Inkjet printing technology has been increasingly successful for producing almost any print design on textiles within a very short time providing this technique a cutting edge over other conventional printing techniques, for example, screen printing. For high performance textiles which can ensure different functionalities (such as, sensing ambient environment and also working as printed design based fashion items) at a relatively low cost have a strong appeal to the users for a variety of reasons. Photo-responsive inkjet printed textiles have many applications, some of which include, fashion and design, self-indicating alert systems, anti- counterfeit, security and brand protection. Both photochromic dispersed and photochromic acid dyes can be used to formulate inkjet inks to produce photo-responsive inks for inkjet printing on different types of textiles (for example, cotton, wool, silk, nylon) for potential conventional and high-technology applications. Formulation of functional inks using functional dyes, such as, photochromic dyes needs proper care for producing jettable inks, retaining functional behaviour for a considerable period along with other desired properties, for instance, high print quality and robust technical performances of printed textiles. In addition, the porosity of the substrate plays a significant role on the absorption or penetration behaviour of an inkjet ink or more simply regulates its spreading on a substrate thus controlling inkjet printed image quality and the technical performances of an ink to some extent. As a result, it is necessary to control a number of influencing factors to produce desired high quality printed responsive substrates with good technical performances for various applications. A technically robust photochromic inkjet printed textile substrate would be suitable for a huge variety of conventional and advanced applications.
The current inkjet print head technology are focused to ensure next generation of developments in different aspects including, higher drop frequency, MEMS construction, single-pass, higher aqueous tolerance, integrated system with multiple head types, LED-UV curing system, efficient monitoring for drop-outs and fluid recirculation. Some of the main objective of this advanced technologies are trying to ensure sustainability and eco-friendly character, hybrid system with integration of analog and digital technologies, automatic maintenance system along with higher temperature and humidity controls to ensure top quality fluid disposal system. There are considerable trends in lowering the price of the print heads in terms of lower cost per nozzle, larger arrays of print heads and lower cost per print.
Inkjet technology is evolving by the day, for example, it is going from binary to grayscale, from macro to MEMS micro machining, from scanning heads to single pass, from fitting application to match inkjet technology to designing inkjet technology to match application requirements, from sub-boiling temperature operation to high temperature performance and 2D graphic designs to 3D fabrications including high quality additive manufacturing for a huge range of applications. So, the effective inclusion of required functionalities (such as, in this case photochromic performances) on printed textiles using appropriate inkjet printing techniques can provide a significant breakthrough in value addition, fashion and design along with high-tech applications.
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