The use of plasma pre-treatment for enhancing the performance of textile ink-jet printing

摘要

In this study the effect of low temperature plasma (LTP) treatment of cotton fabric for ink-jet printing was investigated.Owing to the specific printing and conductivity requirements for ink-jet printing,none of the conventional printing chemicals used for cotton fabric can be directly incorporated into the ink formulation.As a result,the cotton fabric requires treatment with the printing chemicals prior to the stage of ink-jet printing.The printing chemicals as a treatment to cotton fabric are applied by the coating method.The aim of this study was to investigate the possibility and effectiveness of applying LTP pre-treatment to enhance the performance of treatment paste containing sodium alginate,to improve the properties of the ink-jet printed cotton fabric.Experimental results revealed that the LTP pre-treatment in conjunction with the ink-jet printing technique could improve the final properties of printed cotton fabric.