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Studies on Inkjet Ink with Confocal Raman Microscopy
L. Engisch
J. Örtegren
W. Goedl
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2007.23.1.art00079_1  Published Online :  January 2007
Abstract

The chemical properties of ink, substrate and the interface between them influence the printing process and the achievable printing quality. Several methods to characterize these properties are developed and used in the recent years. The usage of vibration spectroscopy methods are opening a new way to characterize printouts on the molecular level. The raman spectroscopy, mainly working with visible light and a low level sample preparation, has a high potential in this field. Starting with chemical characterization of the composition up to using this method as an online observation tool in printing systems, a wide area of applications is thinkable.This work presents the first results of using a confocal raman microscope to characterize oil and water based inkjet inks on different substrates. Using the proper measurement parameters, we were able to observe the spreading and penetration of the ink into the substrate. Further work shows the possibility of using the results for three dimensional ink distribution analyzing.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
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L. Engisch, J. Örtegren, W. Goedl, "Studies on Inkjet Ink with Confocal Raman Microscopy"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP23),  2007,  pp 340 - 340,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2007.23.1.art00079_1

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Studies on Inkjet Ink with Confocal Raman Microscopy
EngischL.
ÖrtegrenJ.
GoedlW.
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2007
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2007
The chemical properties of ink, substrate and the interface between them influence the printing process and the achievable printing quality. Several methods to characterize these properties are developed and used in the recent years. The usage of vibration spectroscopy methods are opening a new way to characterize printouts on the molecular level. The raman spectroscopy, mainly working with visible light and a low level sample preparation, has a high potential in this field. Starting with chemical characterization of the composition up to using this method as an online observation tool in printing systems, a wide area of applications is thinkable.This work presents the first results of using a confocal raman microscope to characterize oil and water based inkjet inks on different substrates. Using the proper measurement parameters, we were able to observe the spreading and penetration of the ink into the substrate. Further work shows the possibility of using the results for three dimensional ink distribution analyzing.