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T-Ink for glass, metal and thermoforming

Friday 30. May 2014 - Anyone who specialises in direct printing on glass, metal or in thermoforming is offered an optimised, UV-curing set of ink, first presented by swissQprint at Fespa 2014.

The newly developed “swissQprint T-ink” is characterised by excellent adhesive properties on glass, anodised aluminium and stainless steel. No need for pre-treatment with a bonding agent. At the same time, the ink is very flexible and therefore suitable for thermoforming. In this process, the corresponding media are deformed under heat application after printing. What appears visually and haptically appealing in the end puts enormous stress on the ink. The “swissQprint T-ink” can handle this. It can be stretched by up to 500% without stress whitening.
A rainbow of colour
Despite the focus on technical aspects, T-ink is anything but monotone. Besides the bright process colours, light cyan, magenta and black are available for natural skin tones and fine shading. Additionally, white is also available, which is especially important for backlit thermoforms. In any case, the customer can customize their colour palette depending on their needs.
Typical T-ink application
The T-ink set is recommended when predominantly printing on glass or metal. Customers who mostly or exclusively use traditional advertising technology are well-served with the standard swissQprint ink. It is perfectly suited for classical substrates such as hard and soft foam sheets, acrylic, aluminium composite panels, vinyl film, paper, cardboard etc.