A new ink for the tobacco industry

Citation

(2000), "A new ink for the tobacco industry", Pigment & Resin Technology, Vol. 29 No. 6. https://doi.org/10.1108/prt.2000.12929fad.005

A new ink for the tobacco industry

A new ink for the tobacco industry

Keywords Marconi Data Systems, Inks

With the introduction of its new 16-4520 ink, Marconi Data Systems (MDS) believes that it has provided the tobacco industry with a novel combination (Plate 3). This black, acetone-based ink claims to combine fast dry time with low impact on tobacco flavour.

Plate 3 The new 16-4520 black, acetone-based ink from Marconi Data Systems combines fast dry time with low impact on tobacco flavour

Tobacco products are highly absorbent and easily tainted by solvent vapours. Already trialed and approved by four tobacco companies in the USA, the new 16-4520 is reportedly proven not to affect the taste of products.

The complex equipment involved in tobacco packaging runs at exceptionally high speed, requiring an ink dry time of less than one second. The MDS ink is said to meet this criterion with ease, even when coding onto coated or non-porous substrates. Dry time is reported to be typically 0.7 seconds on cigarette packages.

The ink is stated to be suitable for use in a wide range of MDS Excel® ink jet printers and is compatible with the MDS Autoflush^(TM) facility which contributes to system reliability.

Details available from: Marconi Data Systems Ltd. Tel: +44 (0) 1707 275844; Fax: +44 (0) 1707 275893.