What can you offer when a customer wants a screen or digital print project to stand out from the crowd? One of the easiest ways to make an impression is by adding a Nazdar Special Effects Ink.
Nazdar now offers screen-printed special effects inks that can add a dynamic "wow" factor to both screen and digital images. The creative use of special effects can set your shop apart from the competition, bringing in additional revenue as your customers see the increased impact these special effects add to their graphics.
Nazdar has a wide variety of special effects inks available, including:
ADDITIVES
Glitter
One of the most well-known special effects, glitter is a guaranteed attention-grabber. Used subtly or liberally, this effect produces graphics that sparkle with movement. With endless possibilities, glitter can be used to highlight nearly any image, from banner text to grand fireworks displays.
Multi-Chromatic Pigments
Mutli-Chromatic pigments produce a color-change effect. Standardly printed over a black background, these pigments provide a metallic finish with hue-shifting effect at different angles of viewing, creating an element of surprise to engage consumers.
Phosphorescent Powders
Phosphorescent Powders, also referred to as "Glow in the Dark" or "Luminescent," are pigments that are charged by light, then emit slowly emit a glow, creating a fun effect in darkness or black-light conditions. Depending on the pigment and pigment load in the ink, the glow lasts from a few minutes to several hours. Nazdar Phosphorescent Powders can be used in various UV-curable and solvent-based ink series.
CLEARS
Gloss/Matte Clears
Gloss and Matte Clears, used individually or together, can produce a variety of effects. Gloss Clears provide a "wet" look, and when overprinted onto a graphic's subject matter, can enhance the image without making the printed piece too reflective. Matte Clears provide a "dry" look, and can provide a flat contrast, particularly when used in conjunction with Gloss Clears.
Textured Clears
Textured Clears give the appearance and feel of a rough surface. As print strives to become increasingly more interactive, Textured Clears used in conjunction with Gloss Clears can perfectly provide both visual and tactile contrast between different areas of an image, such as enabling a low color-contrast subject matter to stand out from the background.
Tack Clear
Another ink turned from practical to graphical, Tack Clears were developed to be printed on the back of prints to prevent sliding. Now, Nazdar Tack Clears are making their way to the forefront of prints-when printed in dots on a graphic, they create a rubber feel, perfect for images like footballs and basketballs.
Dry Erase Clears
Dry Erase Clears can be used to produce a surface that can be written on with dry erase markers and erased appropriately for reuse. These inks can be printed over any graphic, making a fully writable surface while protecting the printed images, such as logos or other permanent elements.
Heavy Deposit Clears
Heavy Deposit Clears were originally designed to print Braille characters, but today's graphic printers are utilizing them to produce a variety of effects. Nazdar Heavy Deposit Clears can make images "jump" off the page by making graphics 3-dimensional, such as touchable water droplets on a flat background. Heavy Deposit Clears can be printed with thick emulsion or capillary film build-up for the desired thickness, or with several print layers to create an even thicker deposit.
INKS
Chrome Silver
Chrome Silvers offer unique versatility. These high-sheen inks can be used for more intuitive graphics-such as highlighting the metallic areas of cars and motorcycles-or as an undertone for Nazdar Transparent Colors, which add a shimmer effect and sense of depth.
Magnetic Receptive Ink
Magnetic Receptive Ink makes updating advertisement pieces easy. While the inks themselves are not magnetic, they are receptive to magnets, suitable for displays that periodically need elements changed out. The inks can be used to produce a variable graphic and affixed to a magnetic permanent display, without the need for adhesives or other attachment materials.
Chalkboard Inks
Chalkboard inks can create a writable surface on nearly any substrate, and are available in Black, for a classic blackboard look, and clear to create a custom chalkboard surface. Nazdar Chalkboard Inks are great for menu boards and kid friendly activity mats.
Nazdar offers many more special effects inks, and new products are continually being developed. Browse the full Nazdar Special Effects catalog or contact InkAnswers today to find out how you can expand your print offering from one-dimensional to unforgettable with Nazdar Special Effects Inks.