Ink profile guide for HITACHI IJP (Europe)

03.07.2014

Makeup Ambient temperature range [℃

℃] Drying Light Stability Air
Groupe Color Solvent PXR PB RX RX2 PH time Ink characteristics Primary applications
Ink Forecast Purge
type base (*1) Type required D240/440 H450 D260/460 D410 P460 B/S160 S160 D260/460 at 20℃
℃ Test conditions Result Required
JP-K33 Black MEK TH-18 E 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
Migration resistant ink
Excellent performance on most substrates
Metals, plastics, PET laminated steel sheets

JP-K62 Black MEK TH-18 E 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
Excellent adhesion on glass.
Condensation resistant after printing
Glass bottles, etc.

JP-K68 Black Ethanol TH-TYPE F 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 15 to 30

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
X Ethanol based general purpose ink
Various types of cans, containers, film, PVC
pipes, various other materials
Standard
Ink
JP-K69 Black MEK TH-69 E 0 - 35 0 - 40 0 - 45 0 - 35 － 0 - 45 0 - 45 0 - 45 0 - 45 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
General purpose ink. Chrome/PVC free
Sharp printed dots shape
Various types of cans, containers, film, PVC
pipes, various other materials
JP-K72 Black MEK TH-18 E 0 - 35 0 - 40 0 - 40 0 - 35 － 0 - 40 0 - 40 0 - 40 0 - 40 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
General purpose ink. Excellent adhesion
on most plastics, especially PP.
PP containers for food, medicine and cosmetics,
other plastic containers
JP-K88 Black MEK TH-71 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
Excellent adhesion on most plastics,
especially PP.
container made of PE such as food, the
beverage, cosmetics, and the medicines.
JP-W89 White MEK TH-73 E － － － － 0 - 35 － － － － 5 to 7
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
White pigmented ink
Replacement from JP-W73
Rubber hoses, plastic pipes, metal,
glass, electric/ electronic parts, etc.

－ － － －
Reduced
Same as 1 month Paper, plastics, metals, etc.
JP-F92 Invisible MEK TH-18 E 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 3 luminescence Visible under UV rays
under sunshine Special marking for production control
but legible
JP-Y108 Yellow MEK TH-18 E － － 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
Organic yellow pigmented ink.
Replacement from JP-Y91 and JP-Y94
for Black and Dark Products like:Rubber hoses,
PVC pipes, metal, glass, electric/electronic parts, etc.

Forecast
Ink (*2)
JP-K26 Black MEK TH-TYPE B X － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change Alkali soluble ink Steel

JP-R27 Red MEK TH-TYPE A X － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 8 months
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
General purpose red color ink
Excellent performance on most substrates
Aluminum beverage cans

JP-G27 Green MEK TH-TYPE A X － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 8 months
under sunshine
No change General purpose green color
Various types of cans, containers, film, PVC
pipes, various other materials
JP-K28 Black MEK TH-TYPE A X － 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
Steam (retort) resistant on cans
Good performance on plastics
Cans, PP-Sheet, PE-sheet, plastics

JP-T64
Brown to
Pale blue
MEK TH-18 E － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5 ---- ----
Heat resistant ink
Resistant up to 1.300 degrees
Ceramic, metals, resistors, etc.

JP-K70 Black MEK TH-70 X － 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 6 months
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
X
Alkali soluble ink. Condensation resitant
after printing on glass bottle
Glass bottles, etc.

JP-T71
Red
purple
MEK TH-71 － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 6 months
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
X
Thermochromic ink for retort process
Color changes from red-purple to blue
Cans, plastic bags, alminnum bags,
plastic cups,etc.
JP-T75
Black
to blue
2-
Petanone
TH-75 X － 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 2weeks
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
Thermochromic ink for retort process
Color changes from black to blue
Cans, plastic bags, alminnum bags,
plastic cups,etc.
JP-E78 Red Ethanol TH-78 X － 10 - 35 10 - 35 － － 10 - 35 10 - 35 10 - 35 10 - 35 3 to 10
Same as 2weeks
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
X Egg shell ink Egg shell only

JP-B82 Blue MEK TH-82 U X － 10 - 35 10 - 35 － － 10 - 35 10 - 35 10 - 35 10 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 6 months
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
Alkali soluble ink Glass bottles, etc.

