ReportsWeb- Water-Based Ink Market 2017 by Revenue, Applicatio

Water-Based Ink Market 2017 by Revenue, Application, Region,
Analysis and Forecast to 2022
ReportsWeb.com published “Water-Based Ink Market” from its database. The report covers the market
landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the
key vendors operating in this market.
Water-based ink utilizes either dyes or pigments in a suspension with water as the solvent. The
evaporation of the water is necessary to set or cure the ink. This curing can take place either at room
temperature or using a forced-air dryer depending upon the specific water-based ink used and the
speed or volume of production. Water-based inks are defined as those that utilize water as the main
solvent. That does not mean, however that water is the only solvent. It is significant to note that many
water base inks contain “co-solvents” which may even be petroleum based solvents. The reason these
co-solvents are used varies, but one of the key reasons is to decrease the time and heat necessary to
cure the ink film on the fabric.
Water-based inks are a good choice when a “soft hand” is desirable. A soft hand is the condition where
the ink film cannot easily be felt with the hand when passed across the surface of the fabric. This affect
is often used as an argument for why water-based is preferable to plastisol as plastisol has more of a
hand than water-based.
Water-based ink also has the advantage of being an excellent ink system for high speed roll-to-roll
yardage printing. Such printing is done on large sophisticated equipment that has very large drying
(curing) capacity.
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Water-based ink also is a good choice where ink penetration is desirable, such as in towel printing.
Towels have a high nap fabric that must be printed in a manner where the ink penetrates or wicks
through to the base fabric for adequate coverage.
Water based inks that are designed to wick into the fabric are excellent for this application. Ink wicking
is not a desirable affect in most other fabric printing as it will destroy the design and registration of
multiple colors.
Water-based ink is much more difficult to cure than plastisol. A shop that is interested in printing water-
based ink must have the drying capacity to remove the water. The dryers used for water-based printing