Printing Auxiliaries

Our printing auxiliaries portfolio covers pigment, reactive, disperse, discharge, and value-added printing systems, built on four decades of application work with commercial mills. 

PRIMAPRINT®

PRIMAPRINT® is a complete APEO-free pigment printing system producing soft printed shades with high fastness, superior sharpness, brightness, and print storage stability. 

Binders

Binders are the core performance component in a pigment paste; they form the polymer film that bonds pigment particles to the fibre surface and determines both the mechanical strength of the print (wash, rub, and dry-clean fastness) and the tactile quality of the printed area (hand-feel and softness). 

1. PRIMAPRINT® USB Plus: A new-generation ultra-soft binder with excellent fastness and sharp print quality on cotton, viscose, and blends. 

2. PRIMAPRINT® HFSS: Formulated for superb softness and high fastness, suited to premium applications where both attributes must be delivered together. 

3. PRIMAPRINT® SVIN provides good all-round fastness, pleasing handle, and bright print appearance. 

4. PRIMAPRINT® NMG is an acrylic co-polymer binder with bright, sharp prints, pleasingly soft handle, and excellent all-round fastness. 

5. PRIMAPRINT® SA 08 is an acrylate co-polymer binder with the same bright, sharp print and soft handle profile. 

6. PRIMAPRINT® K435 and K440 are versatile binders for pigment printing and khadi paste preparation, stable in extremely hard water, curable at lower temperatures than conventional binders, and stable in discharge printing systems.

7. PRIMAPRINT® PGD is a standard binder for pigment printing on cotton, viscose, and polyester blends. 

8. PRIMAPRINT® USB is a cost-effective binder for pigment printing across the same substrate range.

Thickening agents

Thickeners set the rheological profile of the print paste, controlling viscosity, print edge sharpness, paste penetration into the fabric, and ease of wash-off after curing. 

1. PRIMAPRINT® SN-FT Plus: A high-performance thickening agent with low dosage requirement, suitable across cotton, viscose, polyester, and blended fabrics in rotary and screen printing. 

2. PRIMAPRINT® SN-FT: The standard synthetic thickening agent for the pigment printing system across the same substrates. 

3. PRIMAPRINT® KTH: A synthetic thickening agent specifically for khadi paste preparation and coating applications, with a wider viscosity dosage range suited to the higher-viscosity requirements of these end uses.

Fixative agents

Fixative agents cross-link the binder film after curing, improving the durability of the binder-pigment-fibre bond and enhancing wash and rub fastness. 

1. PRIMAPRINT® ZFF is a formaldehyde-free cross-linking fixative agent for pigment printing on cotton, viscose, polyester, and blends, the cleanest option for GOTS and export RSL compliance. 

2. PRIMAPRINT® NTLF is a very low formaldehyde fixative agent, providing a performance-economics balance for programmes where formaldehyde-free is not mandated. 

3. PRIMAPRINT® NT is a low formaldehyde fixative, suited to standard pigment printing programmes on all fabric types.

Additives

Print paste additives address specific process stability and quality challenges that arise during production runs, particularly in rotary printing, where long machine run times expose any weakness in paste formulation. 

1. PRIMAPRINT® MEP is an anti-choking agent that prevents screen blockage during extended print runs, maintaining consistent paste flow through rotary and flatbed screen apertures over time. 

2. PRIMAPRINT® APS is a pigment printing softener that imparts a smooth handle to the printed area after curing, used where a softer tactile result is required beyond what the binder alone delivers.

3. PRIMAPRINT® RMA is a special rheology modifier that prevents viscosity drop in the print paste throughout machine running, critical for maintaining print sharpness and colour consistency from the first repeat to the last on a long production run.

BRILLOPRINT®

The BRILLOPRINT® range covers all the auxiliary chemistry required for reactive printing on cellulosic fabrics, disperse printing on polyester, and the supporting chemistry shared across systems, thickeners, urea substitutes, antifoams, resist salts, and washing-off agents. 

