THE INFLUENCE OF RHEOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF THE PRETREATMENT THICKENERS ON INK-JET PRINTING QUALITY

Year 2012, Volume: 22 Issue: 4, 309 - 316, 31.12.2012

Deniz Onar Çatal Arif Taner Özgüney , E. Perrin Akçakoca Kumbasar

Abstract

Pretreatment process is very important for ink jet printing system. Pretreatment solutions that is transferred to the cotton fabric

before reactive ink-jet printing affects printing quality. In this study, the influence of the rheological properties of pretreatment

thickeners on printing quality and color yield has been researched. The reological properties of the pretreatment sollution is determined

mainly by the rheological properties of the thickener that is used. The influence of the rheological properties of the pretreatment

sollutions which is prepared with different kind of thickeners at different concentrations, on paste add-on, penetration and colour yield

values is investigated. As a result, it was observed in this study that at applied conditions the rheological properties of the pretreatment

pastes applied have not a significant influence on color yield and ink-jet printing quality.

Keywords

Ink-jet printing, Rheological properties, Thickeners

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