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Printing on Paper Cubes with the Mimaki UJF-3042 UV LED Inkjet Printer

June 28th, 2011 | Author: Stephen

Paper Cubes

Inkjet Printing on paper cubes (click to enlarge)

The Mimaki UJF-3042 UV LED inkjet printer is an impressive piece of technology. Not only does it print at an extremely high resolution and cures through low temperature LED light, but it can also print white and color inks simultaneously! For us here at Inkcups Now, that wasn’t good enough.

We looked at the Mimaki UJF-3042 design and said to ourselves “how can we make this better?” The answer came from some paper cubes a client was interested in printing on. The part was much too tall to fit into the machine and we realized that if we could print on parts up to 6″ in height instead of 2″, we could give the user a much wider range of applications. We got to work on it and 6 months later we developed an answer to this problem: the Proprietary Head Lift System.

The proprietary head lift system raises the machine up to fit larger parts up to 6″ in height. This head lift system is available ONLY from Inkcups Now! Take a look at these awesome cubes that we printed on featuring some of our staff!

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Printer used in this project:
Type: UV LED Inkjet Printer
Brand: Mimaki
Model: UJF-3042 with Rotary Tooling Module
Standard applications: Bottles, Cups, Mugs…
More info: Mimaki UJF-3042 Inkjet Printer page

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Inkjet Printing on Bottles with the Mimaki UJF-3042 Rotary Printer

June 22nd, 2011 | Author: Stephen
Here at Inkcups Now, we take pride in being innovators of our field. We strive to be the first in the industry with the latest and greatest technology. We have developed the first rotary tooling module for the Mimaki UJF-3042 LED UV printer. This exclusive part for the Mimaki printer is only available from Inkcups Now.

What makes this innovative part so impressive is the fact that the original Mimaki printer could only print on items up to 2 inches in height. Well we raised the bar figuratively and literally by increasing the maximum part height to 6 inches! The rotary attachment gives the user the ability to print 360 degrees around cylindrical objects. Take a look at the video of this rotary printer in action.

The Mimaki UJF-3042 inkjet printer features LED UV curable ink. The ink can be cured at lower temperatures than other UV curable inks, great for heat sensitive parts! This cylindrical printer produces high quality images (1200 x 1400 dpi) in brilliant colors. The rotary tooling module is easily installed or removed in minutes!

Printer used in this project:
Type: UV LED Inkjet Printer
Brand: Mimaki
Model: UJF-3042 with Rotary Tooling Module
Standard applications: Bottles, Cups, Mugs…
More info: Mimaki UJF-3042 Inkjet Printer page

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ICN-2200-PSx High Speed Garment Tag Printer

June 14th, 2011 | Author: Stephen
Here is a new video of the ICN-2200-PSx high speed pad printer with a heavy duty pad slide. In this video we show off this pad printers 2 color printing capability. As you can see, the pad slide simplifies positioning of your garment. The slide allows your part to remain stationary therefore assuring a flawless second color print.

The ICN-2200-PSx is the fastest 2 color garment tag printer on the market! The increased speed is attributed to an independent cup drive system and a shorter plate length. It can print up to 1800 impressions per hour for 2 colors and 2600 impressions per hour for 1 color. The speed can be completely controlled and adjusted to the speed of your liking. This machine saves time and money by increasing production speed and lowering operating costs.

Contact Inkcups Now for more information about the ICN-2200-PSx Pad Printer.

Printer used in this project:
Type: Semi-Automatic Pad Printer
Brand: ICN 2200-PSx
Model: 2 Color High Speed Pad Slide
Standard applications: garment tag printing, pens, stress balls, other metal and plastic parts…
Unconventional applications: cookies, contact lenses
More info: ICN 2200-PSx Pad Printer page

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Printing Pad Problems? We have the Solutions!

June 8th, 2011 | Author: InkcupsNow
overcompressed printing pad (click to expand)

Over-compressed Printing Pads (Click to Expand)

Ever found yourself in middle of a production run only to discover that your printing pad suddenly split in two? Most people would think there is something wrong with the pad itself, hoping that a new pad will do the trick. When the same problem occurs over and over, its time to find out what’s really going on.

Looks familiar? This picture was sent in by a customer who had no idea why his pad printing pads kept splitting. It was not the ink, not the surface of the substrate he was printing on or poor handling of the pad – Eventually we found out that it was the settings of his machines that led to a serious case of over-compression of the pad.

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New Edible Ink Printer from Inkcups Now!

June 1st, 2011 | Author: Stephen
The PromoJET was the first of Inkcups Now’s line of inkjet printers to print with edible ink. The PromoJET is a great inkjet printer, however it is large and consumes a lot of space. With this in mind we have developed our PowerJet compact solvent inkjet printer into an edible inkjet printer in order to accommodate smaller work spaces and allow the user ease of portability.

The ink used in the PowerJet is the same ink used in the PromoJET. As always, the ink is 100% edible and is completely safe to consume. The PowerJet also can print at the same resolution as the PromoJET, leaving your edible items looking as good as they taste!

Check out this great video of the PowerJet edible inkjet printing on marshmallows

Contact Inkcups Now for more information.

Printer used in this project:
Type: Edible Inkjet Printer
Brand: PowerJet
Model: Edible Inkjet Printer
Standard applications: Cookies, Cakes, Marshmallows, Loli-pops, candies, etc…
More info: The PowerJet Edible Inkjet Printer page

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