1. Formulation of Eco-Friendly Inks for Ink-Jet Printing of Polyester and Cotton Blended Fabric
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Nazakat Ali Khoso, Cheng Yan Zhu, Hafeezullah Memon, Ning Ning Wang, and Samiullah Memon
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Materials science ,business.industry ,Mechanical Engineering ,Flexographic ink ,ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION ,Environmentally friendly ,Rubbing ,Polyester ,Mechanics of Materials ,Screen printing ,ComputingMethodologies_DOCUMENTANDTEXTPROCESSING ,General Materials Science ,Composite material ,Process engineering ,business ,ComputingMethodologies_COMPUTERGRAPHICS - Abstract
The aim of this research is to discover such a strategy so that Ink-jet Printing of polyester and cotton blended fabric. This research focuses to develop inks by the combination of Reactive and disperse dyes and by using eco-friendly co-solvents. This paper covers a brief introduction of Ink jet printing technologies and types of inks. A summarized study of the evaluation amid ink jet printing as well as rotary screen printing is also given. In addition to, requirements and composition of water-based ink-jet inks focusing on methodology is given. Furthermore, shelf lives of inks, image sharpness, surface tension, color fastness to rubbing, analysis of head with some personal experiences are also discussed.
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- 2015
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