Silver Offset Printing Ink

Application:

McLantis silver offset inks are suitable for offset press. Printing substrate is mainly paper. They are also suitable for silver printing on letterpress and thin letterpress paper.

Characteristics: 

McLantis Silver offset inks are characterized as follows:

1. Fast setting and good adhesion;

2. Good printability: flat and even for solid printing, clear and clean for lines and dots. The print has high metallic gloss.

3. Good endurance can meet the requirements of the customers.

4. Electrochemical aluminum foil can be thermo printed on the finished print.

Usage and instructions:

1. For printing of silver ink, the quick drier must be added.

2. In normal condition you can use the silver ink directly on the press, but for spot color printing you should add some tinting medium to improve the ink-transfer property with the addition quantity of less than 5%.

3. Because the silver pigment in the ink will react with the acid to reduce the gloss of the prints, so please adjust the fountain water for silver and silver ink printing with weaker acidity.

4. Because of the silver pigment the ink cannot be stored for longer time, otherwise the color will fade.

5. The effect of silver ink will be influenced by the printing condition such as season, temperature or paper. So please make sufficient tests to confirm it.