has been used in many areas with different applications, such as biomedical implants, aircraft and engineering, just as fashion is beginning to be used. As ink films are printed on polyvinyl alcohol film, it is very sensitive to humidity and temperature, requiring adequate storage to ensure long life and proper decoration.