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Updated July 27, 2026 How Many Different Types of Plastics Are There? Stop and take in your surroundings at this moment. How many plastic items are within reach? How many of them are decorated or branded? Whether you’re at your desk at work, your home office, in your car, or in your local coffee shop…

Custom-printed drinkware has become a staple for breweries, bars and restaurants. While printing on the sides of a glass may be more common, the latest innovation is focusing on a different canvas: the thick, flat bottom of glass drinkware. This is where modern digital UV printing on glass offers a stunning and durable solution. Perhaps

Available for all Inkcups cylindrical digital machines, the Lustre Effect is a new design technique that enables printing of decorative metallic- looking embellishments   Danvers, Mass. – August 16, 2022 – Global printing industry leader Inkcups announces the launch of the Lustre Effect for the Helix® line of printers, a technique that allows for a metallic

Transcribed Service & Support Video: Inkcups has certified technicians around the globe that are here to support your technical needs. We have technicians stationed coast to coast on the United States and even a complete service team in Europe. We come to you for a week-long dedicated training session to make sure that we fit

Transcribed Integrated & Offline Pre-treatment Systems Video: Inkcups provides several offline and integrated pre-treatment systems. Most notably our proprietary MagiCoat® Pre-Treatment System (MPS). The MPS is cylinder pre-treatment system used for digital UV printing on glass, powder coats, and stainless steel. Treated UV printed glassware will reach 600 industrial and 200 residential dish washes. This

  Transcribed UV Cylinder Printer Image Quality and Color Accuracy Video: I’d like to talk about the Helix® printer and its RIP. It comes with Onyx Standard Poster Shop. One of the things I like about Poster Shop is it is includes all the color profiling tools needed to give you accurate color on the

Transcribed Ease of Use: Inkjet Printing Part Changeover Video: Today we’re going to talk about the Helix® part setup and changeover process. The Helix® can print on a large variety of vessels including stainless steel tumblers, water bottles, sport bottles, stadium cups, shot glasses, cosmetic bottles and many more. Whether you’re working in a print-on-demand

Please note that as of February 2025 Transparent Pin Curing is no longer available. Find more information on the latest technology, patent pending Nano Pin Curing Technology please visit here: Inkcups Announces Availability of Award Winning Nano Pin Curing Technology.  In an innovative departure from traditional glassware printing methods, still widely-used, global industry leader Inkcups

As of late, we highlighted our journey to secure Global Organic Textile Standard Certification, otherwise known as GOTS on four of our SB Eco Series inks. However, along the way we realized Inkcups products have passed so many other notable compliance tests over the years. This new blog series “Call to Compliance”  will highlight a

Do you have a favorite glass or cup you always reach for in the cabinet? Have you ever considered how many washes it has been through? Yet despite having it for years, the design remains just as it did the day you brought it home. Now consider a glass or cup you brought home from