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Global printing industry leader Inkcups announces the release of the newest addition to the Helix® line of products: the Double Helix® .

The PN Series polypropylene pad printing ink is specially designed for both treated and untreated pure polypropylene substrates.

When discussing printing techniques, many times the term ‘spot varnish’ is mentioned especially in reference to UV printing. Spot varnish simply means that the artwork will highlight certain aspects of a design with a varnish layer.

The 2200-LS is a two color pad printing machine that incorporates a 20-station servo-driven indexing conveyor. This machine is perfect for high-volume production where parts are loaded and then offloaded into a box or bin.

Similar to the other design features in this series, tone on tone highlights the elements of the product itself.

Plastic pad printing ink can be for solvent-sensitive or non-solvent sensitive plastics. If the product is solvent-sensitive, it will not need pre-treatment because the solvent in the ink will slightly alter the molecular composition of the product, allowing for better adhesion. On the other hand, non-solvent sensitive plastics will not see a change when solvent