EP0898513B1 - Verfahren zur behandlung von papier - Google Patents

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EP0898513B1
EP0898513B1 EP97923210A EP97923210A EP0898513B1 EP 0898513 B1 EP0898513 B1 EP 0898513B1 EP 97923210 A EP97923210 A EP 97923210A EP 97923210 A EP97923210 A EP 97923210A EP 0898513 B1 EP0898513 B1 EP 0898513B1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M1/00—Inking and printing with a printer's forme
    • B41M1/12—Stencil printing; Silk-screen printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M1/00—Inking and printing with a printer's forme
    • B41M1/10—Intaglio printing ; Gravure printing
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M3/00—Printing processes to produce particular kinds of printed work, e.g. patterns
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41M—PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; COLOUR PRINTING
    • B41M7/00—After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock
    • B41M7/0027—After-treatment of prints, e.g. heating, irradiating, setting of the ink, protection of the printed stock using protective coatings or layers by lamination or by fusion of the coatings or layers
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H21/00—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties
    • D21H21/14—Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties characterised by function or properties in or on the paper
    • D21H21/28—Colorants ; Pigments or opacifying agents

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  • This invention relates to colouring papers and cards particularly, but not exclusively, for use in book binding and the manufacture of games boards, presentation boxes and stationery.
  • the cost of coloured dyes accounts for a significant proportion of the cost of producing coloured paper. This is particularly so for deep coloured papers which require high dye concentration.
  • EP 0,414,015 discloses a method of colouring paper in which the upper surface of a tissue web is impregnated with a colouring ink in a single application.
  • the degree of penetration of the ink is limited as much as possible, and there is no teaching concerning the rate of decrease in concentration of the ink through the depth of the tissue web.
  • An object of the present invention is to provide a deeply coloured paper that is durable, while still being cost effective to produce. This is achieved by impregnating the paper with ink or dye below the upper or outer surface of the paper, and using a technique to do this which optimises the concentration of the impregnated ink relative to the depth of penetration below the upper layer of the paper.
  • the present invention provides a paper product comprising a ply of lightly coloured base paper having an upper surface in which a portion of the ply below the upper surface is impregnated with a colouring ink, wherein the colouring ink decreases in concentration in a direction through the ply moving away from the upper surface, characterised in that the rate of the decrease in concentration of the ink is greater in a first portion of the paper product closest to the upper surface than in a second portion of the paper product further away from the upper surface.
  • the concentration of impregnated ink decreases at a first substantially linear rate through the first portion of the paper produce closest to the upper surface of the product, and at a second and lower substantially linear rate through the second portion of the paper product further away from the upper surface.
  • the paper product may be a cellulosic fibre paper, a paper made of a synthetic fibre material or a paper made of mixed fibres.
  • the colouring ink may extend substantially across the entire surface area of the paper product.
  • the product may be capable or adapted to be folded so as to form a crease in the product such that the resulting damage to the outermost fibres towards the upper surface does not allow uncoloured fibres to show through.
  • the lightly coloured paper base may be white or tinted.
  • the paper product may have more than one ply of paper.
  • the colouring ink may be present only in the top ply; it may extend substantially or wholly through the top ply.
  • the presence of the colouring ink below the surface of the ply may allow the product to be folded without the base colour of the product showing through the surface of the top ply.
  • the type of coloured ink is preferably chosen so as to have a good scuff resistance.
  • the ink is preferably selected to have one or more of the following characteristics:
  • the ink may be solvent based but is preferably water based.
  • the ink may penetrate to a depth of at least 30 or 35 microns below the upper surface of the paper product. It may penetrate to a greater depth.
  • the ink may penetrate to a depth of substantially 30% of the depth of the ply below the upper surface of the paper product. It may have a penetration of at least 30% and may have a greater penetration. If the ink is solvent based then the penetration may be greater.
  • the concentration of ink may decrease with depth of penetration.
