Print-on-Demand Drinkware Solutions

Inkcups has the ideal out of the box solution for Print-on-Demand for Drinkware. The Helix® Digital Cylinder Printer can print amazing, full color graphics on drinkware at 200 parts/hour and easily be integrated with any order management system. The Inkcups Print-on-Demand Solution is ideal for any e-commerce company who is looking to differentiate their product line, add new purchase occasions and increase margins with hottest product category of the decade.

Print-on-Demand and automation make a great pair, read more about it at How to Automate your Print on Demand Process.

OUR CUSTOMERS

The Inkcups Workflow

The Helix® Digital Cylinder Printer is equipped with an advanced workflow system which enables a production team to pick the part, scan the artwork’s corresponding barcode, and print awesome graphics that will impress customers. Setup the integrated production queue to print as many products as needed without delay. Each will be decorated consistently and with the most vibrant, opaque colors.

Inkcups has worked with the top e-commerce companies to integrate our advanced workflow system. The Helix® utilizes an open software that is flexible enough to fit into even the most complex systems. Our team of experienced Workflow Engineers work closely with back-end tech teams to ensure a smooth transition.

OUR PROCESS

Receive Order

Pick Parts

Scan Artwork

Print Graphics

Wow Customers!

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PRODUCTION BENEFITS

Increase throughput

Digital cylinder printing prints directly onto the product and eliminates the extra steps required in dye-sublimation printing such as cutting, placing, and heating the graphic onto the product. This decrease in production time and increase in quality improves production efficiency and helps companies reduce costs while driving margins. Print around 2-3 images per minute with digital cylinder printing.

Just in Time Inventory Management

Taking an on-demand approach to production allows operations to keep up with the rapidly changing trends, increases inventory rotation, and decreases inventory waste. This type of modern flexible inventory management lends itself to Inkcups all digital machines and simplifies production dramatically while improving margins.

Maintain a Sustainable Process

POD maximizes sustainable processes by only printing to fulfill orders. Inkcups’ solution furthers these practices by eliminating plastic, paper, water, and electrical waste. The dye-sublimation process wastes a huge amount of paper. Digital Cylindrical inkjet printing directly jets the image onto the substrate in a helical pattern using FDA compliant UV ink. Read more about how digital printing stacks up to dye-sublimation.

How does Digital Printing Stack up to Dye-Sublimation

Choose from a Variety of Drinkware

With Digital cylinder printing you can get adhesion to basically any substrate, which creates amazing options for the marketing team. UV digital printing on drinkware works with a number of substrates from glass to stainless to plastic. Dye-sublimation requires a polyester coated drinkware, which not only limits the decorating options, but also makes the blank goods more expensive.

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Differentiate among many competitors

Print-on-demand drinkware enables DTG companies to differentiate their product mix. T-shirt production is a highly competitive market and companies continue to settle for low margins. Keeping apparel inventory of different sizes and several different materials poses another distinct challenge for DTG printing. Adding drinkware will increase margins and set you up for new purchase occasions. The market’s shift to an increase in e-commerce has consumers looking for new products to buy and to gift to family and friends. Drinkware makes an excellent and easy gift. And remember, there is only one mouth size!

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Produce Kick-Ass Graphics

Stand out from the competition. Increase the depth and feel of your images. Digital cylinder printing takes a file and translates it onto a 3D object in full color, making everything from a simple logo to a complex design eye-catching. Consistently impress customers with seamless graphics or specialty design techniques such as tone-on-tone, spot varnish, mirror print, and more.

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The Case for Drinkware

Drinkware is the #1 Hot Product of the decade in the promotional product marketplace and, second to T-shirts, is the most popular promotional product with 9% of all distributor sales in the $25.8 Billion Market (T-shirts represent 15.1% of distributor sales).

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