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Specialist Inks

Domino has developed a variety of specialist inks that offer greater versatility to the A-Series product and industry applications.

Fast Drying Ink | Food Grade Ink | Thermochromic Ink | Wet Bottle Ink | Removable Ink | Nude Ink | Opaque Ink | UV curable Ink | General Purpose Ink - Polyethylenes

Fast Drying Ink

  • Developed for high speed production lines with drying times as low as 0.8 seconds
  • Range of inks including ketone-free, solvent resistant, etc
  • Excellent adhesion ensures coding will not rub off or smear

Food Grade Ink

  • Commonly used for coding and printing directly onto food
  • Zero odour inks for printing onto products and permeable packaging such as cigarettes
  • Self-disinfecting food grade inks designed specifically for printing onto eggshells
  • Approvals include FDA and EU food-grade applications

Thermochromic Ink

  • Thermochromic inks for the canning in the food industry which change colour when steam sterilised
  • Choice of colour changes include black to blue or black to red
  • Inks that can withstand steam sterilisation and remain the same colour  

Wet Bottle Ink

  • Developed specifically for the beverage industry to print onto bottles covered in condensation
  • Prints 'through' condensation, which chemically aids adhesion to bottle surface
  • Resistant to refrigeration and storage in iced water
  • Won't rub off or smear
  • Code removed by alkali washing process used to clean reusable bottles

Removable Ink

  • Developed specifically for the beverage industry for returnable bottles
  • Water and abrasion proof
  • Code removed only when returned and bottles are cleaned with alkali solutions
  • Temporary coding for metal components and printing plates is possible with water-washable inks

Nude Ink

  • Code is invisible to the naked eye but fluoresces under UV light
  • Commonly used in the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and beverage industries
  • Formulated for security, traceability and anti-counterfeit coding applications

Opaque Ink

  • Range of pigmented inks offering excellent opacity and brightness on a range of substrates types
  • Colours including black, white and light blue
  • Low offset inks for cable and wire applications
  • 'Opaque' A-Series printers designed to ensure reliable performance with pigmented inks

UV curable ink

  • Advanced UV-curing inks provide unparalleled solvent- and scratch-resistance
  • Excellent light fastness ensures inks will not fade
  • Ideal for the cable and wire, automotive and aerospace industries

General Purpose Ink - Polyethylenes

  • Designed specifically for LDPE and HDPE - low density and high density polyethylenes
  • Used in variety of industries including the beverage and food industries
  • Excellent adhesion to flow wrap, bottle caps, tubes and extrusions
  • Very fast drying, MEK-free