Introduction to Several Uncommonly Used Special Inks in Printing Processes


Release time:

2023-10-23

T-shirts, sweaters, and hats printed with expanded ink will create a popular special printing effect. During the printing process, when the expanding ink dries, a three-dimensional effect will be added to your design.

Swelling ink

T-shirts, sweaters, and hats printed with expanded ink will create a popular special printing effect. During the printing process, when the expanding ink dries, a three-dimensional effect will be added to your design. If the expanding ink is used properly, it can be used as a low-cost alternative to produce a decorative effect. Not all printed images and fonts can produce good results using expandable ink. When thick lines are dense or regional features are close, the use of swelling ink should be avoided. When thin lines or lines appear in the design to form a font, using expanded ink will achieve good results. Expanded ink comes in various colors, with bright colors, strong unevenness, and excellent fastness.

Low gloss ink

Low light color combines the high-quality features of reflective accessories and metal to form a new color. This color has a glossiness similar to metal, but has a higher flicker. Low gloss ink has no white staining, high covering power, elasticity, and washability.

Flash ink

The flash ink has a large amount of polyester film inside, which gives the printed product a sparkling and strong reflective effect. Flash ink involves adding some scintillators to the coating. Generally, when the scintillator is thicker, its flash effect is better, but it is difficult to pass through the screen, which is a contradiction. Therefore, choosing a thinner and better scintillator is the key to manufacturing high-quality flash ink, and of course, the production cost is also higher. Unlike low gloss ink, the printed product after being printed with flash ink will still have a bright surface after cleaning without becoming dull. Flash ink comes in many different colors. Due to the large size of the flash polyester film, flash ink can only be used in designs with low requirements for details.

Pearl ink

Pearl ink has a transparent pearl luster surface. Pearl ink, also known as coral ink, is printed thick and forms coral like patterns when bubbles gather together; Printed thinly, forming small pearl like particles with a unique flavor. Through the ink layer, you can see the color covered by pearl ink, and after printing with pearl ink, the original color appears more glossy. Pearl ink can make a regular printing very vivid.

Fluorescent neon ink

The use of fluorescent neon ink can increase your attention to the printed effect. Fluorescent colors can be well used in warm tone color designs, and can also be used in any design that wants to attract attention from others.

Black light ink

Black light ink makes printed matter bright when viewed in dark conditions. This effect can only be seen in dark light, and this type of printing can be applied to any situation in dark light. Black light ink is used on white or colored shirts, but colored shirts need to first set white as the background color in order to display this effect well.

Photoreactive color changing ink

The effect of photoreactive color changing ink when observed indoors without light is almost invisible and transparent. When exposed to bright and strongly colored sunlight outdoors, photoreactive color changing ink can yield yellow, blue, and red purple