Little detailed information has been published on ink formulations for ink jet printing on textile substrates. Requirements for coloration systems for textile printing will be reviewed and approaches for achieving the desired characteristics will be suggested. Coloration systems based on polymerizable resins with solvent dyes, two phase inks with pigments and inks based on polymerizable dyes will be described. Sample coupons employing these experimental systems were prepared on a TOXOT continuous ink jet printer and properties of these experimental systems on textile substrates will be reported (fastness properties, bending rigidity, etc.)
Wayne C. Tincher, Qiang Hu, Xiaofei Li, Yingnan Tian, Jianming Zeng, "Coloration Systems for Ink Jet Printing of Textiles" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP14), 1998, pp 243 - 246, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.1998.14.1.art00060_1