Decorated Cookies using the PromoJET Inkjet Printer
Take a look at these cookies! By using the PromoJET inkjet printer with edible ink, cookies not only taste good, but look amazing!
Edible printing is a snap! We were able to fit 12 cookies about 2-3 inches in diameter into the PromoJET inkjet printer. We printed images on the cookies using the halogen heat lamp and 100% FDA approved edible ink. The images came out as clear and sharp as a photograph!
Printer used in this project:
Type: Solvent flatbed inkjet printer
Brand: PromoJET
Model:
Standard applications: golf balls, pens, CDs…
Unconventional applications: mints, candy, stained glass, plaques…
More info: PromoJET inkjet printer page
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Today we etched some laser engraved pens for a customer’s specific design! The process was made easy by using the Cobalt 1000 YAG laser etcher.
The customer sent us specific artwork for the etching on the pen. We started by using a vector image, with that image we then set the YAG laser etcher on high power using 9 wats. To clean up the image we did a second pass over the pens using only 4 watts.
Laser engraved pens are a great way for any business to promote themselves. Pens are more exciting than a plain business card with your company information on it, not to mention you get more use out of a pen. Distribute the laser engraved pens to any potential customer and watch as your sales increase!
Laser etcher used in this project:
Type: YAG Fiber Laser
Brand: Cobalt
Model: 1000
Standard applications: Plate-making, pen engraving, knife engraving, tool engraving…
Unconventional applications: Up to you, just use caution…
Are you struggling with keeping opened pad or screen printing ink and hardener fresh?
We have a convenient solution: the VersaCover! Don’t miss our commercial to air at the Super Bowl. Here is a sneak preview, just for you:
The VersaCover hermetically seals nearly all ink and hardener cans available on the market. READ MORE
Here is another promotional product idea: custom plastic bottle caps! The prints were made by Gregg (one experienced technician) and PromoJET (industrial ink jet).
These bottle caps were flame-treated prior to printing. The treatment can be done quite a while before you print if you prefer. In other words, you can flame-treat the entire tray of parts and let them sit for a while. As long as you refrain from touching the surface before printing, they will print with great quality and adhesion. If the parts have been sitting for a while, you may want to blast the parts with some heat (heat gun or oven) just before you print the tray. This will provide even better adhesion than if you did not bother.
About 20-30 large caps or about 50-60 small caps can fit on the inkjet’s tray. No matter what size cap you are printing, it will take under 10 minutes to print a tray of these at the standard resolution of 1440dpi.
These plastic safety socket covers were printed with the PromoJET solvent inkjet. The flatbed inkjet’s tooling table accommodates between 50-60 of these covers; printing the whole table takes under 10 minutes.
With the solvent inkjet’s software, you can easily work with photographs and promotional logos. In this case, Gregg cropped the graphics into circular shapes. Gregg used heat gun for superior adhesion, and the prints successfully passed both the scratch and clear tape tests. Read more
We have just concluded successful tests of a new ink product – Opal P series inkjet ink for promotional stress balls, pens and cell phone covers, especially those made of polycarbonates, polyurethanes, polystyrenes and other solvent-sensitive, absorbent and outgassing materials. The Opal P (for “pen”) series is available as an alternative to standard Opal series used by the PromoJET industrial inkjet printer.
Printing on promotional stress balls is one of the applications that Opal P is great for. Look at the picture: it was taken 12 days after the stress balls were printed. With many other inks on the market, the image on such material would have faded within a few days. The reason it normally happens is because polyurethane emits gases that dissolve ink; the other process that could have happened is the ink “sinking” into the porous material. But because the Opal P ink has very high level of chemical resistance and thicker consistency than the standard inkjet inks, the print stays in its place, nice and crisp!
A Tip on How To Inkjet Print Larger Image on Curved Surface
The other interesting thing that this picture demonstrates is the way to use the PromoJET inkjet to print a larger size image onto a sphere. We achieved a larger print by decreasing the resolution: the image on the right is 1 ¼” at 1440 dpi, the image on the left is 1.5” at 720 dpi. Read More
Printing on plastic Rubik's Cubes (click image to expand!)
Here is another example of PromoJET inkjet printing on plastic: Gregg printed the white sides of these plastic Rubik’s Cubes. He started with wiping the surfaces with a primer, and the adhesion is superb! So is the quality of images - click on the picture to see it closer.
The PromoJET does not have white ink so to keep colors true-to-life you should print on white or very light-colored surfaces. However, a black logo will also work on darker colors. In fact, with these Rubik’s Cubes, a black logo would look good on any side.
The cubes were printed using the standard resolution - 1440 x 1440 dpi (pixels per inch). If your graphic file is of even higher quality, you will be able to print with the resolution of 2880 x 2880 dpi. Read more
3D Inkjet Printed School Supplies (Click to Expand)
School is starting and so has the annual “madscramble” against the clock to get all the last minute school supplies! If you are a seller of school supplies and want your items to be unique and attractive, have the artwork printed by the PromoJet Solvent Inkjet Printer from Inkcups Now.
The PromoJet is a highly versatile inkjet printer which can print on many different sized shapes and substrates. By pre-treating the object or using different lay downs of ink it is possible to modify the outcome of the artwork depending on what material you print on.
In this case, all these items were pre-treated using only a heatgun. The ink that was used is a newly developed ink specially made for printing on plastic parts with the PromoJet. Read more
Today we can customize pretty much anything so why not go ahead and print on combination locks such as these ones? Using the PromoJet Flatbed Inkjet we were able to quickly print the artwork onto the metal combination locks.
They definitely look a lot better than the standard one color lock dials that you would usually find. But don’t make the artwork lock too nice or someone might want take them away from you!
The combination locks were already pre-printed in white before they where inkjet printed to make the artwork more opaque. We also used our DigiBond Primer and heat-gun before printing to give better adhesion. The flatbed inkjet table is big enough to hold 60 of these padlocks at a time and the printing process doesn’t take more than a few minutes.
If you have any questions about the PromoJet inkjet printer, please give us a call at 978-646-8980! Read more
Who doesn’t love a cup of coffee in an steel bottle…!?
We printed this chic Starbucks logo by first using a screen printing machine to create the white background. After that we used the PromoJet cylinder printer to print the remaining black and green colors of the logo.
Technically speaking… the PromoJet doesn’t print in white, but by printing a white background, using a screen printer, we were able to register and print the Starbucks logo in the exact location. This procedure can be used on any dark colored bottle as long as the white imprint is registered to a known location on the bottle.
The rotary inkjet fixture enables the PromoJet to function like as a cylinder printer capable of printing on objects such as stainless steel bottles, flashlights, hockey pucks etc. The fixture is easy to attach and is a great addition to the PromoJet series of Inkjet Printers.
If you want to know more about this cylinder printer, please give us a call at 978-646-8980!
Printer used in this project:
Type: Solvent flatbed inkjet printer
Brand: PromoJET
Model: With Add-on Rotary Fixture
Standard applications: Water bottles, stainless steel bottles, pencils, pens, golf balls, CDs, iPod covers…
Unconventional applications: custom guitar picks, mouse pads, stained glass, plaques…
More info: PromoJET Rotary Inkjet Printer Page
