Batik printing is a comprehensive process, which involves a variety of advanced technologies. With the continuous improvement of printing technology, new fibers, especially polyvinegar fibers, as well as reactive and disperse dyes, have come out one after another, and fabric printing has made great progress. The traditional printing process mainly includes roller printing, circular screen printing and flat screen printing. Traditional printing production process, the process is complex, any link out of line will directly affect the quality of printed fabric.
At the same time, the traditional printing water consumption is severe, extra discharge is inevitable. With the advent of water resources crisis and the increasingly serious environmental pollution, the traditional printing technology will face more and more strict restrictions. Traditional printing technology has been greatly improved in environmental protection, but it is impossible to eliminate pollution fundamentally due to its own production process characteristics. Because of the disadvantages of traditional printing technology, ecological printing comes into being. It is reported that batik printing technology has become ecological, efficient, high-quality and multi-functional. It is also the future development of textile needs. A lot of eco-printing technologies came into being.
In comparison to traditional batik printing and dyeing, modern batik printing and has improved a lot in terms of craft and transfer printing, for example, it prints the required pattern with the dye printing ink directly to the textile. The process does not need water. The deformation is small and it can print multi-level pattern and photographic images. The images truly transferred to the cloth. The results are sometimes better than master batik prints. At the same time, the modern batik printing has great improvement due to highly developed machinery. The production efficiency of the machinery is so fast, and the hired labor force is greatly reduced, so as to bring more benefits to the enterprise.
In Southeast Asia, many countries have also begun to use modern printing to process fabrics. Malaysia and Indonesia has very bold designs and strong colors that make their batik unique from other places. Traditional batik is also one of the quintessence of Malaysian culture and art.
However, sales of traditional batik have declined year by year as many manufacturers have mechanized mass production and printed more diverse patterns using man-made materials.
The traditional production process of pure hand-made batik is complicated and time-consuming. The existing production has been tapered off. Batik production in general can be divided into four major printing techniques, including dye printing, hand painting, wire mesh and tie dyeing. When start to make the batik, the artist must first draw the sketch with wax so that the color will not spill out of the line when dyed. After drawing the drawing case, the painter must soak in the cold dyeing agent for about four to six hours before the white cloth can be completely stained; After dyeing the cloth, it must also be put into the boiling water to heat, so that the wax pulp completely melted, not stick to the cloth. Therefore, the process of making traditional handmade batik is very time-consuming and the labor cost is high.
Batik kain is made of cotton or silk. It is painted into colourful batik patterns and cut into various clothing. Batik kain is also used as decorative objects to add an artistic touch. In general, only naturual fabrics, including cotton, linen and silk can be used to make batik because they absorb dyes and do not fade easily. However, modern technology has enabled batik to be made from polyester, a chemical fiber, to display a wide variety of colors and patterns. Polyester fabric after different processes of improvement and processing, becomes very soft and skin-friendly. It has been accepted by the majority of consumers. Currently, a large number of vendors in Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore are producing and selling different modern batiks.
Last but not least, the main distinguishing factor between modern printed batiks and hand-made batiks is that, modern printed batiks has only one side of pattern, while the traditional hand-made batik has both sides of patterns.
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