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Special ink terminology

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Special ink terminology

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Inks with special properties or special purposes.


1 heat-fixing ink heat-set printing ink

The ink that evaporates rapidly when heated to cause the ink layer to adhere to the substrate.


2 infrared fixing ink infrared setting printing ink

An ink that can quickly fix the ink layer by infrared rays.


3 hot melt ink hot melt printing ink

It is solid at room temperature and needs to be heated by the printing machine ink fountain to melt the ink for printing. The ink solidifies when the print is cold, so it is also called cold-fixed ink.


4 wet-fixing ink moisture –set printing ink

When the ink layer of the printing ink absorbs water to a certain extent, the resin in the ink precipitates and solidifies and dries the ink.


5 steam fixing ink steam-set printing ink

One of the wet-fixing inks, which can be quickly fixed and dried by steam treatment.


6 wax fixing ink wax setting printing ink

The ink-printed print is immediately immersed in the molten wax liquid, and the ink layer can be immediately fixed. Also known as wax solidification ink.


7 heat curing ink

An ink that reacts rapidly with heat to form an insoluble, infusible solid ink film.


8 UV-curable ink ultra-violet curing printing ink

The ink on the print can be completely cured in an instant after being irradiated with ultraviolet rays.


9 electron beam curing ink electron-beam curing ink

An ink that can be cured in an instant by electron beam irradiation.


10 heat transfer ink

Patterned text printed on special paper can be contacted with ink that is transferred to other materials.


11 decal ink printing ink

The ink of the image is printed on a specially made exfoliate paper which can be easily peeled off and transferred.


12 ceramic decal ink ceramic decal printing ink

The ink made of ceramic-specific pigments and binders is printed on ceramic decals, attached to ceramics, and then sintered to develop color.


13 conductive ink

An ink made of a conductive material has a certain degree of electrical conductivity and can be used as a printed conductive point or a conductive line.


14 magnetic ink magnetic printing ink

The ink made of magnetizable material can be read by an electronic reading device after printing the code on a certain substrate, such as a new bank check, a credit card, and the like.


15 optical mark recognition ink (OMR ink)

An ink made of a pigment having a very low reflectance, such as carbon black, exhibits a certain contrast contrast to an optical scanning reader, thereby allowing the printed line mark to be read by an optical scanning reader.


16 optical character recognition ink (OCR ink)

An ink made of a pigment having a very low reflectance such as carbon black exhibits a certain reflection contrast to an optical scanning reader, thereby allowing the printed data characters to be read by an optical scanning reader.


17 safety ink safety ink

The imprint of this ink will change color or fade when it comes into contact with discoloring spirit or water. It is also easy to be erased by an eraser. It can be used to print the security shading to prevent alteration.


18 hidden ink sympathetic ink

The imprint of this ink is generally invisible and becomes visible under special conditions. If the UV light is visible, the chemical treatment is visible.


19 anti-counterfeiting ink anti-forgery ink

Ink that changes under special conditions is used to print visible or invisible marks for verification and prevention of counterfeiting.


20 foaming ink foaming ink

This ink contains a foamed material. The printing heat treatment, that is, the foaming bulge, becomes a printed matter with a certain height.


21 protuberance ink embossing ink

The ink can be raised to obtain a striking ink.


22 Braille printing ink printing ink for braille

The Braille reading requires a higher writing bulge for hand reading, and the ink used is one of 3.5.20 foaming inks.


23 mildew proof ink fungicidal ink

An ink that can prevent mold growth to a certain extent.


24 aromatic ink perfumed ink

An ink with an aromatic odor.


25 grease resistant ink proof proof printing ink

Ink printed in cream and other grease products, does not bleed when contacted with grease.


26 washable ink indelible printing ink

It is used in fabric printing to resist the washing, non-bleeding, discoloration, and falling off.


27 washable ink washable printing ink

Used for the printing of certain marks on fabrics, the ink is easy to wash off.


