A pre-treatment coating composition includes evaporable liquid vehicle and a pre-treatment coating matrix, including from 30 wt % to 70 wt % multivalent organic salt, from 5 wt % to 30 wt % dispersed polyurethane binder having a weight average molecular weight from 30,000 Mw to 100,000 Mw, from 0.5 wt % to 8 wt % of a high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol binder, and from 10 wt % to 30 wt % of a low molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol binder. The low molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol binder and the high molecular weight polyvinyl alcohol binder are present in the pre-treatment coating matrix at a 3:1 to 15:1 weight ratio, and weight percentages are based on dry weight of the pre-treatment coating matrix.

The present invention provides a coating material that can improve gravure printing characteristics of the printing surface of a printing substrate to favorably transfer an ink fed in the cell of a gravure printing roll to the printing surface of the printing substrate, thereby achieving the beautiful gravure printing. The coating material of the present invention is a coating material for forming a surface layer serving as a printing surface on a printing substrate to which gravure printing is to be applied, and the coating material is characterized by including a pigment including an inorganic particulate and a skin layer that is formed on a surface of the inorganic particulate and includes an organic compound.

An ink receptive substrate including an ink receptive layer configured to receive at least one inkjet ink. The ink receptive layer having a plurality of first silica particles and a plurality of second silica particles, wherein the average particle diameter of the first silica particles is different than the average particle diameter of the second silica particles. The ink receptive layer also having a first acrylic polymer and a second acrylic polymer, wherein the first acrylic polymer and second acrylic polymer are partially miscible. In one aspect, the includes ink receptive substrate includes a base layer configured to support the ink receptive layer and a high water capacity layer configured to reduce water accumulation in the ink receptive layer.

Liquid ink-receiving layers or films (receiving layers) for direct ink jet printing or ink printing, into which low-viscous liquid (highly fluid) printing media (printing inks) can be introduced according to said printing methods, and which solidify or are able to be solidified at a time subsequent to the ink insertion (retarded). The invention eliminates limitations on the usability of raw materials for ink jet printing or ink printing, especially of film-forming agents but also of pigments and other ingredients. Moreover, corresponding compositions and methods for ink jet printing or ink printing are proposed.

Aspects of the present disclosure relate to a printable medium including a polyurethane dispersion. As an example, a printable medium may include a fabric base substrate, with an image-side and a back-side. A film-forming layer may be applied to the image-side of the fabric base substrate, including an anionic polyurethane dispersion having a reactive group on a backbone of the polyurethane dispersion and a reactive group on a capping unit of the polyurethane dispersion. An ink-receiving coating layer may be applied over the film-forming layer, including a crosslink agent.

A flame-resistant print media coating composition includes water and polyurethane particles dispersed in the water. The polyurethane particles include polyurethane polymer with a polyurethane backbone. The polyurethane backbone includes urethane linkage groups associated with aliphatic phosphonium salts as well as polymeric portions.

A flame-resistant print media coating composition includes water and polyurethane particles dispersed in the water. The polyurethane particles include a polyurethane polymer having a polyurethane backbone with urethane linkage groups coupling polymerized diisocyanates and polymerized polymeric diols along the polyurethane backbone. The polyurethane polymer in this example includes aliphatic phosphonium salt capping groups.

An ink-receptive composition for coating a substrate provides outstanding outdoor durability and color fade resistance. The ink-receptive composition includes a polymeric binder comprising an ethylene-based polymer, a pigment, a light stabilizer package comprising UV-absorber and a light stabilizer, and a surfactant. Notably, the ink-receptive composition is preferably free of mordant, if any mordant is present, then that mordant is present in an amount less than 5 weight percent of the composition and more preferably less than 3 weight percent of the composition, Related methods of manufacture, methods of printing, and articles coated with the composition are obtainable with this coating.

A fabric coating composition can include water, from 3 wt % to 95 wt % oxazoline reactive compound by dry weight including an oxazoline group, and from 3 wt % to 70 wt % cationic charging agent by dry weight. The fabric coating composition can have a pH from pH 2 to pH 6.

A method for manufacturing a decorative foil may involve providing a thermoplastic carrier layer. An ink receiving layer may be provided to the carrier layer. A decorative pattern may be formed on the carrier layer by performing a digital printing operation wherein droplets of aqueous inks having a volume smaller than 100 pL are jet to the carrier layer, more particularly to the ink receiving. The ink receiving layer may comprise a binding agent, preferably different from an acrylic copolymer, and/or silica.