  • printers generally seek to minimise the quantity of ink that is used. This is done by formulating the ink to minimise ink penetration into the paper and/or by coating, treating or selecting the paper so as to minimise ink penetration.
  • a paper product in accordance with the present invention preferably has a greater ink penetration; in one of its aspects, the invention seeks to achieve a certain or minimum ink penetration to obtain the advantages discussed.
  • the present invention provides a method of producing a paper product including the steps of:
  • the method may also include one or more of the following steps:
  • the method may be performed on a paper making machine, for example, immediately after the drum reel operation. Alternatively, the method may be performed on a paper product removed from a paper making machine.
  • the two ply paper product 10 of Fig 1 has been overprinted over its entire upper surface 20 with an ink 21.
  • the ink penetrates from the top surface 20 substantially through the upper ply 11 but not into the lower ply 12.
  • a thin layer of ink 21 is present at the top surface 20 and, as shown in Fig 2, the concentration of ink x decreases in a direction y moving away from the top surface.
  • the plies 11,12 may be of a light colour having been dyed during manufacture or may be white; they may be of different colours.
  • the plies 11,12 may be of a corresponding lighter colour to the ink; for example, the plies may be light blue when the ink is a deep or dark blue.
  • the paper product 10 is sufficiently strong that it can be used as a binding paper for example for booking binding, games boards, box and stationery manufacturing. Its presentation surface has adequate scuff and water resistance so that it does not readily lose colour or deposit fibres when a contacting surface is rubbed against it.
  • the paper accepts adhesives (for binding purposes) whilst not permitting the adhesive to saturate the sheet.
  • the scuff resistance is such that face to face abrasion resistance carried out on Martindale testing equipment is in excess of 1000 cycles.
  • the ink is adequately absorbed into the paper such that when the paper is folded over an edge or corner, the resulting damage to the outermost layer of fibres does not allow uncoloured fibres to show through.
  • the ink may be an aqueous based ink.
  • the apparatus 30 of Fig 3 is arranged to treat a roll of paper 31 which has been manufactured in a separate process.
  • the apparatus 30 comprises:
  • the paper product passes through a dwell portion 39,40 to allow the sheet adequate dwell time such that it re-stabilises before being rewound.
  • the re-moisturising station 39 which may comprise a re-moisturising unit and a conditioning unit is stationed prior to rewinding.
  • the re-moisturising unit applies water to the uncoated paper surface thereby counteracting the influence of the water-based overprint ink.
  • the conditioning unit allows the paper sufficient dwell time in the process to accept the moisture and re-stabilise.
  • the ink may be applied to the paper product in a single printing operation it has been found advantageous to apply the ink in two separate passes with an intervening drying operation.
  • the drying operation may be encouraged by use of an infra-red or microwave dryer (as illustrated) but such a dryer is not always necessary.
  • 3 grams per m 2 dry ink may be applied to the paper product. In the embodiment of Fig 3 this may be achieved by applying 1.5 grams per m 2 at each of the two print heads.
  • Figure 4 graphs the concentration from a two print process.
  • the line AB represents the concentration of the ink relative to the depth of the paper below the upper sheet surface after the first print run.
  • line CD the rate of impregnation of the ink from the second print run.
  • the resultant aggregate concentration from the two print runs is therefore graphed by the line AD.
  • This concentration is advantageous as the ink concentration is greatest, exponentially, where it is most wanted. It reduces the amount of ink needed to achieve a paper of suitable durability and this is beneficial in light of the aforementioned high cost of the ink itself.

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Claims (12)

  1. Papierprodukt, umfassend eine Schicht aus leicht gefärbtem Basispapier, mit einer oberen Oberfläche, bei welchem ein Teilstück der Schicht unter der oberen Oberfläche mit einer färbenden Tinte imprägniert ist, wobei die färbende Tinte in der Konzentration in einer Richtung durch die Schicht hindurch, die sich von der oberen Oberfläche weg bewegt, abnimmt, dadurch gekennzeichnet, dass die Rate der Abnahme bei der Konzentration der Tinte in einem ersten Teilstück des Papierprodukts, das näher an der oberen Oberfläche ist, größer ist, als in einem zweiten Teilstück des Papierprodukts, das von der oberen Oberfläche weiter weg ist.