28 metal ink metallic printing ink

Refers to inks made of metallic pigments, such as gold ink and silver ink.


29 gold ink (bronze ink)

A gold-gloss ink after printing, made of copper alloy powder as a pigment.


30 silver ink silver ink

An ink that has a silvery luster after printing and is made of aluminum powder as a pigment.


31 pearl ink pearl lusting printing ink

Ink made from pearlescent pigments with a beautiful pearl luster.


32 flat ink (matte ink) mat ink (dull ink)

An ink with a very low or completely matte finish, also known as a matte ink.


33 fluorescent ink

An ink made of a fluorescent pigment has a property of converting short-wavelength ultraviolet rays into longer visible light and reflecting more brilliant colors.


34 luminescent ink luminous ink

An ink made of a luminescent pigment having a property of emitting a pale green phosphorescence in a certain period of time after being excited by sunlight or other light source, also known as a phosphorescent ink or a luminous ink.


35 two-tone ink double tone ink

In the ink containing the soluble dye in the binder, the edge of the blot is double-colored due to the haze of the soluble dye.


36 two-piece can ink printing ink for two piece can

Applicable to two inks made of aluminum and cans printed on the production line.


37 tricolor ink three colours process ink

It is suitable for three-color printing of yellow, magenta and cyan primary color inks.


38 glass ink glass printing ink

An ink that can be printed on glass and firmly attached.


39 cellophane ink cellophane printing ink

 An ink that can be printed on cellophane and firmly attached.


40 metal foil ink printing ink for metal-foil

An ink that can be printed on a metal foil and adhered firmly.


41 hose oil collapsible tube printing ink

Ink for metal hose printing processes.


42 hose roller ink collapsible tube roller coating

Applicable to the ink of the gold crumb hose.


43 printing iron roller coating tin-plate roller coating

Applicable to the tin-coated tin-plated ink.


44 carbon paper ink carbon paper ink

A special ink used to make carbon paper.


45 ballpoint pen ink ball pen ink

Dedicated to the manufacture of inks for ballpoint pen refills.


46 cover ink ink for stamping

Dedicated to stamps and other inks that are stamped off.


47 number machine ink ink for numbering machine

Ink for the number cover number.


48 Apply ink ink for masking

Ink for coating or patterning. The former is white and the latter is black.


49 waterless offset ink waterless offset ink

An offset ink that does not use a wetting water system for printing.


50 letterpress printing ink letterset printing ink

The letter on the inkjet printing blanket is transferred to the ink on the substrate. Commonly known as dry offset ink.


51 electrostatic copy ink

An ink with special electrostatic properties suitable for the xerographic process. There are two major categories of dry powder state and suspension state.


52 dry electrostatic copying toner xerographic toner

It is suitable for dry electrostatic copying machines, and it is easy to use electrostatic powder due to friction or induction. There are one-component and two-component differences.


53 wet electrostatic copying ink liquidfax liquid toner

A liquid colloidal system with electrostatic pigment particles suspended in a relatively insulating medium suitable for wet electrostatic development.


54 jet printing ink jet printing ink

A liquid ink that can be ejected onto a substrate as required to produce image text due to an electric field between the ink jet port of the ink jet printer and the substrate.


55 lithographic printing ink lithographic drawing ink

Also known as lithographic ink, ink-jet ink, transfer ink, has a special adhesion to artificial marble plate, can be painted on a special soda paper into the image text transfer to the plate to make a lithographic plate. It can also be used directly on a lithographic plate to depict or retouch.


56 falling graphite copyable ink

Also known as printing plate development ink. It is suitable for the lithographic or offset printing of the graphic to increase the firmness of the graphic part on the printing plate.


57 (electronic components) marking ink electronic coponent marking ink

The ink used to print the logo on various plastic electronic components.


58 wire ink wire

An ink marking the ink that is durable and does not fall off is printed on the insulating wrap of the wire


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