Acid and reactive dyes can be used for direct printing as well for flag production, cotton and other natural fabrics that need the advantages of dye over pigment.

The UV curable coating of fiber ribbon was prepared by blending bisphenol A epoxy acrylate(EA) and polyurethane acrylate(PUA)and adding reactive diluent, photoinitiator and pigment.

This paper covers the recent years' research and development of printing processes with reactive dyes and pigment, as well as other aspects.