In 2001, INGEDE initiated a program to investigate the recyclability of digital prints. It resulted in a Task Force and a research project, supported by INGEDE and located at the CTP in Grenoble (France). Already the first tests showed that digital printing like Indigo or inkjet means a major problem for recycling these inks cannot be removed during paper recycling.
At a workshop on October 18, 2001, at CTP the problem was discussed with a few representatives of the printer industry. The task force has been formed to monitor developments and investigate parameters that might lead to a better deinkability.
Zusammenfassung Digideink Workshop (2001)
In the meantime more companies from the printer industry joined the task force. A summary of the work within the project has been presented by CTP at the PAPTAC Seminar 2004:
Digital Prints: A Survey of Deinkability (2004)
Aktuelle Untersuchungen zur Deinkbarkeit von Digitaldrucken: Bruno Carré trug auf der "International Conference on Digital Production Printing and Industrial Applications" (DPP, 9.-13. Mai 2005 in Amsterdam) vor.
Kurzfassung des Vortrags Langfassung: Digital Prints: A survey of the various deinkability behaviors
INGEDE organisiert den "European Round Table on the Deinking of Digital Prints" bitte nehmen Sie bei Interesse mit uns Kontakt auf! Wenn Sie im Feld Digitaldruck arbeiten (mit Toner, Tinte, Druckern), würden wir uns freuen, wenn Sie sich an der Diskussion beteiligen.
As a first result, this Round Table has agreed on test files to allow deinkability testing of digital prints with a uniform pattern.