Screen Printing inks for dummy samples

Many automatic vending machines are shown in the streets. And the machines have to have dummy samples to show how their commodities look like. They must be looked attractive to arouse customerÅfs interests. Sometime they are backlit to be noticeable in dark. They will be exposed under sunlight for a long period and the print should have excellent light fastness.
Now we are explaining the special features required for the ink to make them.

1. What are required for the dummy samples?

a) Must look like the real commodity.
b) Must look like in day and night.
c) Must be bright to arouse customer’s buying inclination.

2. What are required for the inks for dummy samples?

a) Excellent light fastness.
b) Excellent post-forming suitability
c) Excellent heat resistance

3. Shape of dummy samples

Shape		Short cans	Tall cans with shoulder	Bottles
Method of making		Print labels on flat sheets and wrap around blank bodies.	Print labels at first then die-form the top parts and wrap around blank bodies.	Make front halves of the samples by vacuum forming.
Forming	Die cutting	Good	Good	Good
	Die forming	－	Good	－
	Vacuum forming	－	－	Good
Applied commodity		Coffee cans	350ml tall cans	Can be applied for almost all kinds of shape such as metal cans, PET bottles, etc.

4. Our inks for dummy samples

Substrate		PET	Treated PET, PC, PC/PETG laminates
Name of the suitable Ink		EG	VG, VS	FOM
Ink Type		Solvent type. One-pot	Solvent type. One-pot	Solvent type. One-pot
Special Features of the ink		Good adhesion to treated & untreated PET.	Good adhesion to treated PET & PC.	Excellent heat resistance and elongation of the ink film, suitable to vacuum forming.
Forming	Die cutting	Good	Good	Good
	Die forming	Good	Good	Good
	Vacuum forming	－	－	Good

Related inks: HAS Ink series