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

383.—Machine Printers (Textile)

carpet dyer: see carpet printer.
carpet printer, carpet yarn printer ; carpet dyer: sets out a design board, and reading from this, sets machine to print colours on warp yarns which are to form pile of tapestry carpets.
colour printer: see machine printer.
melanger, melanger machine minder: minds a melanging machine, which prints colours upon tops (combed wool) or upon worsted yarn; guides tops or yarn to rollers, which carry them through machine and print colours upon them.
printer, printing machine man, machine printer ; colour printer: adjusts and controls printing machine, which impresses a pattern on textile yarns or fabrics by passing them between rollers, as distinct from a dye bath, cf. dyer (381); is in charge of subsidiary machines for washing blankets and for drying cloth after printing; is responsible for correctness of impression and for accurate fitting together of colours to form design; is assisted by back tenter, colour carrier, and roller changer (399) q.v. whom he supervises in their work; sometimes specifically designated according to material printed, e.g. calico printer, cotton yarn printer, hosiery printer, silk printer, tapestry printer.
velvet painter: (i) as for machine printer q.v., operating a single colour printing machine, like . a calico printing machine, which coats velvet with a paint consisting of colour, e.g., Prussian blue and linseed oil;; (ii) fells covers or paints back of velvet with linseed colours, on a back-fell mangle; feeds velvet into machine and lifts off at back end, whence painted velvet is carried to drying room.

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.