Domino Digital Printing Solutions has now launched its UV-curable clear ink UV67CL, which was first shown at Labelexpo Europe in 2019.

This latest addition to Domino’s ink range can be used as a digital spot varnish or a digital adhesive for cold foil applications, ensuring total flexibility with a single fluid. It is compatible with standard media including polyethylene, polypropylene and under the right conditions, certain coated papers.

“This new UV67CL ink for use with our high speed, high-resolution K600i inkjet printers was developed in response to feedback from our customers, the label converters,” Jim Orford, K-Series product manager at Domino, said. “They continue to face increased demand from brand owners for enhanced label designs, which not only make their products stand out on the shelf and encourage consumer engagement but also add value to their products and brand image. Our customers wanted to be able to achieve this by delivering the highest quality, most visually striking and diverse label designs, but without compromising their manufacturing process.”

UV67CL clear ink can be used to create embellished labels with a high laydown of digital spot varnish or cold foil images, removing the necessity for screens and plates used in the traditional analog embellishment processes. The combination of printing variable data with embellishment provides all the advantages of digital printing as part of the label finishing process, generating highly detailed digital spot varnish and cold foiling labels with minimal impact on productivity and throughput.”

With more than 700 installations worldwide, Domino’s K600i inkjet printer can be integrated into an existing web-fed press or finishing line. Domino can supply a complete embellishment solution in conjunction with a number of leading label finishing partners. A single K600i print bar is required for cold foil applications, capable of print speeds of up to 75m/minute; for printing spot varnish, a dual-bar K600i system is used with speeds of up to 50m/minute depending on the ink laydown required. The latter can also be used to digitally print high opacity white, providing a cost-effective alternative to the more expensive and labor-intensive traditional screen printing.