Fluorescent colors/ink eco solvent

[Ooxablon]

Hey,

Ive seen a lot of topics where people are complaining about their colors not being vibrant enough? Luckily there are fluorescent eco solvent inks available. Does anyone have experience with these? Are there things to keep in mind when using them? Just replace yellow and mangenta out of the cmyk?

 

[cornholio]

I have only installed fluo colors additionally to CMYK on sublimation systems.
But the lightfastness is not very good.(to say it kindly)
I know that swissQ has inks for their UV printers.
Color vibrancy is a question of color management mostly, or dirty colors.(nice to see, how the changeover from EcoMax to EcoMax3 enhances the gamut, because the yellow is much cleaner.)

 

[Ooxablon]

I have only installed fluo colors additionally to CMYK on sublimation systems.
But the lightfastness is not very good.(to say it kindly)
I know that swissQ has inks for their UV printers.
Color vibrancy is a question of color management mostly, or dirty colors.(nice to see, how the changeover from EcoMax to EcoMax3 enhances the gamut, because the yellow is much cleaner.)

The supplier said it s only for indoor. But for my use its outdoor, but not likely to catch much sunlight. Would an uv laminate be an option?

 

[Joe House]

Fluorescent Pigments have never worked well outdoors. They work by taking UV light and converting it to visible light to make the pigments pop. There's only so much converting that can be packed into a pigment, then it stops boosting the color and your left with a faded graphic. Even indoors, most fluorescent pigments have a much shorter life span than we've come to expect for our graphics.

Good Luck

 

[V. V.]

Guys, I'd love to raise this question again if there is any manufacturer on this planet left producing fluor ecosol? Need them much for some special sports equipment production applications. Cheers!

 

[netsol]

Guys, I'd love to raise this question again if there is any manufacturer on this planet left producing fluor ecosol? Need them much for some special sports equipment production applications. Cheers!

perhaps ecosolvent is not the answer...

 

[Solventinkjet]

I've seen fluorescent inks for solvent from China but no mainstream manufacturer here in the US. Dye sub manufacturers tend to have them specifically for sports so places like the NFL can hit those super vibrant colors.

Looks like there's a guy up in Canada that might be able to help: https://digitalsigntech.net/fluorescent-inks/

 

[Gino]

It's almost always been the fluorescent colors will not last more than a few months even with the laminates and whatnot added. Even the colored vinyls don't last all that long.