Printing inks/dye liquors utilizing readily dispersible preparations of

Abstract

There is described a process for producing readily dispersible, nondusty dye preparations in granulated form, in which process difficultly water-soluble to water-insoluble dyes, pigments or optical brighteners, in a finely dispersed form, and water-insoluble carrier resins from the polyvinylacetal class are added, with vigorous shaking or stirring, to a two-phase system composed of water and a polar organic solvent having only limited solubility in the aqueous phase; the organic phase containing the dye and the carrier resin is dissipated by dilution with water; and the particles of the preparation are separated and freed from the aqueous, solvent-containing phase by rinsing and drying; the preparations which contain transferable dyes are especially useful for preparing a printing ink by dispersion in a liquid medium composed of water or of an organic solvent or of a mixture of water and an organic solvent; the printing inks thus obtained are themselves useful for printing paper which can be used in a transfer printing process.