api LS2 Ink for printers using Epson DX4 print heads
- Compatible with original SS2 Ink
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Environmentally friendly
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No need to flush before installation
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No need to change profiles
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High colour density
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Superior adhesion
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No clogging
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Low odor
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Competitively priced
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Enhanced adhesion
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Improved colour density
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Suitable for use with the following printers
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Other related products
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Agfa™GSU AM™
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Print head
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Damper
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Capper Top
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Uniform Cadet Plus
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Uniform Grenadier G2
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Wipers
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api LS2 light solvent ink is also easier on your printer and it’s printheads.
api LS2 Inks Is compatible for use in any large format printer that has been designed or adapted to use light solvent inks.
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Ink Pumps
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True Solvent v Eco Solvent
Putting Print to the Test
Surrounded by brochures full of claims, counter-claims and ink durability theory, you could be easily forgiven for getting confused about what ink and printer combination can deliver what level of durability. Using the wisdom inherent in the old adage ‘a picture paints a thousand words’, we thought we would give you a more visual demonstration of the differences between our inks and those used by competing solvent inkjets.
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Swabs
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The Test Kit
We take a roll of Metamark MD5 self-adhesive vinyl, a product approved for digital print production and one which most manufacturers of Eco-Solvent printers state is a vinyl compatible with their Eco-Solvent inks. We have two sets of ink and a set of solvent flush. The inks are our own api LS2 ink, and a set of Eco-Solvent Plus inks as used in eco-solvent printers currently on the market. The flush is used to purge the system between tests to enable clean changeover of the inksets.
The final product is a box of IPA wipes, specifically we use Solvent Cleaning Pads from RS Components.
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Total Colour Profiling Device by Caldera
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A4 samples are printed onto Metamark MD-5, one of the most compatible digital vinyls, using both api LS2 and Eco-Solvent inksets. |
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2. Whilst we can carry out the wipe test immediately on prints produced using our api Light Solvent Inks, we leave the prints to dry for a period of 24 hours to ensure the Eco-Solvent Plus ink has had the opportunity to fully react with the vinyl. 3. We then carry out the wipe test as illustrated below. The Procedure1. We first install a set of api Light Solvent Inks into our Uniform CADET printer, and print some A4 sized samples of a vibrant image with plenty of colours as well as areas of heavy ink saturation. We then clean out the printers ink sub-system using standard solvent flush cartridges. Following this we install a set of original Eco-Solvent inks and run more A4 samples. |
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Using the RS Component Solvent Cleaning Pads, even gentle wiping will easily and rapidly remove the ink from the surface of the prints produced using the Eco-Solvent inks. Ink ingression into the vinyl surface is minimal, and it is entirely possible to wipe all traces of ink from the vinyl |
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Even quite aggressive rubbing makes no difference to the print, the active chemistry in api Light Solvent Ink has led to correct adhesion with the inks etching into the vinyl surface and creating a wear resistant and highly durable finished print. |
Graphics printed with api Light Solvent Inks will bond better to a far wider range of uncoated substrates, they will be more durable, offer better UV resistance, and withstand a greater degree of mechanical wear.
Uncoated vinyls cost dramatically less than vinyls used with traditional water-based inkjet printers (Encad, HP etc) and up to half as much as specially treated media required with first-generation eco-solvent inks.
api Inks work better, cost less, and are more compatible. api Light Solvent Inks will outperform all types of Eco-Solvent inks.





















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A4 samples are printed onto Metamark MD-5, one of the most compatible digital vinyls, using both api LS2 and Eco-Solvent inksets.
