Inks

Dec 12, 2007 | Article

'Smart' Inks and Coatings: An Alternative to Traditional Printing Methods

Over the past few decades, the printing industry has undergone a number of developments to existing techniques such as ink-jet and laser printing. Developments have focused on improvements to...

Aug 8, 2007 | Article

Accept no (l)imitations: the evolving technologies of security printing

One of the unfortunate consequences of the digital revolution has been the greater ease with which all kinds of printed matter and manufactured goods can be counterfeited, and the greater speed with...

May 3, 2006 | Article

Ipex: a world tour of the printing industry

Every four years, Ipex draws together the world's printing industry at Birmingham's NEC. Like Germany's Drupa, it is a huge exhibition which showcases the entire spectrum of printing technology...

Mar 15, 2006 | Article

“Smart” Uses of Inkjet Printing

In the early 1980's I had the privilege to visit the leading inkjet printing companies in Japan and the USA. These were the early days when dyes were still being developed for the newly commercial...

Jan 2, 2006 | Article

All wrapped up: ink and print for packaging

The market for printing inks is naturally dominated by various forms of publications, but packaging inks also make up a substantial part of the market. The European industry association CEPE...

Jul 1, 2004 | Article

From Engraving to Printing - How Gravure Printing Works

This article will provide a simple training course to explain the gravure printing process. Gravure printing is mostly used for printing magazines, packaging and wallpapers. The specific qualities...

Bio-based Ink Formulation in Practice

Tuesday Mar 28, 2023

By Terence Kenneth

Fast-track your search for bio-based raw materials (rosin esters, proteins, starch…) to formulate environmentally friendly inks while complying with industry regulations. Terence Kenneth (Ink...

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Water-based film inks: Advanced Formulation

Wednesday Jul 6, 2022

By Terence Kenneth

Formulate water-based printing inks that equal solvent-borne inks performance and avoid issues like slow drying, foaming tendency, poor press stability. Terence Kenneth will share how to best...

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Solving Adhesion Issues of Coatings & Inks

Wednesday Dec 13, 2023

By Jochum Beetsma

Avoid failure cases! Quickly tackle real-life coatings adhesion issues (weak boundary layers, poor wetting, insufficient roughness, lack of strong interactions & stress...) and troubleshoot them...

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Selection Guide

Selecting Carbon Black for Paints, Coatings and Inks

By Patricia Geelen

Carbon black is a highly engineered form of carbon widely used in paints, coatings and inks to achieve a spectrum ranging from gray to deep black. Over the time, the properties of carbon black pigment have been modified to achieve required properties in the final product, such as increased tinting strength, improved the level of jetness or blue undertone and conductivity. Explore the different carbon black production processes and the properties to consider while selecting the right carbon black for your formulations by reviewing: How Carbon Black is Produced? Key Properties of Carbon Black Carbon Black for Coatings and Inks Finding...