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What is the difference between water, oil and solvent based inks?

April 26, 2017based inks Oil solvent water

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What is the difference between water, oil and solvent based inks?

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All three liquids act as a carrier of a dye or pigment onto a given substrate. The printer’s jetting system regulates the types of inks that can be used, e.g. Thermal Ink Jet- water-based only, Piezo Ink Jet- water, oil, solvent, etc.. Specific substrates are required for different inks as well; Coated- water & oil, Un-coated- solvent. ILFORD media are designed for use with aqueous (water based) inks – either dye or pigmented.