  2. Papierprodukt nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Konzentration der imprägnierten Tinte in einer ersten im wesentlichen linearen Rate durch das genannte erste Teilstück des Papierprodukts hindurch, das näher an der oberen Oberfläche des Produkts ist, und in einer zweiten und geringeren, im wesentlichen linearen Rate durch das genannte zweite Teilstück des Papierprodukts hindurch, das von der oberen Oberfläche weiter weg ist, abnimmt.
  3. Papierprodukt nach Anspruch 1 oder 2, aus Zellulosefasern, synthetischen Fasern oder gemischten Fasern hergestellt.
  4. Papierprodukt nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem sich die färbende Tinte im wesentlichen quer über den gesamten Oberflächenbereich des Papierprodukts erstreckt.
  5. Papierprodukt nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, fähig oder geeignet, so gefaltet zu werden, dass ein Falz in dem Produkt gebildet wird, derart, dass die resultierende Beschädigung der äußersten Fasern nach der oberen Oberfläche hin nicht zuläßt, dass sich ungefärbte Fasern zeigen.
  6. Papierprodukt nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die leicht gefärbte Papierbasis Tinte aufweist.
  7. Papierprodukt nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, mit mehr als einer Papierschicht, wobei die färbende Tinte nur in der oberen Schicht vorhanden ist.
  8. Papierprodukt nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die färbende Tinte ausgewählt ist, eine oder mehrere der folgenden Charakteristiken aufzuweisen:
    a) hoher Widerstand gegenüber trockenem und feuchtem Abreiben;
    b) hoher Widerstand gegenüber Farbänderung unter Druck und Temperatur;
    c) Flexibilität des Tintenfilms beim Prägen und Einhängen, um das Reißen der Tintenschicht zu verhindern;
    d) gute Folienstempelungs-, Blinddruck- und Siebdruck-Eigenschaften;
    e) gute Lichtechtheit (d. h. Widerstand gegenüber Verblassen, zum Beispiel 3 Min. auf der Blue Wool Scale);
    f) kein Abschmieren auf die Unterseite;
    g) kein Abschmieren auf die Design-Walzen oder Matrizen-Walzen;
    h) gute Papierdurchdringungs-Charakteristiken.
  9. Papierprodukt nach einem der vorhergehenden Ansprüche, bei dem die färbende Tinte bis auf eine Tiefe von mindestens 30 Mikron unter die obere Oberfläche des Papierprodukts eindringt.
  10. Verfahren zum Herstellen eines Papierprodukts, folgende Schritte einschließend:
    a) Bedrucken einer Blattoberfläche des Papierprodukts mit Tinte;
    b) Eindringenlassen der Tinte in ein Teilstück des Papierprodukts unter der Blattoberfläche sowie
    c) erneutes Bedrucken des Blatts mit Tinte, so dass die Rate der Abnahme bei der Konzentration der Tinte in einem ersten Teilstück des Papierprodukts, das näher an der oberen Oberfläche ist, größer ist als in einem zweiten Teilstück des Papierprodukts, das von der oberen Oberfläche weiter weg ist.
  11. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10, ferner einen, oder mehrere, der folgenden Schritte einschließend:
    a) Abwickeln des Papierprodukts;
    b) Trocknen der Tinte zwischen den zwei Druckaufbringungen;
    c) Aufbringen eines Lacks über die Blattoberfläche;
    d) Prägen des Produkts;
    e) erneutes Befeuchten der Unterseite des Produkts;
    f) erneutes Wickeln des Produkts;
    g) Zulassen einer Verweilzeit zum Restabilisieren des Produkts.
  12. Verfahren nach Anspruch 10 oder 11, auf einer Papierherstellungsmaschine, unmittelbar nach dem Trommel-Haspel-Vorgang, durchgeführt.
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