The invention discloses a preparation method of titanium dioxide for printing ink. The preparation method comprises the following steps of a, calcining metatitanic acid squeezed filter cake subjected to treatment at a temperature of more than 900 DEG C to obtain a titanium dioxide crude product, and preparing TiO2 slurry, b, feeding steam into the TiO2 slurry, and adding an aluminum-containing compound into the TiO2 slurry, c, adjusting slurry pH to 4-8 and keeping the pH, d, carrying out curing for 10-30min, e, carrying out filtration to remove soluble salt, carrying out drying and carrying out heat treatment, and f, carrying out air-flow crushing and simultaneously, adding an organic surface conditioning agent into the titanium dioxide to obtain a finished product. Compared with the prior art, the titanium dioxide obtained by the preparation method does not yellow easily, has good weatherability and heat resistance, and has high luster, high tinting strength, high masking performances, low wear resistance, excellent dispersibility and excellent granule size distribution in a solvent system and an aqueous system.