Ink Penetration Mechanisms for Modified Calcium Carbonate-coated Ink-jet Paper

Effect of Ink Formulation and Paper Surface Morphology on Ink-jet Printing Properties

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of type of alcohols and humectants in inks formulation, and the papers surface morphology on the ink-jet printing properties. In order to investigate the influence of alcohol and humectant types on printing properties, the optimum ink formulation from previous study, which contained C.I. Reactive Blue 21 Ink2 was formulated with different ...

INK-PAPER INTERACTION A study in ink-jet color reproduction

An ink jet printing system consists of three fundamental parts: inks, printing engine, and substrates. Inks are materials creating color by selectively absorbing and scattering the visible illumination light. The printer acts as an ink distributor that governs the ink application. Finally, the substrate acts as a receiver of the inks and forms the images. Ink setting on the substrate is a compl...

Evaluation of Dye and Pigment Based Ink Jet Ink Sets

The development of high performance inkjet printers and inks is advancing rapidly. Manufacturers seem to introduce their new technology inks to the market on an almost daily basis. Chemists in ink laboratories are still fighting with the issue of combining a wide gamut of dye-based inks with the lightfast and weather resistance qualities of pigment-based inks into new-age ink formulations. Thre...

The Effect of Ink Jet Paper Roughness on Print Gloss

©2005, IS&T—The Society for Imaging Science and Technology pigment particle size distribution, particle shape, binder type, film shrinkage, drying conditions, coating holdout, and coating weight.6 Research groups studying the roughness and its effect on gloss have agreed upon the fact that common roughness numbers are insufficient to predict gloss.9 It sometimes occurs that the rougher surfaces...

Light Fastness of Ink Jet Prints on Modified Conventional Coatings