Digital Ink Sciences has partnered with Eastman Kodak to bring the next generation of aqueous inks to sublimation, textile printing, and DTG markets, according to the company.
Grant French, business development manager for Digital Ink Sciences, says: “We’re so excited to be working with Kodak on this. There’s no better R&D inks company to work with in the world.
“[Kodak is] the ideal combination of engineering history and current innovation, and these new ink sets are much better that manufacturers expect. We’re getting better colours, deeper blacks, and the custom ink formulation is significantly reducing maintenance on the print heads.”
Kodak digital ink general manager Kenneth Kraft reports: “We’re very happy to partner with Digital Ink Sciences. They have the perfect, complementary expertise to bring our nano-pigment ink technology to the market.”
The Kodak powered DIS inks are 100% domestically sourced and manufactured. “We have rigorously tested these new inks and are thrilled with the performance,” says French.
The company remains laser-focused on providing the very best final output, developing the best colours available for aqueous textile inks. They do this by concentrating on what DIS calls the ‘perfect drop.’
Focusing on the perfect drop means more of the ink lands on the shirt and less ink gets dispersed into the air, or onto unwanted areas. Optimising drop shape and size also helps the printer hit the same spot on the textile repeatedly, which means users can lower the resolution and print faster without compromising print quality, DIS says.
Scott Colman, president of ColDesi in Tampa, Florida, US, comments: “The new G4 DTG Printer from Impression Technology and DTG Digital will be powered by Kodak DTG Inks. And our tests prove out just how beautifully they print, and what a tremendous impact they have on reducing maintenance.”
The DIS-250 series inks support lower maintenance in a mid-viscosity ink because of better stability, jet ability, and nozzle integrity, says DIS. The company also notes that its inks deliver less printer downtime, more shirts printed, and fewer issues.
Current models supported by the inks are:
- Ricoh G4
- Ricoh G5 – with optimised waveform
- Ricoh GH2220/2420 heads
The DIS-150 series inks have the same properties, but are designed for Epson print heads listed below:
- Epson DX-5
- Epson DX-7
- Epson 5113
DIS launched its DIS-150 inks in January of this year (2019). French said at the time of the launch: “The DIS150 ink set is surpassing our highest expectations. We’re getting better colours, deeper blacks, and the custom ink formulation is reducing maintenance on the print heads.”
