Essential vocabulary

Words and Word Combinations

1. versatile

2. application

3. large-scale

4. craft work

5. push-through

6. stencil

7. embroidered

8. laundered item

9. divers

10. aperture

11. squeegee

12. spray gun

13. airbrush

14. stabilization gutter

15. to snap off

16. mesh

17. masking part

18. motif

19. threads crossing

20. impaired

21. flooding

22. residues

23. withdraw

24. seam

25. drying rack

26. blower

Activities

1. Find words and word combinations of the essential vocabulary in the text and translate the sentences they are used in into Russian.

2. Answer the following questions:

1. What is screen printing?

2. What surfaces can screen printing be done on?

3. What kind of inks is used in screen printing?

4. The stencil printing process is one of the oldest printing processes, isn’t it?

5. What are the ways of applying ink in screen printing?

6. Are there any disadvantages of stencil printing that restricts its use?

7. Does the same disadvantage occur with screen printing?

8. What carries the printed information?

9. How does the screen printing plate look like?

10. What is the function of a squeegee?

11. Is it necessary not to place the screen directly on the substrate? Why?

12. What are the two types of a screen printing plate?

13. Is drying a time-consuming process?

14. Describe the process of screen printing.

3. Match the two halves of the phrases:

1.versatile	a) printing
2. single-item	b)process
3. push-through	c) work
4. screen	d) process
5. screen	e) threads
6. manual	f) production
7. endless	g) system
8.tube	h) webs

4. Use the result expressions in the sentences of your own.

5. Mark the statements as True or False:

1. Printing can be done on paper, textiles, ceramics, and plastics, in the form of endless webs and single sheets, and also on objects of the most varying nature and shape, such as glasses, mugs, and control panels.

2. The range of inks is correspondingly varied.

3. Screen printing is a push-through process, a special type of stencil printing, which means that during the printing process the ink passes through the substrate and onto the sreen.

4. The ink can be painted on with a brush or a squeegee, or sprayed on with a spray gun or an airbrush.

5. Stencil printing has one general advantage that restricts its use, namely that all parts of the stencil must be connected to each other.

6. Fill in the gaps:

1. Screen printing is a process where a design is inked through a fine ……, parts of which are covered by a ……. to prevent the ink passing through.

2. Some screen printing is done by hand with very simple equipment consisting of a table, screen frame and ………

3. The amount of ink applied by screen printing is ……… than in other printing technologies.

4. Screen printing is a unique short-run process that prints on almost any ……….. .

5. The most commonly used method of plate making for screen printing is currently the application of ……….. stencil material based on diazo.

6. Since very thick films of ink are applied in screen printing, the drying process of the most commonly used solvent-based inks requires a relatively …….. time.

7. The screen printing is used for art prints, posters, ……………..

8. Most commercial screen printing is done on machines of two types:…….. and …….. .