printing machine

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Noun

printing machine - a machine that prints printeraddressing machine, Addressograph - a printer that automatically prints addresses on letters for mailingcharacter printer, character-at-a-time printer, serial printer - a printer that prints a single character at a timeelectrostatic printer - a printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paperimpact printer - a printer that prints by mechanical impactsline printer, line-at-a-time printer - printer that serves as an output device on a computer; prints a whole line of characters at a timemachine - any mechanical or electrical device that transmits or modifies energy to perform or assist in the performance of human taskspage printer, page-at-a-time printer - a printer that prints one page at a timeprinter - (computer science) an output device that prints the results of data processingthermal printer - a printer that produces characters by applying heat to special paper that is sensitive to heattypesetting machine - a printer that sets textual material in type

Printing Machine

in textiles, a machine designed to apply colored patterns to fabrics (seePRINTING). A distinction is made between roller, or cylinder, machines, equipped with engraved printing rollers made of copper, and machines for printing with screens; the former type is more widely used.

The principal working parts of a roller printer are a free-turning, hollow, iron cylinder, on which the fabric is placed for printing, and one or several (for multicolor printing) printing rollers positioned around the main cylinder. The surface of the cylinder has an elastic, springy surface consisting of ten to 16 layers of special fabric and a layer of kersey, which is protected from staining by a cover. The dye on the printing roller is applied by a rotating brush or roller, and the excess is removed with a steel plate called a doctor knife. In the printing process, the printing rollers are pressed against the continuously moving fabric; the speed of the fabric reaches 150 m/min.

In a screen printer, the dye flows through a fine-mesh screen or is forced through the screen with a doctor knife. The screen may be flat or in the form of a cylinder. The mesh is covered with a coat of lacquer in those areas that must be impermeable to the dye, corresponding to the blank areas in the pattern. The fabric speed is 3.5–20 m/min on machines with flat screens and 45–70 m/min (sometimes up to 100 m/min) on machines with cylindrical screens.

REFERENCE

Bel’tsov, V. M. Tekhnologicheskoe oborudovanie otdelochnykh fabrik tekstil’noipromyshlennosti. Leningrad, 1974.

M. N. KIRILLOVA

printing machine

noun

Synonyms for printing machine

noun a machine that prints

Synonyms

printer

Related Words

addressing machine
Addressograph
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer
electrostatic printer
impact printer
line printer
line-at-a-time printer
machine
page printer
page-at-a-time printer
printer
thermal printer
typesetting machine