Development of waterbased UV curable inkjet inks for printing on plastic substrates

Why are UV-curable inkjet inks not used for foodpackaging today?

•MIGRATION of monomers and photoinitiators

•SMELL of non perfectly cured films

What are the main problems of purely water/solvent-based inkjet inks?

•High drying times

•VOC-content

•Poor image quality especially on non porous materials

•No drop fix at ionis possible

•Poor solvent resistance

•Open time of the print-heads

UNSATISFYING SITUATION FOR INKJET PRINTING !!!