Based upon the promising results obtained, pigmented coating adhesives were prepared by using together various kinds of PVA, oxidized starch and casein with SB-latex and were applied to paperboard on a pilot coater.
Application was carried out by the double coating method using a combination of metering rod/air knife on an off-machine coater.
Formulation of PVA and casein could be applied without any problem with a coating speed at about 100m/min. However, smoothness, porosity and gloss became very high when aqueous borax (tetrasodium borate decahydrate), which is a gelation agent for PVA, was used as wet finishing agent. As a result of this, the surface of the coated paperboard became oil resistant making the absorption of ink poorer and thus ink setting very slow.
Printing test was carried out using a manual one-color offset printing machine and an automatic four-color offset printing machine as well, and printability of the coated paper was evaluated.
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