JP-B85 Blue MEK TH-TYPE C X － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change X General purpose blue color ink Glass, plastics, metals and coated paper

JP-K86 Black Acetone TH-86 X 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0.3 to 0.6

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change Fast drying ink Glass, plastics, metals and coated paper.

JP-K87 Black MEK TH-18 E 0 - 35 0 - 40 0 - 40 － － 0 - 40 0 - 40 0 - 40 0 - 40 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change Alcohol resistant ink Glass, plastics, metals and coated paper.

JP-B95 Blue MEK TH-18 E － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 1 month
in the sunshine
No change Contains neither chrome nor methanol
General purpose. Glass, plastics, metals and
coated paper
JP-W96 White MEK TH-96 X － － － － 0 - 40 － － － － 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
High Transfer-Resistance and High Scratch- DOP-contained Vinyl Chloride, electrical parts,
Resistance against PVC material electrical cable,cars, etc.
JP-K106 Black MEK TH-18 E － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 2 to 5
Same as 1 year
in the sunshine
No change
Black pigmented ink
Water resistant, retort resistant
Retort food, can and others

JP-K107 Black MEK TH-18 E － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change X
Black pigmented ink
Water resistant, retort resistant
Retort food, can and others

JP-Y109 Yellow MEK TH-109 X － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change Alkali washable yellow ink Especially for cold-filled glass bottle

JP-K112 Black Ethanol TH-TYPE F － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 2 to 5

Same as 1 year
in the sunshine
No change X
Ethanol based ink. Faster drying time, more
resistant to water than JP-K68
Especially for aluminum cans

JP-K113 Black MEK TH-18 E － 0 - 40 － － － － － － － 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
in the sunshine
No change Black ink for returnable glass bottles
Glass bottles (returnable or non-returnable),
metals (SUS, aluminum etc), HDPE, etc.
JP-K114 Black MEK TH-18 E － － － － － － 0 - 40 － － 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
Excellent adhesion on most plastics,
especially PP,PE and PET.
PP, PE or PET container for food, medicine or
cosmetics; other plastic containers and films, etc.
Legacy
Ink (*3)
JP-K60 Black Ethanol TH-60 X － － 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 3 to 10
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
Discolored
but legible
X
Ethanol based ink with carbon black
Chrome-complex dye free
Paper carton, colgated boad,
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ainted container, meta , etc.

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Reduced
Same as 1 month Paper, plastics, metals, etc.
JP-F63 Invisible MEK TH-63 X 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 20 to 40 luminescence X Visible under UV rays
under sunshine Special marking for production control
but legible
JP-W73 White MEK TH-73 E － － － － 0 - 40 － － － － 5 to 7
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change White pigmented ink
Rubber hoses, plastic pipes, metal,
glass, electric/ electronic parts, etc.
JP-K84 Black MEK TH-84 E 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change X
Water/Alcohol resistant, non migration,
retort resistant
Electric parts, food, electric wire, cars and others.

JP-K90 Black MEK TH-TYPE E 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 － － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5

Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change X
Black pigmented ink. Water/Alcohol
resistant, non migration, retort resistant
Retort resistant, Metal cans, wire and film
Same as 1 year Rubber hoses, PVC pipes, metal,
JP-Y91 Yellow MEK TH-84 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5 No change Organic yellow pigmented ink
under sunshine glass, electric/ electronic parts, etc.
JP-Y94 Yellow MEK TH-Type E 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 － 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 0 - 35 1 to 5
Same as 1 year
under sunshine
No change
Organic yellow pigmented ink
Better contrast than JP-Y91
for Black and Dark Products like:Rubber hoses,
PVC pipes, metal, glass, electric/electronic parts, etc.
(*1) MEK: Methyl ethyl ketone
(*2)Forecast advisable to assure availability
(*3)Superseded by new ink

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