Recently, the pigment ink market for textile inkjet printing is emerging rapidly. Pigment inks have a lot of benefits such as a high colour strength and high light resistance. They are considered as “universal inks” because they can be applied directly on a large range of textile substrates without sophisticated or environmentally unfriendly pre- or post-treatments. Dr Enrico Sowade of Zschimmer and Schwarz discusses the impact of pre-treatment on ink performance.

Mark Bale of DoDxAct reviews the impact of inkjet in hybrid print processes, with some of the most successful implementations of inkjet machines relying on combined technology approaches.

Clive Ayling, managing director at Meteor Inkjet Ltd, discusses how printer driver electronics are increasingly adapting to an ever-demanding market and how good design is critical to high performance inkjet printing. 

As print head and inkjet technology are progressing, the demand for characterisation of inks regarding their pigment size, single oversized grains and colloidal stability is increasing. The size of pigments has an impact on factors like printability, print head blockages, sharpness of texture, optical density and color gamut.

Drop-on-demand piezoelectric inkjet printing represents nowadays one of the most diffused technologies thanks to its high performance and reliability. To achieve high quality printing many different requirements have to be met in terms of drop properties, leading to a very precise dot positioning and thus to a high quality final image.

Reducing the thermal treatment conditions required for depositing metal oxide thin films onto flexible plastic substrates is a challenge. In this blog the use of preformed crystalline nanoparticles in active matrix will be discussed and with promising results showing this as a potential way forward.

IMI Europe announces the full invited speaker and panel session programme for its technical Inkjet Development Conference event. The event will be held at the Mövenpick Frankfurt City Hotel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany on 17-18 April 2018.

IMI Europe announces new events for 2018, aimed at facilitating collaboration and learning across the inkjet industry worldwide.

IMI Europe announces new events for late 2017 and early 2018, aimed at facilitating collaboration and learning across the inkjet industry worldwide.

IMI Europe announces the full invited speaker and panel session programme for its strategic Digital Printing Conference event. The event will be held at the Novotel Barcelona City Hotel, Barcelona, Spain from 20-21 September 2017, with supporting events on 18-19 September including a Mergers & Acquisitions forum, Market Reports Live sessions and a new version of the Inkjet Academy.

IMI Europe announces new date and location for its Digital Print Europe event. The event will be held at the Novotel Barcelona City Hotel, Barcelona, Spain from 18-21 September 2017, built around its strategic Digital Printing Conference event, with supporting events including a Mergers & Acquisitions module, Market Reports Live modules, and a new version of the Inkjet Academy.

Conference and course provider IMI Europe Ltd announces programme of technical courses for the Inkjet Summer School event, to be held in Ghent, Belgium from 12-16 June 2017.