On Board Printer Filtration

Point of use filtration on ink jet printers is essential to achieve superior image quality and optimize printer uptime. Find out more about our filtration solutions for first-class images, every time.

Painting a better Picture

The digital print industry is driven by image quality and repeatability. Although most ink jet inks are filtered well during formulation, filtration on-board a digital printer is necessary to capture any degradation by-products, environmental contaminants and residual printer component debris.  Without removing these contaminants, print quality suffers and becomes unrepeatable leading to downtime and print defects. 

 

Filtration on-board a printer is most effective when two filters are used: a bulk filter followed by a last chance filter. The bulk filter has the capacity for high flow and retaining contaminants, and is commonly a self-contained, disposable capsule filter. The last chance filter is positioned very close to the ink jet printhead for point-of use filtration. Its purpose is to protect the printhead from contamination by debris, which can cause catastrophic failure.

 

Our filtration technology offers advancements which helps ink jet printer manufactures achieve repeatable print quality. With the wide variety of ink jet ink chemistries used today, several different filtration technologies are available to achieve superior image quality. From next generation capsule filter designs to self contained filters developed for larger digital printing systems, our solutions provide the following benefits: 

 

  • Enhanced image quality
  • Reduced nozzle blockages and increased printer uptime
  • Printing repeatability and consistency
  • Reduced ink formulation costs     

 

Our solutions are suitable for the following applications: 

 

  • Pigmented ink
  • Dye based ink
  • Solvent based ink
  • UV curable ink
  • Pigmented solvent-based ink 

 

Contact a Pall filtration expert and learn more about industry leading ink filtration technologies and how to enhance printer output and image quality.

For more information on improving the efficiency of your processes, contact our team of filtration experts.

Ink formulation filtration

Quality ink jet filtration needs to be optimized in order to achieve correct dispersion characteristics and image repeatability. Image defects caused by contaminants can be significantly reduced by implementation of Pall filtration systems. Pall offers cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of the ink jet ink formulator as well as the ink jet printer manufacturer.
Quality ink jet filtration needs to be optimized in order to achieve correct dispersion characteristics and image repeatability. Image defects caused by contaminants can be significantly reduced by implementation of Pall filtration systems. Pall offers cost-effective solutions to meet the needs of the ink jet ink formulator as well as the ink jet printer manufacturer.
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Ink degas

Foreign gases can enter ink throughout the printing and manufacturing process. These dissolved gases and microbubbles generate misfires of inkjet nozzles and will threaten print quality and repeatability, if they are not eliminated using proper degassing modules.
Foreign gases can enter ink throughout the printing and manufacturing process. These dissolved gases and microbubbles generate misfires of inkjet nozzles and will threaten print quality and repeatability, if they are not eliminated using proper degassing modules.
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