Back to articles
Articles
Volume: 27 | Article ID: art00042_2
Image
Eco-friendliness of Inkjet Inks and a Novel Solution to Increase It
Anu Ilmonen
Laura Kela
  DOI :  10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2011.27.1.art00042_2  Published Online :  January 2011
Abstract

Eco-friendly inks have appeared also to digital printing area during last ten years, although every ink manufacture has slightly different determination for “eco-ink”. One way to increase the eco-friendliness is to use bio-based ingredients instead of petroleum-based materials. The term “bio-based” describes a product that utilizes biological products, or renewable domestic agricultural or forestry materials. At the moment the bio-based materials of inkjet inks are mainly originating from soybean or other sources that are suitable also for food, which makes their use arguable. The water soluble wood hemicelluloses could offer a truly sustainable option for binder in water-based inks. Lately the paper industry has intensively started to study how to exploit the wood maximally in pulp making process and the isolation of hemicelluloses from pulp making waste waters has been recognized to be one of the promising ways to utilize the side streams.Due to newness of eco-friendly inks, the terminology is still very fragmented. In this paper we consider the term eco-friendly ink and how it is used nowadays. The isolation methods of hemicelluloses and their properties and suitability for inkjet inks are discussed including some test results of hemicellulose-based ink.

Journal Title : NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
Publisher Name : Society of Imaging Science and Technology
Publisher Location : 7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
Subject Areas :
Views 12
Downloads 8
 DOI 10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2011.27.1.art00042_2
 articleview.views 12
 articleview.downloads 8
  Cite this article 

Anu Ilmonen, Laura Kela, "Eco-friendliness of Inkjet Inks and a Novel Solution to Increase It"  in Proc. IS&T Int'l Conf. on Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrication (NIP27),  2011,  pp 573 - 575,  https://doi.org/10.2352/ISSN.2169-4451.2011.27.1.art00042_2

 Copy citation
  Copyright statement 
Copyright © Society for Imaging Science and Technology 2011
72010410
NIP & Digital Fabrication Conference
nip digi fabric conf
2169-4451
Society of Imaging Science and Technology
7003 Kilworth Lane, Springfield, VA 22151, USA
2169-4451(20110101)2011:2L.573;1-
nip_v2011n2/splitsection42.xml
/ist/nipdf/2011/00002011/00000002/art00042
Articles
Eco-friendliness of Inkjet Inks and a Novel Solution to Increase It
IlmonenAnu
KelaLaura
01012011
2011
2
573
575
2011
Eco-friendly inks have appeared also to digital printing area during last ten years, although every ink manufacture has slightly different determination for “eco-ink”. One way to increase the eco-friendliness is to use bio-based ingredients instead of petroleum-based materials. The term “bio-based” describes a product that utilizes biological products, or renewable domestic agricultural or forestry materials. At the moment the bio-based materials of inkjet inks are mainly originating from soybean or other sources that are suitable also for food, which makes their use arguable. The water soluble wood hemicelluloses could offer a truly sustainable option for binder in water-based inks. Lately the paper industry has intensively started to study how to exploit the wood maximally in pulp making process and the isolation of hemicelluloses from pulp making waste waters has been recognized to be one of the promising ways to utilize the side streams.Due to newness of eco-friendly inks, the terminology is still very fragmented. In this paper we consider the term eco-friendly ink and how it is used nowadays. The isolation methods of hemicelluloses and their properties and suitability for inkjet inks are discussed including some test results of hemicellulose-based ink.