Reactive printing, thickeners

Reactive printing thickeners must maintain stable viscosity through the full print run, release dye efficiently during steaming, and wash out cleanly after fixation without leaving residue that reduces colour brightness or blocks fabric pores. 

1. BRILLOPRINT® RPGD is a hybrid synthetic-natural thickener that replaces sodium alginate, delivering better colour yield and levelness across wide viscosity and machine speed ranges on cotton and viscose in both rotary and screen printing. 

2. BRILLOPRINT® RBT is a fully synthetic thickener for replacing alginate/gum, providing sharp print quality, better colour yield, good definition, and levelness with easy wash-off, suited to applications where maximum print sharpness is the priority.

Reactive printing, urea substitutes & eco additives

Urea is used in reactive print pastes to maintain moisture during steaming and improve dye solubility, but it contributes significantly to ETP nitrogen load.

1. BRILLOPRINT® WPD is an eco-friendly alternative to urea in print paste, achieving a 50% reduction in urea requirement at significantly lower dosage with very high ETP load reduction and no adverse effect on shade brilliancy or depth, available in liquid form for continuous range and auto-dosing systems. 

2. BRILLOPRINT® PRPT is a new-generation additive for reactive printing, used as an eco-friendly alternative to urea with significantly less dosage and lesser impact on the environment, suited to digital reactive printing and standard screen applications.

Reactive printing, resist salts

1. Resist salt (m-nitrobenzene sulphonate) is used in reactive print pastes to prevent premature reduction of reactive dyes during steaming, protecting colour yield and brightness. 

2. BRILLOPRINT® RS is a resist salt replacement in powder form for cotton and viscose reactive printing. 

3. BRILLOPRINT® RSL is the same resist salt replacement chemistry in liquid form, offering easier handling and dosing in automated paste preparation systems.

Reactive printing, antifoam & washing-off

1. BRILLOPRINT® APD is an anti-foam and anti-frothing agent for reactive printing on cotton and viscose in rotary and screen systems. Trapped air in print paste causes pin-holes, uneven penetration, and print levelness defects; APD eliminates foam before printing and during the paste mixing stage to ensure consistent paste quality and print uniformity. 

2. AMPINOL® ESS Ultra, included in the reactive printing system, is an excellent washing-off agent with superb anti-tinting properties specially recommended for reactive print washing, removing unfixed dye and thickener residue completely after steaming to improve colour brightness and fastness ratings.

Disperse printing, thickeners & auxiliaries

Disperse printing on polyester requires a different thickener chemistry from reactive printing, one that is stable at the high temperatures of thermosol fixation and compatible with disperse dye chemistry. 

1. BRILLOPRINT® DSPT is a disperse synthetic thickener for polyester and polyester-blend fabrics in rotary and screen printing systems.

2. BRILLOPRINT® DHPT is a disperse hybrid thickener for the same substrate range, offering a blend of synthetic and natural thickener characteristics for specific viscosity profiles. 

3. BRILLOPRINT® LA 101 is a loop accelerator for super-heated steam fixation of disperse dyes on polyester, improving dye fixation efficiency in superheated steam fixation processes.

4. EVENOL® MND, the combined levelling and dispersing agent from the dyeing range, is also applied in disperse printing paste to ensure stable dye dispersion through the print cycle. 

5. NEUTAX® AAA is a strong neutraliser used after alkaline pre-treatment in the disperse printing preparation sequence.

TRUTONE®

The TRUTONE® range covers specialist printing applications that go beyond standard pigment and reactive systems, white and opaque khadi printing, metallic and glitter/jari effects, foil printing adhesives, table and butterfly printing pastes, and discharge printing. 

White & opaque printing inks and khadi pastes

White and opaque khadi pastes are essential for fashion, ethnic wear, and home textile printing where a bright, coverage-rich white base or coloured opaque print is required, particularly on dark ground fabrics. 

