New-York tribune., 1896-05-25
PRINTING CLOTH ~ A NEW WAY.
NO END OF CoLoRs APPLIED WITH A SINGLE
CYLINDER.

CYLINDER.
The old method OF applying colors to calico re.
qulred as many cylinders rollers as there were
tints in the design. provided means for transferring
the proper mordant TO each cylinder, and then ran
the whole fabric through sort OF press. where
each roller in turn had a chance to make an In
preston. There additional processes also, but
this was the essential operation. The came general
plan was followed with delaines and cretonnes too
The cylinders were of copper. and seldom numbered
more than eighteen or twenty In a recent issue
OF BLACK and White" London weekly publica.
ton devoted rather more 70 fine art than to indus.
trial topics there was an account OF new system
OF handling the dyee In at the works Of The
Deptford Color Printing Syndicate. The necessary
information was supplied by the inventor, ". q
White. 50.
The great novelty Of this method is the applica.
ton OF almost countless hues with a single cylinder
sample OF cretonne was shown. for instance, ID
which 1t was said that there were l65 tnts 'and N
print It," said Mr. White. "at the rate OF sixty
yards a minute" He then, according to BLACK
and White" produced similar designs on SILK, sat4
calico, sackcIoth. mohar-curled and otherwise-1
velvet, cotton velvet. six plush and lace IN aaa
these-even with the thckest mohair-tne desu
was printed through the thickness OF the ma'enA
One OF the loveliest bits OF color shown at all w
a common cotton square printed In color after
Javanese design. and intended for use as praying
square by people Of that nationality All taes
things" said the inventor. may be washea anu
scrubbed In boiling water The colors are aosa'
lutely fast"
The method OF preparing the cylinder is OF course
the chief feature OF the invention Slabs Of "waxy'
looking stuff" a mixture OF china clay and o'h9
materials are kept In stock for the production OF
backgrounds They are Of various colors rh
selects one OF the requisite shade, when sne
about 20 prepare a design She builds up mas
OF this material about eight inches deep on siau
bed pattern is sent 10 her on sheet OF MICA
or what seems 10 be more probable ses OF snee'A
each containing only The lines for that portion a
the figure covered by color These are scra'caea
In the mica. and each sheet has number At iae
side. indicating the color 10 be used BLACK ~
White" continues
When she has Ieve,led the top surface Of nef ma. ~
of background, she presses the scratched oe VI ns
mica upon IT, and gets on the co.or l1nl s ,s :,
Ing OF the design, which she makes clearer VIII" ~
ordinary penknlfe. ,..,,,
from arm OF many hinges 10 the STATE oeL ,..s sss
move II quite freely. but the arm ana tne a. 80
bed keep its blade perfectly true. so tnst 80
brings IL toward the mass Of background she nvss
that exactly much will be cut OUT OF tne ss ws.,
through as she cuts from the top surface surface ,ry;nf
shs
It hollow from top 10 bottom OF the sao ss, n.
consults her mica tracing. and notes the nau .rav
dcated on this part OF the design She drass ,ssm.
some OF the corresponding color from tns me- "a
Jacketed copper vessel which keeps II in0'N ssre Il
pours IL into the cutting she has Inade. oya al
Immediately soiidifies. Then she puts Oh m0 mica
the ground color. once more presses dosh ne ,he
cuts out thickness OF the slab OF iae i,ss ~ Emotsn
design directs and once more pours ID . .ns - ana
color In this way you finally get mosssa mos.s shovs
color five six inches thick whose su o,;nme 10
you the completed designs. as II wou.a ralIy thin
do II you sliced away million innn'~""~
sections. -, an a bed,
The completed mosaic is now placed a1ssr, .. hali
and knife runs forward and cuts II INV These are
a dozen slabs all of the same thickness, - mo,en
placed IN a line and iolnel by means .. 80 ssms
color You have then long strip IN Wnen ~ % r'n over
mosaic occurs half dozen times lbs "a then n
heated tubes and grows soft and elaspe euss youri
falls upon revolving cylinder ana 10. y .,ns ia donA
IL. II is from this cylinder that the ~ "a Elk copies
and as the mosaic Is six times repedtseN, ,cvout.on
OF tho design arc prOducei AZ eseh -. color has
Printing goes on until the wnoie ~ "nofh on the
been worn away. the pressure OF thns the ~ an ie.
cylinder being kept uniform by mea1h 10 described
genlous arrangement which need @ ~. on the ma
The interviewer saw six taoe-eossyo o,srs goods ln
chine but 1t is also possible 10 prln sn,thing up 10
which the length OF the repeat "
six yards. =, -, f,lly developer
but an hour In a chamber containinsr % ,nch does
pressure OF five pounds 10 the sqh 'ha hath wsess
that and then the fabric goes ~ 70 w WIother Of soap
Il Is scrubbed in strong ana poi' sossi into boln
and water. Then IL Is dred AM the thing
Its coors are developed and hAeu' '
finished,