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A quick guide for small to mid-size print shops ready to grow with in-house hard good decoration.

Decorating cylindrical products is not always straightforward. From handled drinkware to irregular shapes, many traditional printing methods fall short. Here is how high throw technology, powered by the Inkcups Helix® High Throw, solves some of the most common challenges. We’ve compiled a list of problems that we’ve heard from our customers, at trade shows, and

Inkcups cylindrical inkjet printing with the new Helix® High Throw UV Cylindrical Printer Helix® High Throw combines cylindrical direct-to-object capabilities with High Throw technology, making it possible to print seamless 360° designs on cylindrical and conical products with irregular shapes, including vessels with posts for attaching handles  

If you decorate promotional products for a living, you already know the frustration: a client wants 500 branded tumblers in full color with a photorealistic logo. Or a buyer needs a batch of handled mugs, stress balls, and stepped drinkware, all for the same corporate event. Every time you reach for a traditional printing method,

Often the larger and taller items are highlighted as the size constraints can be such a tough hurdle to jump, like coolers and basketballs. However, one of the most common applications that we see for the X5-T High Throw are small to medium size sporting balls.   With high throw technology, even with smaller scale products to print on,

If you run a small print shop, or you’re just getting started with in-house decoration, the idea of expanding into glass drinkware is exciting: full-color prints, premium perceived value, and a product category that sells. But then you start researching, and you hit a wall: pre-treatment. Most of your research leads you to believe an

At first glance, the Inkcups X5-T and the X5-T High Throw appear nearly identical. Side by side, they look like twins. A closer look, however, quickly reveals that they are more like close cousins, built on the same trusted platform but designed for different production challenges. The X5-T has been a cornerstone of Inkcups’ digital

The holidays seem to start earlier and earlier each year, don’t they? Christmas décor fills department stores well before the last Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup has been handed out to K-pop demon hunters, Rumi, Zoey, and Mira, or to Elphaba and Glinda. While early marketing may be designed to get you shopping sooner and for

Some of the most elegant bottles available today have distinct features, contours, and necks. Think of the high-end spirit bottles, and luxury wine bottles, these catch the eye from afar whether it be with bottle design or the decoration on the bottle. The design starts well before the liquid is poured into it. Glass spirit

The updates to Inkcups’ compact cylindrical DTO printer include Auto File barcode scanning, a new jettable primer, and smaller diameter capability