Environment & Sustainability
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PRINTING
• Digital Printing: Realities and Possibilities by Phil Owen (Textile Chemist and Colorist & American Dyestuff Reporter, February 2000). A report on the European conference on digital printing examines the present and future application of the technology for the textile industry.
• Printing Rayon with Fiber Reactive Dyes by Rainier H. W. Eiseniohr (Textile Chemist & Colorist, June 1991). Rayon fabrics printed with reactive dyes require up to 20% urea in the print paste to achieve proper fixation. Can fixation be accomplished without urea?
• Rotary Screen Printing in the Nineties: Worldwide Competition and a Competitive Edge by R. J. M. Kool (Textile Chemist & Colorist, June 1995). Printing machinery manufacturers respond to customer needs by refining and expanding current printing technology.
• Synthesis and Characterization of Nonformaldehyde Releasing and Low-Temperature Curable Binder by Lv Jing, Xiao Min, and Chen Shuilin (AATCC Review, June 2003). A binder for environmentally friendly pigment printing has been developed.