We here at Inkcups Now like to share some interesting news about our customers every once and a while. Today we received an email from Wanda, one of our customers that had purchased our PromoJET edible image printer. Here is what she had to say:

“Montgomery Gentry was in town over the weekend and I had ‘ins’ with the caterer. We gave them a tray of cookies with their photos and it was a huge hit. We also made 2 large ones for them to autograph, Montgomery didn’t show his face, but Gentry was gracious enough to take time for a picture and an autograph. A first maybe?”
Wanda W.
Baker

I would say it was a first! Thanks Wanda for this great story!
See the places that the PromoJET solvent inkjet can take you? The PromoJET will enhance any business no matter how large or small, and in some cases attract famous people as well!

Printer used in this project:
Type: Edible inkjet printer
Brand: PromoJET
Model:
Standard applications: mints, candy, cookies…
Unconventional applications: golf balls, pens, CDs…
More info: PromoJET inkjet printer page
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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 You might start the day off by putting on your new T-shirt and noticing that the tickly-scratchy neck label has been replaced by a neat and unnoticeable printed one.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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Inkcups Now is expanding: from the Promotional Products Industry - to “Home Improvement”! Who says you can’t design and print your own granite backsplash? When you run out of granite you grab a fine piece of styrene sheet and put the Mimiaki Inkjet printer to work…

If it wasn’t for the thick white granite edge it would be almost impossible to tell which part was printed on. But yes, the vertical piece is the imprinted styrene sheet.

Paul is in the process of renovating his loft, including the countertops.  By taking a picture of the granite he was able transfer it to the Mimaki UJF-605Cll Inkjet System, digitally reproduce the image and print it to the styrene sheet.

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This crystal clear imprint on this piece of glass (small version of a basketball backboard) was created using the Mimaki UJF-605CII Flatbed Inkjet Printer.

This inkjet printed glass was done in two parts; printing the colored logo first, then overprinting with white in order to make the artwork more opaque. We also printed the solid white stripe as an example of how the lines would look.

Since the impact of the basketball would eventually wear out an imprint we decided to print on the back on the board were the glass gives the impression that the print is on the front.

Before printing, Paul our Mimaki expert, started off by wiping the glass backboard down with our Glass Activator (Specially developed in our ICN Laboratory…) to get extra adhesion to the glass.

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This wonderfully decorated ping-pong ball and toilet seat cover was given to one of our customers as a Super Bowl present. He also happens to be the biggest Steelers fan E-V-E-R!

For the toilet seat cover we used the Mimaki UJF 605 II flatbed printer. By using a primer wipe before the cover was printed on, the resolution and graphics came out exceptionally clear. In fact, it is so good that even after a couple of beers, when everything else is blurry, the logo will still be crystal clear.

The Cardinal logo on the ping-pong ball was printed using the PromoJET Solvent flatbed printer. By using a fixture to hold the balls still we can fit up to 50 at a time. Perfect for Beer-Pong! Read more