A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921.

ORDER XII.—TEXTILE WORKERS

Sub-order 1.—Textile Workers

382.—Block Printers and Aerographers

aerographer (textile): places stencils over textile fabrics, and sprays, by hand, colours thereon with aerograph, an apparatus for spraying colours, under pressure.
block printer: (i) prints pattern on fabric by hand, pressing on it an engraved block coated with colour;; (ii) flat press printer; attends to block printing machine; sets cloth in position, and moves hand levers which swing blocks alternately from colour troughs to fabric and back; cf. machine printer (383).
flat press printer: see block printer.
mat printer: an aerographer q.v. who sprays colours on mats with a stencil and aerograph.
silk printer (block printing): as for block printer.
tapestry printer (block printing): a block printer q.v. who prints patterns on tapestry with hand bIocks.

From: A Dictionary of Occupational Terms Based on the Classification of Occupations used in the Census of Population, 1921,
Ministry of Labour, 1927. Digitised by Peter Christian, August, 2016. This text is in the Public Domain.