Diamond Etched plastic mug (click to expand!)

This is Diamond Etch ink again – the ink that imitates laser engraving or sand blasting. Yesterday Pete – ICN’s Ink Master – printed this logo on a glass jar (see one of the posts above). Today, he experimented with printing on clear plastic. Despite the glare on the photo, you can probably see how nice and crisp it came out. Click on the picture to view a bigger image.

The Diamond Etch ink was formulated for both pad printing and screen printing – so one can laser etch glass without buying a laser engraving machine. Pad printing allows to make from 1000 to 1800 images per hour and unlike with laser etching, it does not matter how detailed the image is!
More about Diamond Etch ink.

Printer used in this project:
Type: Pad printer
Brand: ICN-1200
Standard applications: coffee mugs, pens, stress balls, syringes etc.
Unconventional applications: cookies, contact lenses, tagless t-shirts
More info: ICN-1200 pad printer page
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Tags: Etching on Plastic, ink, Pad Print Ink, Pad Printing, Screen Printing

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