AQUEOUS INK COMPOSITIONS

• Main Author: ILLSLEY, Derek
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 27.03.2024
• Subjects: ADHESIVES; CHEMICAL PAINT OR INK REMOVERS; CHEMISTRY; COATING COMPOSITIONS, e.g. PAINTS, VARNISHES ORLACQUERS; CORRECTING FLUIDS; DYEING LEATHER, FURS, OR SOLID MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES INANY FORM; DYEING OR PRINTING TEXTILES; DYES; FILLING PASTES; FLEXIBLE MATERIALS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; INKS; LAUNDERING; METALLURGY; MISCELLANEOUS APPLICATIONS OF MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITIONS; NATURAL RESINS; PAINTS; PASTES OR SOLIDS FOR COLOURING OR PRINTING; POLISHES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF TEXTILES OR THE LIKE; USE OF MATERIALS THEREFOR; WOODSTAINS

The present invention provides a method for providing a printed article, comprising printing an aqueous ink composition onto a fibrous substrate and curing the ink, wherein the ink composition comprises a polyurethane dispersion having the properties of (a) ketone or aldehyde groups present at one or more polymer chain ends; (b) a number average molecular weight ≤50,000 and; (c) the content of ketone and aldehyde groups is in the range 0.02 to 4.0 mmol g-1, based on the dry polymer weight. The present invention also provides use of said ink composition for printing onto a fibrous substrate.