What is the difference between water-based ink and oily ink?

author: Uvink

2022-12-14

What is the difference between water-based ink and oily ink?Oil-based ink is to dilute

the pigment in oil, such as mineral oil, vegetable oil, etc., and the ink will adhere to the medium

through the penetration and evaporation of oil on the printing medium; water-based ink uses

water as the dispersion medium, and the ink is on the printing medium. The pigment is attached to

the medium through the penetration and evaporation of water. The ink in the photo industry is

distinguished according to its use, and can be divided into two types: one is water-based ink,

which uses water and water-soluble solvents as the main components of the dissolved color base.

The other is oil-based ink, which uses a water-insoluble solvent as the main component of dissolving

the color base.

What is the difference between water-based ink and oily ink?According to the solvent solubility,

it can also be divided into three types: dye-based ink: it is an ink based on dye, which is currently

used in most indoor photo machines; pigment-based ink: it is based on pigment ink for outdoor

inkjet printers. Eco-solvent ink: between the two, used on outdoor photo machines.

What is the difference between water-based ink and oily ink?Pay special attention that these

three inks cannot be mixed. Water-based machines can only use water-based inks, and oil-based machines

can only use eco-solvent inks and solvent inks. Because the ink cartridges, pipes, and nozzles of

water-based machines and oil-based machines are different during machine installation,

So ink can not be used indiscriminately.