1. TRUTONE® Glow White is a white ink for printing on cotton, viscose, polyester, and blended fabrics in rotary and screen systems. 

2. TRUTONE® CWK White is a ready-to-use khadi paste for woven fabrics, delivering opaque coverage in rotary and screen printing. 

3. TRUTONE® SP White ECO is a ready-to-use white khadi paste for printing on all types of stretch fabrics, including cotton, viscose, polyester, and elastane blends, where paste formulation must accommodate substrate elongation without cracking.

Metallic, glitter & foil printing

Metallic and effect printing requires binder systems specifically engineered to bond metallic powders, glitter particles, or foil adhesion layers to fabric, while maintaining the flexibility and durability needed to survive washing. 

1. TRUTONE® GLX is a special binder for gold printing, used with gold powder at defined ratios in rotary and screen printing on cotton, viscose, and polyester blends.

2. TRUTONE® JBX is a special binder for glitter and jari printing, formulated for use with glitter powder in the same rotary and screen applications. 

3. TRUTONE® FLP Plus is a special adhesive for foil printing on fabrics and garments, used to apply metallic foil effects in rotary and screen printing across cotton, viscose, and polyester blended substrates.

Table & butterfly printing pastes

Table printing (also known as butterfly or hand-table printing) uses a different paste consistency and application method from rotary or flatbed screen printing, requiring ready-to-use formulations with specific viscosity profiles, coverage behaviour, and handling characteristics. 

1. TRUTONE® Royal Clear Paste is a ready-to-use print paste (Royal Clear), ideal for table and butterfly printing on cotton and viscose substrates. 

2. TRUTONE® Royal White Paste is its opaque white counterpart, a ready-to-use Royal White paste for table and butterfly printing on the same substrates, used where coverage rather than transparency is required.

Discharge printing

Discharge printing removes ground-colour dye from specific areas of a pre-dyed fabric to create white or coloured patterns with exceptional colour vibrancy and a soft hand-feel that is impossible to achieve with pigment overprint. 

1. TRUTONE® DC White is a discharge white paste for cotton, viscose, and their blends in rotary and screen printing, used to discharge the ground shade to white. 

2. TRUTONE® DC Clear is a discharge clear paste for the same substrates, used for creating transparent discharge effects or as a base for illuminating colour discharge applications. 

3. TRUTONE® DC Agent is the catalyst for discharge printing on cotton, viscose, and blends, promoting the reductive discharge reaction during the steaming fixation stage.

DYFAST® CFI

Crocking, the transfer of colour from the fabric surface to other surfaces under dry or wet rubbing, is a critical fastness parameter for printed and deeply dyed cellulosic fabrics. It is measured as a standard test by most international brands and is a common reason for shipment rejection in export markets. 

Crock fastness improvers

1. DYFAST® CFI Plus is a novel formaldehyde-free crocking fastness improver for cotton, viscose, and blended fabrics, applied on the stenter at padding dosage of 30 to 40 gpl. 

2. DYFAST® CFI Ultra is a cationic crocking fastness improver for the same substrate range, also applied by padding on the stenter at 30 to 40 gpl, suited to programmes where the cationic aftertreatment chemistry is compatible with the preceding dye and printing chemistry.

GLIDEX®

Post-print finishing with silicone emulsions imparts a premium soft, smooth handle to pigment-printed fabrics, addressing one of the key limitations of pigment printing, where the binder film can stiffen the printed area relative to the unprinted ground. 

Silicone finishing for pigment-printed fabrics

GLIDEX® Prime and GLIDEX® PP are block silicone emulsions delivering ultra-smooth soft handle on pigment-printed fabrics. Both exhibit high shear stability, important for consistent application in padding and exhaustion systems, and are stable across a wide pH range of 4.0 to 10.0, making them compatible with the acidic and mildly alkaline finishing bath conditions encountered in commercial production. Suitable for both exhaust and continuous (padding) finishing processes.