Methods and systems are provided for color printing onto nonwhite substrates and articles. For example, an article of apparel is provided that includes multiple layers of ink with a combination of a white ink and at least one color ink, and each layer having a ratio of white ink to color ink, wherein the ratio is the same.

The present disclosure provides a fluid set for printing on textile. The fluid set contains a pretreatment composition, and a mixture of a pigment and a disperse dye as the colorant. The blending of a pigment with a disperse dye as the colorant together with a suitable pretreatment composition provides better image quality.

A textile printing material set includes a fabric substrate and an aqueous ink composition. The aqueous ink composition includes an aqueous ink vehicle, pigment, and from 2 wt % to 15 wt % of acrylic core-shell latex particles having an acrylic core copolymer with a glass transition temperature from −50° C. to 30° C. and an acrylic shell copolymer having a glass transition temperature from 50° C. to 130° C. The acrylic core copolymer and the acrylic shell copolymer of the acrylic core-shell latex particles in this example are present at an average weight ratio from 1:1 to 9:1.

An example of an inkjet ink for textile printing includes a white pigment, a pigment dispersant, a non-crosslinked polyurethane-based binder, an additive, and a liquid vehicle. The pigment dispersant is selected from the group consisting of a water-soluble acrylic acid polymer, a branched co-polymer of a comb-type structure with polyether pendant chains and acidic anchor groups attached to a backbone, and a combination thereof. The additive is selected from the group consisting of a styrene maleic anhydride copolymer, a styrene maleic anhydride ester, and a combination thereof.

An ink jet ink composition set includes a white ink jet ink composition and a nonwhite ink jet ink composition. The white ink jet ink composition contains a white pigment, resin particles, and water, and the nonwhite ink jet ink composition contains a nonwhite pigment, resin particles, and water. The white pigment has cation responsiveness, and the absolute value of zeta potential of the white pigment is lower than the absolute value of zeta potential of the nonwhite pigment.

A fabric printable medium comprising a fabric printable medium, with an image-side and a back-side, comprising a fabric base substrate; an image-receiving coating layer, applied on the image-side of printable medium, comprising a first and a second crosslinked polymeric network; a fire retarding barrier layer, applied to the back-side of the printable medium comprising polymeric binder and filler particles with flame retardancy properties; and, at least, a migration control finish layer comprising a film-formable polymer and a flame retardant agent, at a coat-weight ranging from about 0.5 to 10 gsm. Also disclosed are the method for making such fabric printable medium and the method for producing printed images using said material.

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

A fabric print medium can include a woven fabric substrate, a first barrier layer on an imaging side of the woven fabric substrate where the first barrier layer includes first barrier layer binder and first barrier layer flame retardant, a primer layer on the first barrier layer wherein the primer layer includes primer layer binder and primer layer pigment filler, an imaging layer on the primer layer where the imaging layer includes imaging layer film-forming binder and where the first barrier layer, the primer layer, and the imaging layer have a combined thickness from 10 μm to 70 μm, and a non-woven support layer on a back side of the woven fabric substrate.

A textile printing system can include an ink composition and a fabric substrate. The ink composition can include water, organic co-solvent, from 0.5 wt % to 10 wt % pigment, wherein the pigment has a dispersant associated with a surface thereof, and from 0.5 wt % to 20 wt % latex particles including styrene (meth)acrylic polymer having an acid number from 0 mg KOH/g to 60 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature from −30° C. to 50° C. The latex particles are uncrosslinked.

Novel inkjet ink formulations having a humectant composition, at least one pigment, and at least one compound selected from a binder, a defoamer, a leveling agent, an antibacterial agent, and a neutralizing agent; and water is disclosed. A method for printing on a flexible substrate is further disclosed.