New printing ink from Recognition Systems

[prwhite]

Dot Works / Recognition Systems of Port Washington, NY has a new ink, called Star Dot PW5. It is formulated for sheetfed, offset printing, and is suggested for publication & commercial work on paper and board, for straight & perfecting presses.

Product Features:

• Vegetable based—free of mineral oils,
• Faster dry times,
• Longer stay open time,
• High gloss even when overcoating is not an option,
• Complies with ISO 2846-1 & allows printing to ISO12647-2,
• Dries by penetration & oxidation, forming a robust ink film,
• Free from cobalt based drying catalysts,
• Suitable for any matte / silk coated papers,
• Suitable for gloss coated stocks, uncoated stocks and coated cardboard,
• Can be overprinted with oil-based or water-based overprinting varnish,
• Does not require to be run with a special fountain solution.

Additional information can be found on their website.

 

[D Ink Man]

This must be a resell of some ink manufacturers product. My guess would be Superior, but is only a guess.

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[Green Printer]

Maybe an import.

 

[CSF]

Another private label "me too" product. Yippee.. Probably Sun since that's what their other inks are.