Color-P would like to share some special inks with you, which are used in the field of self-adhesive labels to increase the added value of products.
1. Metallic effect ink
After printing, it can achieve the same metallic effect as aluminum foil adhesive material. The ink is usually used in gravure printing equipment, so it is more suitable for combined label printing equipment with gravure printing unit.
2. Infrared laser ink
Infrared laser ink, refers to invisible in the natural light, in infrared light it will show green or red color. The ink is often used to print anti-counterfeiting patterns, that is, the authenticity of the product needs to be verified by shining an infrared flashlight on the surface of the label to show the corresponding anti-counterfeiting patterns.
3. Noctilucent ink
Noctilucent ink is to add phosphor powder in the ink, so that the ink absorbs light energy and stores it, and then release light in dark and appear continuous luminous. There are many colors of noctilucent ink, including yellow, blue, green, red, purple and so on. At the same time, it can be used in a variety of printing methods, such as screen printing, flexography, etc.
4. Tactile ink
Tactile ink automatically bumps up after printing, when people touch the ink-printed label products, they will have obvious tactile sensation. If there are raindrops on some product patterns, then you can use this kind of ink to make raindrops more stereoscopic and tactile. In addition, tactile inks are often used in braille pattern printing.
5. Reverse gloss ink
Reverse gloss ink is a special ink commonly used in recent years. This ink printing on the substrate surface will produce a chemical reaction to form a granular effect. Depending on the different formulation, the particle size and hand feeling will vary. Reverse gloss ink not only produces a matte like texture on the surface of stickers, but also has the function of waterproof. Due to its low cost and particularity, it has been welcomed by the majority of end users and applied more and more widely.
Post time: May-31-2022
