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Comparison of Characteristics of Ink-Jet Prints Obtained Using Water Based, Solvent and UV Inks

Vjeran Petrović ; Veleučilište u Varaždinu, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Marin Milković ; Veleučilište u Varaždinu, Varaždin, Hrvatska
Dean Valdec orcid.org/0000-0001-6897-8601 ; Veleučilište u Varaždinu, Varaždin, Hrvatska

Abstract

With the development of the digital data processing and transfer systems, graphic technology experienced radical changes in the graphic profession’s orientation. Its direction changed from being primarily oriented towards civil engineering and chemical technology to being oriented towards the information and digital technologies. Thus the CtP technologies are pointed out – after the predominant electro photographic technology, the ink-jet printing technology in particular. It proved as particularly suitable in printing with various types of dyestuff on various materials regardless the structure or the thickness of the printing base.
The ink-jet technique is very widespread. It can be found in the whole range of printers – from the small ones up to the machines that can print up to 20 meters long giantographs (exp. billboards beside the roads). The most often technologies of the ink-jet printing are: the thermal ink-jet (Bubble Jet), piezo ink-jet, and, not rarely, one can find the electrostatic ink-jet [1]. The ink-jet printing technique is actually the real contactless print. At the signal from the computer a drop of ink from the nozzle comes to the printing base and prints one printing line after another. Today the technique and technology are so advanced that one can make prints of very high quality, whereby printing in colour does not represent any problem even on the various types of printing materials.

Keywords

contactless print; Ink-jet; printing bases; solvent ink; water ink; UV ink

Hrčak ID:

105606

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/105606

Publication date:

15.6.2013.

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