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Western Michigan University

Masters Theses

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2013

Deinking

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Improved Deinkability Of Lep (Liquid Electrophotography) Digital Prints, Zheng Wei Aug 2013

Improved Deinkability Of Lep (Liquid Electrophotography) Digital Prints, Zheng Wei

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Digital printing plays a very important role in the life of modern society. With the development of digital printing technologies, and the increasing market share of digital printing, the amount of digital prints in waste paper is rapidly increasing. Under “green” manufacturing and environmental sustainability, deinking of digital print inks is an urgent problem that needs to be solved. Indigo is a typical series of HP (Hewlett-Packard) digital presses that use a liquid ink named ElectroInk (Liquid Electrophotography or LEP). The particle size of HP ElectroInk is very small, 1-2 microns, which is smaller than dry toners. But, during flotation, …