Abstract:
A radiation-curable ink-jet black ink comprising a black pigment, at least one colour pigment and at least one radiation-curable compound is disclosed. An ink-jet ink set comprising the radiation-curable ink-jet black ink and a process for printing with such an ink-jet ink set are also disclosed. Image quality defects of noticeable chromatic variation in adjacent print patches of bi-directional printing are eliminated and reduced ink consumption is observed.
Abstract:
A free radical curable liquid for inkjet printing of food packaging materials comprising no initiator or otherwise one or more initiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric initiators, polymeric initiators and polymerizable initiators; wherein the polymerizable composition of said liquid consists essentially of: a) 25 - 100 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds A having at least one acrylate group G1 and at least one second ethylenically unsaturated polymerizable functional group G2 different from the group G1; b) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds B selected from the group consisting of monofunctional acrylates and difunctional acrylates; and c) 0 - 55 wt% of one or more polymerizable compounds C selected from the group consisting of trifunctional acrylates, tetrafunctional acrylates, pentafunctional acrylates and hexafunctional acrylates, with the proviso that if the weight percentage of compounds B > 24 wt%, then the weight percentage of compounds C > 1 wt%;
and wherein all weight percentages of A, B and C are based upon the total weight of the polymerizable composition; with the proviso that at least one polymerizable compound B or C is present in the polymerizable composition if the free radical curable liquid contains no initiator; wherein the polymerizable compound A has a copolymerization ratio of
with r 1 and r 2 representing the copolymerization parameters of methyl-G1 respectively methyl-G2 determined according to the method of Kelen-Tudos.
Abstract:
An inkjet printing method comprising the steps of: a) providing a first radiation curable composition curable by free radical polymerization or cationic polymerization; b) applying a layer of the first radiation curable composition on a substrate; c) curing the layer; and d) jetting on the cured layer a second composition curable by a different polymerization than the first composition but selected from the group consisting of free radical polymerization and cationic polymerization
characterized in that the first composition comprises a cationically polymerizable compound having at least one (meth)acrylate group in an amount of at least 25 wt% based upon the total weight of the first curable composition.
Abstract:
A liquid radiation curable composition for inkjet printing comprising a photoinitiating system consisting of one or more diffusion hindered photoinitiators selected from the group consisting of non-polymeric di- or multifunctional initiators, oligomeric or polymeric initiators and polymerizable initiators and one or more polymerizable co-initiators wherein at least one of the polymerizable co-initiators is a polymerizable aromatic tertiary amine. Inkjet inks, an inkjet printing process and packaging materials are also disclosed.