Back-to-basics: Pigment printing

摘要

Pigments for printing continue to excel in the field of colorants due to ease of application on various substrates, meet the demands of fastness properties, regulatory compliance etc. and make inroads into new applications like inkjet printing. Pigment printing constitutes about 50% share. Understanding the basic concepts provides clarity of the subject and dispels misconceptions. Thus, an exclusive presentation on this theme would enable users recapitulate various components like color pigment dispersions, binders, fixers, synthetic thickeners, rheology modifiers, auxiliaries and their functions.