Abstract:
A process for the preparation of particulate acylated biopolymer comprising anhydroglucose units, said process comprising the steps of a. dispersing an amount of particulate non-surface modified biopolymer comprising anhydroglucose units in an amount of a liquid alkenyl carboxylate, or of a mixture of two or more liquid alkenyl carboxylates, in order to form a first dispersion, b. adding a catalytic composition to the first dispersion such a to form a second dispersion, c. heating the second dispersion to a temperature above ambient temperature d. cooling the second dispersion to ambient temperature, e. isolating the obtained particulate acylated biopolymer, wherein the amount of a liquid alkenyl carboxylate, or a mixture of two or more liquid alkenyl carboxylates, corresponds to a molar excess of alkenyl carboxylate, the molar excess being defined with respect to the moles of anhydroglucose units comprised in the amount of the particulate non-surface modified biopolymer, and wherein the catalytic composition comprises an amount of one, or two or more, non-nucleophilic bases
Abstract:
An inkjet printable substrate (1) with an essentially unpigmented sizing layer (3) on at least one surface of a raw cellulosic substrate (2) is proposed, wherein the sizing layer (3) essentially consists of a combination of a polyaluminium hydroxychloride compound with at least one organic cationic polydimethylammonium compound, applied as an aqueous formulation at a pH of less than 6 in which the polyaluminium hydroxychloride is in solution and the cationic polydimethylammonium compound is in dispersion.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a printing sheet for offset printing, comprising at least one image receiving coating and optionally one or several pre-coatings beneath said image receiving coating, said coatings comprising a pigment part, a binder part, and optionally additives, wherein the pigment part essentially consists of one or a mixture of fine particulate pigments selected from the group of carbonate, kaolin, solid or vacuolated polymer pigment, wherein said binder part comprises waterglass.
Abstract:
Coated paper for offset printing comprising at least on one side a top coating layer with improved ink scuff behaviour, said top coating layer comprising a pigment part, the 100 parts in dry weight thereof comprising in the range of 2 - 40 parts in dry weight of a fine particulate, preferably organosilane surface-treated Phyllosilicate pigment like (as pure as possible) Talcum, a binder part of 2 - 20 parts in dry weight of binder and optionally additives in the range of 0 - 8 parts in dry weight.
Abstract:
A printing sheet is described comprising a substrate and, on at least one side of the substrate, an image receptive coating layer with a cumulative porosity volume of pore widths below 200nm as measured using nitrogen intrusion methods of more than 0.006 cm3 per gram paper. In particular in the context of printing sheets with high-gloss this particular porosity distribution leads to a quick and easily adjustable ink setting behaviour. Additionally a method for manufacturing such a printing sheet is described using organic, i.e. polymer and inorganic particulate pigments of fine particle characteristics.
Abstract:
SUMMARY The specification pertains to a single or multiple coated printing sheet in particular but not exclusively for sheet-fed offset printing with an image receptive coating layer on a paper substrate. The printing sheet has the property that it can be printed in an offset printing process without spraying a fine powder, usually called offset powder or dust powder, on the sheet as it comes off the press to prevent the ink from transferring to the back side of the next sheet. Also irradiative (UV or IR) or heat drying on the sheet fed press is not necessary and/or the use of overprint varnish is not required. In addition to that, unexpectedly short converting times and times until reprinting is possible can be achieved. Furthermore methods for making such a printing sheet and uses of such a printing sheet are disclosed.
Abstract:
A printing sheet is described comprising a substrate and, on at least one side of the substrate, an image receptive coating layer with a cumulative porosity volume of pore widths below 200nm as measured using nitrogen intrusion methods of more than 0.006 cm3 per gram paper. In particular in the context of printing sheets with high-gloss this particular porosity distribution leads to a quick and easily adjustable ink setting behaviour. Additionally a method for manufacturing such a printing sheet is described using organic, i.e. polymer and inorganic particulate pigments of fine particle characteristics.
Abstract:
A process for improving the barrier properties of a barrier layer in a pulp-based substrate layer having a barrier layer, comprising the steps of providing a pulp-based substrate layer having a layer of an aqueous barrier composition applied to it, and then drying the pulp-based substrate layer having a layer of aqueous barrier composition applied to it to form a pulp-based substrate layer having a barrier layer, such that the moisture content of the pulp-based substrate layer having a barrier layer is below 2.5 % by weight, preferably below 2 % by weight, based on the weight of the pulp-based substrate layer having a barrier layer.