Pigment printing offer a solid range of coloring with very good end use properties at a reasonable cost on wide range of basic fabric. Pigment are now used to produce printed products for a number of end uses including apparel, home furnishing, crafts, etc. Pigment use for textile products is increasing over the last 50 years. The important factors are binders concentrations, pH of print paste, thickeners viscosity, results at different curing time and temperature are evaluated,effects of different concentration of fixer is also checked, different amount of softener is used and also combination of both fixer and softener is evaluated in pigment printing to find out the best possible recipe which gives improved fastness properties. Pre-screening is done first to find out the key factors which influence fastness properties and further experiments are carried out in the light of results obtained from Pre-Screening. This project broadly covers importance of factors which affect fastness properties and how changing those factors influence fastness properties. Ned University of Engineering & Technology, Karachi, Pakistan How to Improve the Fastness Properties of Pigment Printed Cotton Fabric

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