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The two most common types of inks used with wide-format printers are aqueous and solvent.   Aqueous inks are water-based and come in two varieties, dye and pigment, often referred  to as Dye and UV inks. Solvent inks are generally pigment inks.  They contain pigments rather than dyes but unlike aqueous inks, where the carrier is water, solvent inks contain oil or alcohol instead which edge their way into the media and produce a more permanent image.  Solvent inks work well with materials such as vinyl whilst aqueous inks work best on paper. Wide format pigmented fine art inkjet printers are...

ANCILLARY ITEMS ‘Ancillary’ is an interesting word used in several ways and for a host of purposes. Other words that are used to cover a range of items that we are not quite sure how to describe as a collective are various, miscellaneous, assortment, selection and others. It is the word that is often used to describe something that is in a position of secondary importance but vital to the ability of being able to complete a process or service. www.mountingsubstrates.com have a range of ancillary items available that are vital to the completion of being able to mount or laminate a...

We all know that looking after our planet is becoming more and more crucial.  We also know that we’d all like to do more.  At mountingsubstrates.com we have sourced some products to help you make business decisions whilst considering the environmental impact.  Many products required in the presentation and photographic industry will have a plastic element attached to them however the way the products are used do not fall under the remit of ‘single use plastic’ which is the biggest issue surrounding the plastic industry at present.  For example, if we use a foam board to create a display that...

It doesn’t matter if it is a complicated and highly technical application or a simple standard every day one. The range of InSite® Reveal®  foam boards delivers quality results every time.   Manufactured with a high quality face paper our proprietary Reveal® foam centred board is engineered to retain its thickness.   InSite® Reveal®‘s high quality foam board cuts cleaner and faster on digital cutting and routing equipment. It is very well known for being warp resistant, dent resistant, and UV stabilized,   InSite® Reveal® is the number one choice for a wide range of users including commercial printers and sign makers. Used for graphics...