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Inkcups Now, the leading supplier of all pad printing and screen printing equipment and supplies now offer UV curable ink for Mimaki inkjet printers at industry best prices. Low temperature LED UV inkjet ink (SPC-0659) is available for the Mimaki UJF-3042 inkjet printer. LED UV Curing allows for low temperature curing, useful for heat sensitive materials. Hard and soft inks are also available for the Mimaki UJF-706 inkjet printer. Soft ink (SPC-0516) can be utilized on materials that have the ability to bend. The soft inkjet ink will not crack or peel once cured. Standard UV curable ink (The SPC-0371) is also available for use with 4 different Mimaki inkjets (UJF-706, JF-6110, JF-1631, UJF-605CII/UJF-605C.) Curing time for all UV inkjet inks is only a matter of seconds. All UV inkjet inks are available to ship domestically and internationally.

Inkcups Now Corp. announces the eco-friendly ink cup for pad printing – the ToughCup universal ink cup with new coating designed to repel inks and solvents. The new ToughCup coating allows cleaning the cup with a minimal amount of thinner or just a dry towel – even on occasions when ink mixed with hardener is left in the cup overnight. The new ToughCup coating allows use of the same ink cup for years, easily reclaiming it even from seemingly hopeless situations. The ToughCup dramatically shortens cleaning time, reduces the use of chemicals and amount of waste.

Expanding the Sapphire SB ink line for textile, Inkcups Now Corp. has introduced the SuperWHITE ink for screen printing or pad printing onto dark textiles. The SuperWHITE pad printing ink contains a special pigment that increases print opacity as well as allows mixed ink to maintain proper viscosity during the production shift. The SB Black, SB Cool Gray 6 and SB SuperWHITE are the triad of the colors most in demand for the garment tag printing industry used for the printing of neck tags onto t-shirts, sweatshirts, intimate and other apparel.

Expanding the Sapphire ink line of screen and pad printing inks, Inkcups Now Corporation has introduced the unique SI Series ink for silicone. The ink can be applied by pad printing or screen printing. The SI series ink adheres to silicone products such as wristbands, iPod and iPad covers, oven mitts, swimming caps, flexible computer keyboards, remote controls and any other popular promotional items made of silicone.

Inkcups Now Corporation, an official servicing dealer for Mimaki Engineering, announces the availability of Mimaki inks, specifically UV inkjet inks for Mimaki UJF and JF series inkjet printers, for sale at highly competitive prices and shipment to virtually any country.

Inkcups Now presents a popular application for the BA series pad and screen printing ink: printing on plastic pens. The unique formulation provides adhesion to a range of plastics, has very good alcohol resistance, and is easy to work with. This opaque and glossy ink for plastic is highly pigmented, which makes it suitable for the use with 305 mesh, and perfect for images with fine details. The BA can be used as 1- or 2-component ink. Used with the hardener, it has an exceptional abrasion resistance and an extended pot life of 8-9 hours.

Inkcups Now introduces the ICN-2200-PSx, it is a part of their new line of high speed pad printers. The ICN-2200-PSx is one of the fastest pad printers on the market. It is a 2 color sealed cup pad printer with a heavy-duty dual position pneumatic pad slide mechanism. The pad slide simplifies part fixturing and assures flawless second color registration on tagless garments, promotional products and other items. The pad slide also enables a very fast two-color print cycle, facilitating high volume production.

Inkcups Now Corp. has introduced the ICN-B150 benchtop pad printer (big brother of the B100 tabletop) - a compact industrial grade single-color pad printer for large images. The 150mm patented VersaCup ink cup assembly prints images of up to 140mm in diameter.

The Pad Slide enables very fast two-color print cycle, simplifies part fixturing and assures flawless second color registration on plastic housings, injection molded parts, label-free garments etc.

Learn the pad printing process from ink mixing to installing printing plate to adjusting pad pressure for optimal garment tags and promotional images