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January 15, 2010

Laser Engraved Pens Using the YAG Laser Etcher

Laser Plate-making

Update as of July 13, 2022: The Cobalt 1000 has been discontinued but replaced with the Cobalt ONE fiber laser etching machine. While the Cobalt ONE is not meant for engraving parts other than plates or cliches for pad printing, another member of the Cobalt laser family, the Cobalt PRO has the capability to etch

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Take a look at this! Would you ever think this is a part of a very expensive tool used for measurement applications? As a matter of fact, this object is part of an extremely sophisticated measuring device called FARO Laser Tracker. We wanted to make sure the imprinted plastic artwork came out just perfect! In

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June 24, 2009

Make Your Pad Printer Ceramic Ring Work Double Shifts!

How-To, Pad Printing

Are you using a single-sided or double-sided ceramic ring? If you are using a single-sided ring you should look into the benefits of using a double-sided instead. The most obvious reason has to do with the fact that rings can get damaged… yes, sooner or later it will happen, but if you have a double-sided

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March 4, 2009

Project: Pad Printing a Space Shuttle?

Pad Printing

Here at Inkcups we often get special orders for Top Secret projects. Therefore, that’s all we can say at the moment. We don’t want to get into trouble… Both items were pad printed with 3 different colors using our very own ICN-150. Paul began by etching the artwork onto a plate using the Cobalt 1000

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December 10, 2008

Laser Etched Glass Jars

Laser Plate-making

July 2022 Update: The Cobalt 250 has been discontinued and replaced with the Cobalt PRO. The Cobalt PRO is an advanced CO2 laser capable of producing high-quality laser plates for plate-making. All other etching applications should be testing. Here you see one application of Cobalt 250 laser engraver: laser etched glass. This compact machine, designed

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August 28, 2008

Diamond Etch – Unique Pad Printing Ink for Glass

Pad Printing Ink

Doesn’t this image look laser engraved? Yet it is printed, fine line detail and all! The pad printing ink for glass not only looks great, but you can save money using it as well because the cost of a print is only a fraction of a penny! Inkcups’ Diamond Etch pad printing ink for glass can

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