| abstract |
A textile printing system includes a fabric substrate, an inkjet printhead in fluid communication with a reservoir containing a UV-curable ink composition to eject a UV-curable ink composition, and a UV-curing energy source positioned to cure the UV-curable ink composition upon being ejected onto the fabric substrate. The UV-curable ink composition includes from 50 wt% to 95 wt% water, from 4 wt% to 49 wt% organic co-solvent, from 0.5 wt% to 12 wt% pigment, wherein the pigment has a dispersant associated with a surface thereof, and from 0.5 wt% to 20 wt% of a polyurethane particles. The polyurethane particles include a polyurethane strand including a polyurethane backbone with a pendant reactive (meth)acrylate-containing diol group and terminal end cap groups, and the terminal end cap groups are independently selected from a monoalcohol, a monoamine, an acrylate, a methacrylate, or a combination thereof, for example. |