Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Jie Zheng

Dennis Z Guo

Tienteh Chen

David Michael Ingle

Marcos A Barreto Caban

Zhang-Lin Zhou

Ronald Albert Askeland

George Sarkisian

Rodney David Stramel

Yi-Hua Tsao

Benjamin Abelovski

Alireza Rahimi

Jun Yang

Ryan Vu

June Yang

Barbara Casanas Montes

An inkjet ink composition for textile printing comprising a white pigment, a pigment dispersant, a polyurethane-based binder, a nano-sized layered silicate and an aqueous liquid vehicle. Also described herein is a fluid set comprising said ink and a fixer composition including a cationic polymer and a fixer vehicle; as well as the textile printing method using it.

Inkjet ink for textile printing

The present disclosure includes a white ink composition including a liquid vehicle with water and organic co-solvent, from 0.5 wt % to 15 wt % white metal oxide particles dispersed in the liquid vehicle, and from 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % of polyurethane particles dispersed in the liquid vehicle. The polyurethane particles include a polyurethane polymer with polymerized sulfonated-diamines, polymerized nonionic diamines, and isocyanate-generated self-crosslinked amines.

White ink compositions

An example of a white inkjet ink includes: a non-self-dispersed white pigment; from about 0.005 wt % to about 1 wt %, based on a total weight of the white inkjet ink, of an anionic copolymer dispersant having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) ranging from about 125,000 g/mol to about 30,000,000 g/mol; a polymeric binder; and an aqueous vehicle. The white inkjet ink may be used in a textile printing kit.

White inkjet ink

A fixer fluid can include a fixer vehicle with water, an NH-type or N-alkylated lactam co-solvent, and a phosphate ester surfactant. The fixer fluid can further include from 0.5 wt % to 12 wt % an azetidinium-containing polyamine polymer dispersed in the fixer vehicle.

Fixer fluids

An example of an inkjet ink for textile printing includes a polycarbodiimide, a pigment, a sulfonated polyester-polyurethane binder, and a liquid vehicle. Examples of the inkjet ink may be used in textile printing kits and printing methods with a textile fabric. Examples of the textile fabric may be selected from the group consisting of cotton, polyester, nylon, and silk.

The present disclosure is drawn to aqueous pigment dispersions. In one example, an aqueous pigment dispersion can include from 40 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 2 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, from 7.5 wt % to 30 wt % copper phthalocyanine pigment, from 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % styrene-acrylic dispersant, and from 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % hydrophilic polyurethane dispersant having a weight average molecular weight from 10,000 Mw to 30,000 Mw. The styrene-acrylic dispersant and the hydrophilic polyurethane dispersant can be present at a weight ratio from 1:10 to 2:1.

Aqueous pigment dispersions

A method of textile printing can include ejecting an ink composition onto a fabric substrate and ejecting a blocked polyisocyanate crosslinker onto the fabric substrate. The ink composition can include from 60 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, from 1 wt % to 6 wt % pigment, and from 2 wt % to 10 wt % dispersed polymer binder. The method can also include crosslinking the dispersed polymer binder with a deblocked polyisocyanate crosslinker on the fabric substrate.

Textile printing

A fluid set can include an ink composition having a pH from pH 7 to pH 10 and a crosslinker composition having a basic pH from pH 8 to pH 10. The ink composition can include from 60 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, from 1 wt % to 6 wt % pigment, and a latex polymer including an aromatic (meth)acrylate moiety. The crosslinker composition can include from 70 wt % to 95 wt % water, from 1 wt % to 25 wt % organic co-solvent, and from 1 wt % to 10 wt % polycarbodiimide.

Fluid sets

A fluid set can include an ink composition having an acidic pH and a crosslinker composition having a basic pH from pH 8 to pH 10. The ink composition can include from 60 wt % to 90 wt % water, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % organic co-solvent, from 1 wt % to 6 wt % pigment, a sulfonated dispersant, and an acrylic polymer binder. The crosslinker composition can include from 70 wt % to 95 wt % water, from 1 wt % to 25 wt % organic co-solvent, and from 0.5 wt % to 5 wt % polycarbodiimide.

Inkjet inks are described herein. In an example, an inkjet ink can comprise: at least one colorant; at least one solvent comprising glycerol in an amount of from about 1 wt % to about 20 wt % based on the total weight of the inkjet ink; water; and at least one binder, wherein the binder comprises a polyurethane-based binder dispersion.

Inkjet ink(s)

Yellow inkjet inks are disclosed. In an example, an inkjet ink composition comprises: at least one colorant comprising at least one yellow pigment; at least one solvent comprising at least one triol; water; and at least one binder. The binder comprises a polyurethane-based binder dispersion, which comprises water and a polyurethane. The polyurethane comprises: (A) a polyisocyanate, (B) a first polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at one end of the chain and no hydroxyl groups at an opposed end of the chain, (C) a second polyol having a chain with two hydroxyl functional groups at both ends of the chain, (D) a carboxylic acid functional group with two hydroxyl functional groups, and (E) a sulfonate or sulfonic acid functional group having two amino functional groups.

Inkjet inks

In an example of a method for printing on a textile, a print is generated by thermal inkjet printing a thermal inkjet ink on a cotton fabric. The thermal inkjet ink consists of a pigment, a single dispersant and binder resin, a vehicle, and a balance of water. The single dispersant and binder resin is a styrene acrylic resin having an acid number greater than 100 mg KOH/g and a weight average molecular weight less than 50,000. The vehicle includes a co-solvent, an anti-kogation agent, a humectant, a surfactant, a biocide, or combinations thereof. The print is generated without a post-printing curing process.

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Jie Zheng