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By using the PromoJET solvent inkjet printer, we were able to print these designs onto the light switch and doorbell covers.

It was really easy to do: first we wiped down the doorbell and light switch cover plate with alcohol in order to remove any dirt and oils. Then we used the built in halogen heat lamp to warm up the plastics in order to improve adhesion, and lastly we printed the designs at standard resolution with the PromoJET flatbed inkjet printer. And there you have it!

These decorative doorbell covers will liven up any home! and these light switch cover plates will improve upon any room design!

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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Technorati tags: Decorative Light Switch Cover, Solvent inkjet printer, Doorbell Covers

You may have never heard of Pad Printing… yet it practically surrounds you!

Did you know that many of the colorful and interesting icons and graphics that make up our daily experience are created with pad printing technology? With pad printing, it is easy to add fun graphics and colorful art to almost any object including your own body! See for yourself. You might start the day off by putting on your new T-shirt and noticing that the tickly-scratchy neck label has been replaced by a neat and unnoticeable printed one. While brushing your teeth you may glance at your dentist’s name on the handle, chances are you owe this friendly reminder to pad printing. How about getting into your car? Changing the radio station or making a left hand turn? Take a good look at the text and graphics on the inside of your car, these are all pad printed. The logo on golf balls you hit into the woods, the graduations on a syringe that take your blood and the souvenirs you buy at a game are all pad printed. Many of the fascinating images you see around you were pad printed.

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Using the PromoJET flatbed inkjet printer, printing your favorite team logo on a baseball is a snap!

Logos are printed on baseballs using regular ink and a halogen lamp for heating during the printing process. The interesting thing about the printed logos is that they are done at about 1.2” and still have crisp edges! These were done at lower resolution to allow more wrap on the part.

Team logos are not the only thing that can be printed on baseballs, by using the PromoJET solvent inkjet printer, the images are fully customizable! Print company names, pictures, and advertisements to use as an excellent promotional tool!

 

 

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: solvent inkjet printer
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Technorati tags: PromoJET, solvent inkjet printer, Baseball Logos

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.
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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.

Contact us at info@inkcups.com if you have any questions!
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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

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

Check out these nice looking custom guitar picks! Derek and Gregg were asked print these logos as samples to see how well the PromoJET solvent inkjet would do. They didn’t need to use a fixture but instead just placed the picks on the flatbed. Before printing, the picks were pre-treated with an alcohol wipe and heat to make sure the ink would stick to the plastic material.
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Here are more imprinted mints! Derek the Inkjet Guy just can’t stop printing and eating them!

After making this fixture, mint printing (aka “minting”) with the PromoJET machine is a breeze. Check out our edible mint printing video.




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