NOTE: These inks are for industrial Ink Jet Printers mounted on conveyor line; not desktop printers.
This ink is fast dry on the printing surface, with controlled evaporation for reduced equipment maintenance. It has excellent dot formation and has excellent penetration on most porous surfaces. It features long term life in the unit and good sunlight resistance. This is a water based ink filtered to one micron.
Standard grade black inks are available in three levels of contrast (STANDARD ink, HIGH CONTRAST and JET BLACK) and three colors - red, blue and green. Custom colors are also available. Medium and high density inks exceed sunlight resistance requirements for exposure in tropical areas as per TTI 1795.
This is a water base non hazardous ink, formulated with ingredients certified for use in Food, Drug, and Cosmetics. It features good sunlight resistance, drying time, dot formation and penetration on most porous surfaces. It has indefinite life inside printheads and in storage.
No equivalent ink is presently being offered by any other manufacturer. abm Safemark Jet Inks are non toxic to human or animal life and pose no environmental risk.
This ink will mark on most nonporous surfaces. It is medium fast drying, non smearing has excellent resistance to sunlight and high temperature, high humidity environments, good resistance to rubbing. This ink is available in black, red, blue, green and ultraviolet dies and in white, yellow, pale blue, pink pigmented.
This is an alcohol based product, flammable and does require proper handling, storing and disposal procedures. Compatibility of alcohol based inks to surface coatings always has to be verified and tested. The very wide range of surface treatment and coatings and of the substrate may affect the suitability of alcohol based inks.
Pigmented alcohol base inks are used in high temperature environments, where a relatively slow dry ink will reduce dry out on the heads.
Methyl Ethyl Ketone based inks give a dependable and consistent marking on most surfaces and coatings. They have fast evaporation and high solids content which offer excellent dot definition and readability. MEK inks are recommended for metal, ceramics and plastics. they are available in black, violet, blue dyes and pigmented in yellow, white, powder blue. Customized colors are available in small production lots.
abm MEK base inks, dye base and pigmented, can be used with any printer compatible with MEK solvents.
abm pigmented inks have excellent suspension, slow settling offering prolonged shelf life.
NOTE: Methyl Ethyl Ketone inks are approved for use with the AJET 101/S
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This page written by Roger Schaefer in May, 1996
Modified April, 2004