Black Inkjet Ink

Kao Collins manufactures hundreds of unique black inkjet inks for industrial printing on a wide range of substrates. While some of our pigment-based and dye-based black inks are designed to work for specific applications, custom inks can be formulated with varying adhesion, longevity, and decap time, depending on the production requirements.

Our Newest Ink

Choosing the Right Black Ink

Black ink can be customized to meet the printing needs of your project to provide a long-lasting, solution that exceeds expectations.

Our black inks can be formulated to achieve maximum performance for these requirements:

Drying time
Optical density
Runability
Shelf Life
Dot gain
Dot integrity
Mean time to failure
Decap time
Lightfastness
Water fastness
Flexibility
Scratch resistance
And more

Contact us to discuss a custom formulation for black ink.

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Black Ink for all digital technologies

Kao Collins produces inks compatible with thermal inkjet (TIJ), piezo inkjet (PIJ), and continuous inkjet (CIJ) print technologies.

Browse the inks available for all major printhead technologies.

Our Newest Solvent Ink – Sigma

Sigma, Kao Collins’s newest solvent ink for HP Specialty Printing Systems, delivers industry-leading performance. Our chemists set out to raise the bar.

Sigma solves the toughest printing challenges

Decap: >12 hours
Shelf Life: 24 months
Curing: Instant, no heat required
Deeper Black: Improved dye delivers richer black and crisp results
Durability: Light-fast, heat-resistant, and water-resistant

Sigma solvent ink produces excellent performance on flexible films and foils used in food and pharmaceutical coding and marking.

Sigma+ for HP | Sigma+ for Funai

OUR NEWEST INK

SIGMA delivers industry-leading 12-hour decap, deeper blacks & longer shelf life

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Long-lasting partnerships

We believe customers – not chemists – should drive innovation in the inkjet industry.

Rethink how you ink

Contact Kao Collins about Sigma solvent ink or other inks for HP Specialty Printing Systems.