Textile Screen Printing Quiz - written by Ray Yonish

Please do not make a blind guess or randomly select the answers to these questions, as it is a measure of what you know, and not how lucky you are.

There are a total of 20 questions.

Good Luck!

 

1) What print process is most widely used for T-Shirt printing?

Choice 1 Flexo
Choice 2 Litho
Choice 3 Screen
Choice 4 Lino

 

2) The ink system not recommended for textile decoration is:

Choice 1 Solvent based
Choice 2 Water based
Choice 3 Plastisol
Choice 4 UV Curing

 

3) Which of the following statements are not correct:

Choice 1 Plastisol inks are heat curing
Choice 2 Water based inks are best for producing special effects
Choice 3 180.27 PW meshes are most appropriate for printing Water based inks for textile applications
Choice 4 Solvent based inks are usually printed wet-on-wet
Choice 1 Cartridge paper can be used for textile transfers production
Choice 1 Always iron plastisol printed garments on the front

 

4) Other printing processes can be used in combination with screen to decorate garments.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

5) In general, what is the highest LPI recommended for screen printing halftones onto textiles.

Choice 1 18 LPI
Choice 2 50 LPI
Choice 3 120 LPI
Choice 4 75 LPI

 

6) A discharge ink is:

Choice 1 Water based
Choice 2 Plastisol
Choice 3 Solvent based
Choice 4 Oil based

 

7) Which ink system is usually used to print onto dark fabrics?

Choice 1 Plastisol
Choice 2 Water based
Choice 3 UV curing
Choice 4 Solvent based

 

8) The recommended mesh count for printing Water based inks is:

Choice 1 150.31 twill
Choice 2 185.27 PW
Choice 3 43.80 PW
Choice 4 90.40 calendered

 

9) The purpose for printing a Flash White is to improve the highlight detail in an image.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

10) What ink system is best used on workwear when industrial wash temperatures can reach 90°C?

Choice 1 Solvent based
Choice 2 UV curing
Choice 3 Water based
Choice 4 Plastisol

 

11) Which of the following can be used to describe a transfer system?

Choice 1 Hot Split
Choice 2 Cold Peel
Choice 3 Orange Peel
Choice 4 Litho Backup

 

12) It is necessary to heat cure printed water based inks to ensure wash fastness.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

13) What is ‘Fibrillation'?

Choice 1 A special effect popular in the fashion industry
Choice 2 Cause of image fading after washing
Choice 3 Manual printing technique
Choice 4 Muscular condition caused by poor manual printing technique

 

14) It is necessary to flash cure between colours when printing a multi-coloured image using Plastisol inks.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

15) It is necessary to flash cure a base white prior to printing subsequent colours.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

16) Phthalates are...

Choice 1 ... colorants for Plastisol inks
Choice 2 ... surfactant used in water based inks
Choice 3 ... plasticizers providing flow for PVC based inks
Choice 4 ... the main resin in a Plastisol ink

 

17) Sublimation transfers will work on cotton fabrics.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

18) Which of the following will result in a higher deposit of ink:

Choice 1 Hard squeegee
Choice 2 Soft print surface (pallet)
Choice 3 Squeegee set at lower angle
Choice 4 Slower print speed

 

19) High deposit of Plastisol ink will result in:

Choice 1 Harder feel to printed image
Choice 2 Poor washability
Choice 3 Brighter colours
Choice 4 Increased possibility of fibrillation

 

20) When printing plastisol inks wet-on-wet, ‘Build-up' is another term for ‘Pick-up'.

Choice 1 True
Choice 2 False

 

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