Offices have recently seen an increase of inkjet printing on plain paper. Two types of ink have been used for this printing: water-based ink and oil-based ink. However, there is a trade-off between the two. Although water-based ink offers sharp images, it also results in significant curling of plain paper after printing. Conversely, although oil-based ink allows curl to be suppressed, it results in poor image quality with low density. By carefully controlling the ink's absorption into and penetration of plain paper, we developed a new ink that achieves both image quality and curl suppression.
Hirotaka Iijima, Atsushi Tomotake, Yasuhiko Kawashima, "A New Water-based Inkjet Ink for Plain Paper Printing" in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies (NIP22), 2006, pp 201 - 203, https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2006.22.1.art00051_1