It is known that the water absorptivity of paper greatly affects the receptivity of inks of the second and subsequent colors due to the use of wetting water in lithography.
It the drying section of the coater, the migration of the binder to the surface of the coatings occurs. This often results in insufficient water absorption and poor ink receptivity of the coated paper.
Optical properties and printability was evaluated for coated papers prepared by using coating color containing amphoteric or anionic latex having the same composition of monomers but with different surface charge groups.
The amphoteric latex-based coated paper can be characterised by the following features as compared with the anionic latex-based paper.
These favorable features of amphoteric latex-based coated paper are considered to stem from the electrostatic interaction among latex particles, clay, and the fibers on the surface of base paper, through the prevention of binder migration to the surface of coating layer and permeation of binder into the base paper.
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