Fabric printable medium

A fabric printable medium, comprising:

• a fabric base substrate including yarn strands and voids among the yarn strands;
• a finishing coating attached to the yarn strands of the fabric base substrate to form coated yarn strands, the finishing coating including a crosslinked polymeric network;
• pore spaces among the coated yarn strands and coinciding with at least some of the voids of the fabric base substrate;
• a fire retardant coating applied to a back-side of the coated yarn strands;
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• a barrier layer directly attached to the back-side of the coated yarn strands, wherein the fire retardant coating is applied to the barrier layer, and wherein the barrier layer includes:
• a physical networking agent selected from the group consisting of an acrylate copolymer, a polyacrylic acid copolymer, a polyether copolymer, a polyurethane copolymer, and combinations thereof, the physical networking agent having a weight average molecular weight from 300,000 Mw to 1,000,000 Mw;
• and
• a waterproof agent selected from the group consisting of polyvinylidene chloride, a polyolefin, poly(ethylene terephthalate), a wax, perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic acid, a hydrogen siloxane, a long chain hydrocarbon, and a modified fatty resin.

A fabric printable medium, comprising:

• a fabric base substrate including yarn strands and voids among the yarn strands;
• a finishing coating attached to the yarn strands of the fabric base substrate to form coated yarn strands, the finishing coating including a crosslinked polymeric network;
• pore spaces among the coated yarn strands and coinciding with at least some of the voids of the fabric base substrate;
• a fire retardant coating applied to a back-side of the coated yarn strands;
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• a barrier layer directly attached to the back-side of the coated yarn strands, wherein the fire retardant coating is applied to the barrier layer, and wherein the barrier layer has a surface energy of less than 40 mJ/m2.

A method for forming a fabric printable medium, comprising:

• applying a finishing composition, including a crosslinked polymeric network, to yarn strands of a fabric base substrate, thereby forming:
• a finishing coating i) attached to the yarn strands of the fabric base substrate to form coated yarn strands, and ii) having a dry coat-weight of 6 gsm or less;
• and pore spaces among the coated yarn strands that coincide with at least some voids of the fabric base substrate;
• and
• applying a fire retardant composition to a back-side of the coated yarn strands, thereby forming a fire retardant coating;
• wherein:
• the crosslinked polymeric network includes a first crosslinked polymeric network and a second crosslinked polymeric network;
• and
• the first and second crosslinked polymer networks are different and independently selected from the group consisting of polyacrylate, polyurethane, vinyl-urethane, acrylic urethane, polyurethane-acrylic, polyether polyurethane, polyester polyurethane, polycaprolactam polyurethane, polyether polyurethane, alkyl epoxy resin, epoxy novolac resin, polyglycidyl resin, polyoxirane resin, polyamine, styrene maleic anhydride, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof.

A printing method, comprising:

• obtaining a fabric printable medium including:
• a fabric base substrate including yarn strands and voids among the yarn strands;
• a finishing coating attached to the yarn strands of the fabric base substrate to form coated yarn strands, the finishing coating including a crosslinked polymeric network;
• pore spaces among the coated yarn strands and coinciding with at least some of the voids of the fabric base substrate;
• and
• a fire retardant coating applied to a back-side of the coated yarn strands;
• wherein:
• the crosslinked polymeric network includes a first crosslinked polymeric network and a second crosslinked polymeric network;
• and
• the first and second crosslinked polymer networks are different and independently selected from the group consisting of polyacrylate, polyurethane, vinyl-urethane, acrylic urethane, polyurethane-acrylic, polyether polyurethane, polyester polyurethane, polycaprolactam polyurethane, polyether polyurethane, alkyl epoxy resin, epoxy novolac resin, polyglycidyl resin, polyoxirane resin, polyamine, styrene maleic anhydride, derivatives thereof, and combinations thereof;
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• applying an ink composition onto an image-side of the coated yarn strands to form a printed image.