Abstract

Screen and pad printing remain well-established in industrial applications of labeling and product embellishment, despite the high degree of manual labor required, thanks largely to the wide range of inks, often with high viscosity, available for these processes. Now a novel inkjet printhead technology has been developed which can jet fluids with a viscosity of up to 250 mPa∙s. This opens the possibility to a whole new range of fluids that can be processed via inkjet. This session covers a study to evaluate the feasibility of piezo inkjet printing with screen- and pad printing inks.