This document provides an orientation and overview of the syllabus for an Advanced Textile Coloration and Color Measurement course, outlining 15 weekly topics that will be covered including fiber modification, natural dyes, digital printing, and special printing techniques. It details the course contents, evaluation mechanisms including a midterm and final exam, lab experiments, and lists potential seminar and individual assignment topics.

1. Orientation and Discussion
of syllabus
By
Dr.Gurumurthy.B.R
E-mail : voguru1@gmail.com

2. Learning objectives
• Introduction to syllabus
• Chapter-wise topics and subtopics
• Continuous assessments
• Seminar topics
• Individual assignment
• Lab activities
• References

3. • Title of the Course : Advanced Textile Coloration and Color
Measurement
• Course Code : TXT 556
• Semester : I
• Academic Year : 2013 EC(2020/21)
• Enrollment : Regular
• Post graduate Program : M.Sc.( Textile Technology) ( Technical
Teacher Education)
• Pre-requisites : B.Sc ( Textile Technology)
• Status of Course : Compulsory
• Target group : IInd year M.Sc (Textile Technology )

4. Course description
• Fiber modification and dye-ability
• fastness improvement of dyed fabrics
• Natural dyes and dyeing
• Differential dye-able synthetic fibers
• Dyeing of textured yarns and fabrics
• Dyeing of polypropylene
• Mass coloration
• Optimized dyeing technique for PET
• Dyeing of blends

5. • Biotechnology applications in dyeing
• Developments in fiber and yarn dyeing machinery,
• Developments in fabric dyeing machinery
• Garment dyeing, Ink jet printing- evolution of digital printing
• Digital image design, editing and data storage systems
• Pre-treatment of substrates for inkjet printing
• Quality evaluation of textile substrates
• Special printing techniques, Developments in Photo printing

6. Course Contents
Week Chapter Topics References
1,2,3,4 1. Advancements in Dyeing  Orientation and discussion of syllabus
 Fiber modification and dyeability
 Fastness improvement of dyed fabrics
 Natural dyes and dyeing
 Dyeing of Textured yarns and fabrics
 Dyeing of polypropylene
 Optimized dyeing technique for PET
 Dyeing of blends
 Mass coloration
Discussion in the class,
lecture, Discussion ,questions
and answers, Hand out,
lecture notes, ppt, e-delivery
methods

7. 5,6,7 1. Differential dyeable synthetic
fibers
 Bio-technology
applications in
dyeing
 Developments
in fiber and
yarn dyeing
machinery
 Developments
in fabric
dyeing
machinery
 Garment
dyeing
Discussion in the
class, lecture,
Discussion ,questions
and answers, Hand
out, lecture notes,
ppt, e-delivery
methods
Week Chapter Topics References

8. 8 Mid semester examination
9,10 Chapter 3. Ink jet printing –
Evolution of digital printing
 Ink jet printing-evolution of digital
printing, Comparison with
conventional printing techniques,
Theoretical foundations for inkjet
technologies – Continuous and drop
on demand technologies
Discussion in the class,
lecture, Discussion
,questions and answers,
Hand out, lecture notes,
ppt, e-delivery methods
Week Chapter Topics References

9. 11,12 Chapter 4. Digital Image design
and editing
 Digital Image design, Editing
and data storage systems, Pixel
and image formation in digital
printers, Digital color
management – Colour gamut
and rendering intent, Colour
communication
Discussion in the class,
lecture, Discussion
,questions and answers,
Hand out, lecture notes,
ppt, e-delivery methods
Week Chapter Topics References

10. 13,14 Chapter 5. Pre-treatment of substrates for
inkjet printing
 Pre-treatment of substrates for inkjet
printing
 Inkjet heads
 Inks used for printing-dye fiber interaction
 Surface energy of inks
 Dye ink formulation
 Fixation procedures for inks and substrates
used for ink jet printing
 Washing of ink jet prints
 Heat and substrates used for ink jet printing
and inks used for inkjet printing
 Advantages and limitations in inkjet
printing, techno economics of ink jet
printing
Discussion in the class, lecture,
Discussion ,questions and
answers, Hand out, lecture notes,
ppt, e-delivery methods
Week Chapter Topics References

11. 15 Chapter 6 : Special printing techniques –
Developments
 Special printing techniques – Developments
in photo printing
 Blast printing with Indigo
 Developments in Xerox printing and laser
printing for fancy effects
 Yarn printing – printing on carpets, velvets
and knits
 Eco-friendly alternatives for auxiliaries used
in conventional printing
Discussion in the class, lecture,
Discussion ,questions and
answers, Hand out, lecture notes,
ppt, e-delivery methods
Week Chapter Topics References

12. Major References
• Major references/Textbooks of the course
• S.R.Karmakar, Chemical Technology in the pre-treatment processes of Textiles, Elsevier
publications.
• A Vaidya,” Chemical Processing of Man-made fibers and blends”, John Wiley and Sons, New York
• Gulrajani.M.L.,” Dyeing polyester and its blends”, IIT Delhi,(1987)
• References :
• Shore J.” Blends dyeing”, SDC,U.K.1998
• A Vaidya: “Chemical Processing of Man-made fibers and blends”, John Wiley and Sons, New York
• H.K.Rouette: Encyclopedia of Textile Finishing, 2000.
• Technical Bulletin: Printing of Pigments and Special Effects, 2000.
• H, Ujiie: Digital Printing of Textiles, 2006.
• J. Shore: Cellulosic Dyeing 1995

13. Laboratory Experiments
• Synthetic fiber dyeing
• Paste preparation and screen printing
• Transfer printing

14. Evaluation Mechanism of the Course
• The details are given below:
• Mid-Term Examination : 25 %
• Final Examination : 40%
• Individual Assignment : 10%
• Lab activities : 15%
• Seminar : 10 %
• Total : 100%

15. Seminar topics

16. Individual Assignment