MUTOH America, announce that their PJUVG5CMYK+W UV inks now stretch up to 260 percent and have up to two years outdoor durability without lamination, (media and environment dependent), extending the capabilities of this UV ink.

PJUVG5 CMYK+W inks have a wide color gamut, long shelf life, and are designed for output in MUTOH’s PerformanceJet 2508UF UV-LED 4′ x 8′ flatbed printer. These inks have superior adhesion qualities and are ideally suited for heat-sensitive media and the production of directional signage, tradeshow graphics, POP prints, retail signage, sign boards, cardboard and packaging prototypes.


Photo courtesy of MUTOH


Published in International

Flint Group Packaging Inks has enhanced its solvent-based range of inks and coatings for European customers. The new ONECode range is designed simplify the flexible packaging printing process, reducing process waste and increasing ease in doing business.

"Under the ONECode brand, we have built a new product hierarchy including six new brands," Kim Melander, VP and GM for Packaging Inks Europe, "These ink systems, developed to unlock the complex landscape of flexible package printing, to connect, clarify, and bring transparency to the flexible packaging printing industry.”


Photo courtesy of Flint Group



Photo courtesy of Flint Group


Published in International

Fujifilm invests in a new facility that would be constructed at its Delaware, USA, Fujifilm Imaging Colorants (FFIC) operation and involves a spend of around $19m (£13.7m); aiming to meet growing demand for water-based pigment inkjet inks.

FFIC makes water-based inkjet inks, and the new production facility will make pigment dispersions using Fujifilm’s own RxD Reactive Dispersion know-how.

“Expansion of our manufacturing capacity is part of a commitment to ensure we can meet increasing demand to support our global customer base,” Ian Wilkinson, president and chief operating officer of FFIC Inc.



Published in Inside the Business

Monitoring human performance and health have always attracted interest of different science sectors. Many wearable devices have been invented incorporating electronics in wearable patches, wristbands, and other configurations that monitor either localized or overall physiological information such as heart rate or blood glucose.

Recently researchers at Tufts University’s School of Engineering team have takes a different, non-electronic approach, developing a biomaterial-based inks that respond to and quantify chemicals released from the body (e.g. in sweat and potentially other biofluids) or in the surrounding environment by changing color.

This ink can be screen printed onto textiles such as clothes, shoes, or even face masks in complex patterns and at high resolution, providing a detailed map of human response or exposure. The screen printable bio-inks can be used like any ink developed for screen printing, and so can be applied not just to clothing but also to various surfaces such as wood, plastics and paper to generate patterns ranging from hundreds of microns to tens of meters.

“The use of novel bioactive inks with the very common method of screen printing opens up promising opportunities for the mass-production of soft, wearable fabrics with large numbers of sensors that could be applied to detect a range of conditions,” Fiorenzo Omenetto, corresponding author and the Frank C. Doble Professor of Engineering at Tufts’ School of Engineering. “The fabrics can end up in uniforms for the workplace, sports clothing, or even on furniture and architectural structures.”


Bioactive inks printed on wearable textiles can map conditions over the entire surface of the body.
Photo courtesy: www.now.tufts.edu.


Published in Media & Substrates

DuPont announced the new series for its Pigment Inks portfolio, DuPont Artistri Xite P2700.

The Artistri P2700 its a digital textile premium pigment ink formulated for mid- viscosity printheads, that offers deep, rich black and outstanding color saturation. Due to the ink formulation, it delivers the quality needed for textile printers in home, furnishings and apparel applications.

“We are delighted to deliver brilliant colors with great wet and dry crock without compromising hand feel and the sustainability advantage of water-based pigment ink jet inks,” Eric Beyeler, global ink jet marketing manager, DuPont Image Solutions.

Published in International
Wednesday, 13 May 2020 22:03

A.T. Inks UV & UV-LED Inkjet Ink

Thanks to the constant development of new printing methods, as well as techniques that can be adapted to different materials, inkjet printing has become more popular on the last century.

One of the most popular techniques in the digital printing industry is the use of UV curable inks, which can be used to print onto a wide variety of porous and non-porous substrates (even metal or glass). This type of ink is cured almost instantly thanks to a ultra-violet lights that turns the ink immediately from liquid to a solid.

The development of LED curing technology for UV inks has opened new opportunities for printing onto different materials and substrates; that previously could not have been used as a result of the extreme heat produced with mercury lamps.

A.T. Inks (Rex-Tone Industries Limited) has a long history in the world of colors. Mr. Harish Goswamy founded this company in 1994 and since then they have added a wide variety of products to provide solutions to the different printing techniques.

Here are some of the UV and UV-LED inkjet inks that they have nowadays:

Credence F107 Ink – UV/LED

Ink is designed to work on multiple printheads and can be used on hybrid and roll-to-roll machines.

Ultra Elite EFF170 Ink – UV/LED

Works with both mercury UV lamp and LED Lamps 395 nm wavelength (8W or more). This ink is designed for flexible surfaces.

Ultra Elite EFF250 Ink – UV/LED

Works with both mercury UV lamp and LED Lamps 395 nm wavelength (8W or more). It is designed to work on multiple printheads and can be used on hybrid and roll-to-roll machines.

Ultra Elite EFH100 Ink – UV/LED

Works with both mercury UV lamp and LED Lamps 395 nm wavelength (8W or more). This ink is designed to work on hard/rigid surfaces with or without white ink and gives good to excellent adhesion on most rigid substrates (with/without primers)

Ultra Elite F027 Ink – UV/LED

Works with both mercury UV lamp and LED Lamps 395 nm wavelength (8W or more). This ink is designed for flexible surfaces.

Ultra Elite GF057 Ink – UV/LED

Ink specifically designed to work on Ricoh GH2220 printheads. Work best with LED lamps at 395 nm wavelength (8W or more) and also with UV mercury lamps. This ink is designed for flexible surfaces.

Ultra Elite H027 Ink – UV/LED

Work with both mercury UV lamp and LED Lamps 395 nm wavelength (8W or more). This ink is designed to work on hard/rigid surfaces with or without white ink and has good to excellent adhesion on most rigid substrates (with/without primers).

Ultra Elite XH067 Ink – UV/LED

Ink specifically designed to work on Xaar 1201 printheads. Work best with LED lamps at 395 nm wavelength (8W or more) and also with UV mercury lamps.

Ultra Elite H017 Ink – LED

LED lamp curable ink with LED at 395 nm wavelength (8W or more), designed to work on hard/rigid surfaces with or without white ink.

Ultra Elite F017 Ink – LED

LED lamp curable ink with LED at 395 nm wavelength (8W or more). This ink is designed for flexible surfaces.


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Pablo M. Lee (DPI INSIGHTS/FLAAR-REPORTS), Checking a printed sample made with UV ink from AT INKS.



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AT INKS UV-LED ink printed sample on glass.



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Maria Renée Ayau and Pablo M. Lee (DPI INSIGHTS/FLAAR-REPORTS),
reviewing some UV printed samples at A.T. Inks boot. APPPEXPO 2019 Shanghai.


Published in UV-Curing

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