Nazdar Ink Technologies, the industry’s leading manufacturer of UV, water-based, and solvent-based digital inkjet, screen-printing and flexographic ink products, is excited to share the recent publication of ground-breaking research into their recently released high-viscosity water-based inks. The peer-reviewed study, published in the Journal of Coatings Technology and Research, was conducted by the Welsh Centre for Printing and Coating at Swansea University, and proves the transformative benefits of high-viscosity inks for printing, including increased color density and reduced ink usage.
As an Independent study investigating higher viscosity inkjet inks, it tested the efficiency of print outcomes on corrugated cardboard with both white coated and brown uncoated liners. Led by Dr. Chris Phillips and Professor Davide Deganello, it evaluated the performance of high-viscosity aqueous inks manufactured by Nazdar, compared with conventional ink formulations using Xaar’s Aquinox printheads. Key findings included enhanced colour impact, improved efficiencies, and a reduction of drying energy when printing onto a variety of corrugated boards.
Full results of the study can be downloaded here. Since the ground-breaking findings of this work, Nazdar and Xaar have further developed the High Viscosity concept into multiple sets of commercially available inks, suitable for markets such as textile and corrugate printing.