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Record Nr.

UNINA9911009180703321

Autore

Klein Susanne

Titolo

Printing Technologies and Applications : A Multidisciplinary Roadmap

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bristol : , : Institute of Physics Publishing, , 2022

©2024

ISBN

9780750343787

0750343788

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Collana

IOP Ebooks Series

Altri autori (Persone)

ParramanCarinna

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Author biographies -- Susanne Klein -- Carinna Parraman -- Chapter  Fundamentals of printing -- 1.1 What is printing? -- 1.2 What is a print? -- 1.3 Different printing technologies -- 1.3.1 Relief printing -- 1.3.2 Intaglio printing -- 1.3.3 Lithography -- 1.3.4 Screen printing, silkscreen or serigraphy -- 1.3.5 Digital printing -- 1.4 What is the future of print? -- References -- Chapter  Printing on different substrates -- 2.1 Printing on paper -- 2.1.1 What is paper? -- 2.1.2 The paper-making process -- 2.2 Printing on ceramics and metal, from tableware to tiles -- 2.2.1 History of the transfer print -- 2.2.2 Printing onto ceramic -- 2.2.3 Printing of enamel -- 2.2.4 Recent issues in the use of cadmium and its legislation -- 2.2.5 Other printing methods for glass, enamel, and ceramic -- 2.2.6 On-glaze digital decals -- 2.2.7 Hand decal printing using screen printing -- 2.2.8 Direct inkjet printing -- 2.2.9 Pad printing -- 2.3 Printing on plastic -- 2.3.1 A short history of plastic -- 2.4 Printing on textiles -- 2.4.1 The history of printing on textiles -- 2.4.2 Direct print on textiles -- References -- Chapter  The physics and chemistry of printing -- 3.1 The physics of the transfer of ink to the substrate -- 3.1.1 Adhesion -- 3.2 The drying of ink on different substrates -- 3.2.1 Inks that dry via evaporation -- 3.2.2 Polymerizing inks -- 3.2.3 The odd ones: solid ink and dry toner -- 3.3 Different formulations for different inks -- 3.4 Rheology of ink -- 3.5 The influence of the



substrate, printing method and pigment choice on the appearance of the print -- References.

Sommario/riassunto

In this book, the interactions between printing method, ink and substrate surface are discussed in order to achieve optimal results and durability.