Section outline

    • Course Duration: 30 hours

    • Course objectives:

      ICT is a fundamental carrier of the development of digital printing in general and the transition of digital technology from graphic to textile printing. Digital printing allow to respond to market demands extremely quickly, with immediate and unique design personalization, and significant savings in water and energy. The aim of the course is to acquaint participants with the methodology of using ICT tools in designing and final printing process, to explain the basic features of the development of digital textile printing with emphasis on modern research trends in this field explaining the different types of textile pre-treatment in digital printing, such as plasma pre-treatment, chitosan pre-treatment, cationization, etc.

    • Learning outcomes:
      Knowledge Skills Responsibilities/autonomy
      • To know the complex interaction of heterogeneous textile structure and printing ink: concepts of deformation, penetration, porosity
      • To understand the methods of pre-processing and postprocessing of textiles as key stages in the application of the digital technology
      • To understand the difference between dye-based and pigment-based printing inks and the difference in the mechanism of their bonding to textile materials
      • To get acquainted with innovative methods of textiles pre-processing depending on the composition of the printing ink and the use of dyes or pigments
      • To use the ICT tools in designing and printing process
      • To be able to handle a digital printing machine
      • To identify and predict the interaction of textile material and printing ink depending on the structure and raw material composition
      • To apply certain pre-treatment methods in dependence of textile material structure and composition
      • To analyse the results of given pre-treatments
      • To examine the difference in color and print quality with respect to the applied pre-treatment
      • To manage a digital printing device independently
      • To take into consideration the environmental legislation related to the textile industry and the application of certain chemicals
      • To apply responsibly pretreatment methods always considering the method with the least environmental impact
      • To contribute to team work on setting the basic parameters of the printing process, pre-processing and post-processing of textiles