Screen Printing Inks

When buying a car, performance is not the only decisive criterion. Alongside the engine power and the consumption, the car’s design and its equipment also have a decisive influence on the customer’s decision to purchase.

Every day, consumers are faced with countless brochures, flyers and other printed adverts. To attract and hold the consumers’ attention takes great effort and exceptional creativity. In this field, screen printing offers numerous tactile, olfactory and interactive options to make your adverts even more arresting and ensure they stand out.

Printcolor combines all of these options in our comprehensive high-quality easyGRAPH range – to let you unlock your full creativity!

Applicable Ink Series

Series 590

UV effects for impressive finishing of acquisition- and promotional materials, packaging and image items.

Electrical goods and household appliances have to be able to withstand the wear-and-tear of daily use: they have to endure high temperatures and be resistant to a range of chemical liquids. The right choice of printing inks is crucial to ensure that these devices continue to look good and function correctly.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 640

2-component screen printing ink for long-term outdoor use on metals and plastics, as well as foils.

Product labels are used to identify products. They commonly provide handling or consumption instructions, information about the manufacturer, a best-before date and other details.

Labels play a key role in influencing the consumer’s decision to choose a certain product. The brand and the product have to stand out from the competition on the shelf and communicate to potential purchasers that they are making the right decision. Labels are important adverts and as such it is crucial that they adequately reflect the brand and its unique strengths.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 320	Jet-drying, extremely fixated screen printing ink for various plastics, especially rigid PVC and polystyrene.
Series 388	Universal high performance system on plastics and coatings.
Series 560	Modern UV screen printing system for nearly all plastics with extended areas of application and high stability.
Series 567	Multi purpose UV-curable screen printing ink for application on various plastics and coatings, also for metallic substrates (with use of hardener). Outdoor resistant, highly glossy.

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Applicable Ink Series

Series 384	Screen printing ink for printing on PVC banner material. Applications also on leather and plasticizer containing plastics.
Series 388	Universal high performance system on plastics and coatings.
Series 480/482	1- and 2-component varnish with protective UV filter.
Series 800	High performance inks for rolling, coating and spraying on PVC banner, marquee materials and various types of leather.

Membrane switches are widely used throughout many different industries, for instance to control machinery or as keyboards on medical devices, in applications that need to be disinfected or electrical household appliances. They are also used in remote controls, mobile phones or as peripheral devices for computers.

Printcolor offers a full range of solutions with decorative colors, functional products, window varnishes and Print-n-Peel. A carefully coordinated range of inks from a single source guarantees a high degree of process safety and top quality.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 347	Opaque, permanently elastic color system for printing on plastics for membrane switches and keyboard.
Series 388	Universal high performance system on plastics and coatings.

Beverage crates are designed to be durable and provide a long service life. Throughout their lifespan they are exposed to high climatic, mechanical and chemical wear-and-tear. Printed crates provide additional advertising spaces for beverage manufacturers, and they offer considerable scope for decorative, engaging designs.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 630	Highly opaque, glossy screen printing ink, based on extremely resistant basic raw materials for printing of metals, glass and various plastics.
Series 640	2-component screen printing ink for long-term outdoor use on metals and plastics, as well as foils.

Glass is one of the oldest products produced by humans. Its extraordinary chemical and mechanical toughness combined with its unsurpassed transparency and beautiful look and feel continue to fascinate us.

Printing on glass requires finely calibrated dual component systems or special UV-curing printing inks. We offer special standard ranges for the applications functional glass for electronics (mobile phones) and printing on packaging glass. The standard ranges are complemented by a wide choice of special products.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 540	Special UV ink for indoor use on metals and glass.
Series 630	Highly opaque, glossy screen printing ink, based on extremely resistant basic raw materials for printing of metals, glass and various plastics.
Series 631	Highly opaque 2-component screen printing ink for printing of flat glass for indoor use

Plastic cards in the form of identity cards, bank and credit cards or gift cards are omnipresent in our world. Used daily, these products have to be able to withstand wear and rubbing.With spectraCARD, Printcolor offers an unrivalled range of solvent-based, laminable and offset printable screen printing inks for manufacturing card systems made of PVC and polycarbonate.The Printcolor products have low odour, excellent peel strength values, good processability and are environmentally friendly. These inks are carefully formulated to ensure that the process conditions required during lamination do not lead to discoloration or the destruction of the inks and pigments.

Printing hollow containers and tubes allows manufacturers to additionally enhance the impact of the product, thus providing a further purchase incentive.

Printcolor offers a wide choice of printing inks for container printing. These products comply with a range of different requirements and specifications for packaging materials.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 533	Low-migration UV-curable screen printing ink for tubes and coatings. Fulfills relevant norms like Nestlé Guidance Note, Customer Goods Regulation, EN 71, part 3.
Series 537	High speed UV-curable ink for printing of cartridges made of HD-PE. High pigmented colors for use of fine mesh.
Series 560	Modern UV screen printing system for nearly all plastics with extended areas of application and high stability.
Series 567	Multi purpose UV-curable screen printing ink for application on various plastics and coatings, also for metallic substrates (with use of hardener). Outdoor resistant, highly glossy.
Series 630	Highly opaque, glossy screen printing ink, based on extremely resistant basic raw materials for printing of metals, glass and various plastics.
Series 640	2-component screen printing ink for long-term outdoor use on metals and plastics, as well as foils.

Illuminated adverts and signs are constantly exposed to the weather, and occasionally even extreme conditions. It is essential that both the material and the printing inks comply with the very highest standards.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 386

High durable color system for plastics in outdoor use, special glues, displays and illuminated advertising.

Arresting, uniquely designed displays, poster boards etc. at the point of sale help to influence the consumer and provide a purchase incentive. The successful presentation of products and services triggers positive emotions and boosts the consumer’s desire to purchase an item or service.

Series 320	Jet-drying, extremely fixated screen printing ink for various plastics, especially rigid PVC and polystyrene.
Series 386	High durable color system for plastics in outdoor use, special glues, displays and illuminated advertising.
Series 388	Universal high performance system on plastics and coatings.
Series 560	Modern UV screen printing system for nearly all plastics with extended areas of application and high stability.
Series 567	Multi purpose UV-curable screen printing ink for application on various plastics and coatings, also for metallic substrates (with use of hardener). Outdoor resistant, highly glossy.
Series 630	Highly opaque, glossy screen printing ink, based on extremely resistant basic raw materials for printing of metals, glass and various plastics.

Illuminated wayfinding systems and emergency exit signs have to be highly durable and weather-resistant. It follows that the inks used to print these safety systems have to be of the very best quality and comply with a broad range of norms and specifications.

Applicable Ink Series

Series 320	Jet-drying, extremely fixated screen printing ink for various plastics, especially rigid PVC and polystyrene.
Series 386	High durable color system for plastics in outdoor use, special glues, displays and illuminated advertising.
Series 388	Universal high performance system on plastics and coatings.
Series 560	Modern UV screen printing system for nearly all plastics with extended areas of application and high stability.
Series 567	Multi purpose UV-curable screen printing ink for application on various plastics and coatings, also for metallic substrates (with use of hardener). Outdoor resistant, highly glossy.
Series 630	Highly opaque, glossy screen printing ink, based on extremely resistant basic raw materials for printing of metals, glass and various plastics.

Applicable Ink Series