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The ECO PASSPORT by OEKO-TEX® was used to test our tagless pad printing ink for apparel tags. Textile chemical suppliers demonstrate their product is used in a sustainable production environment. Therefore, it is a very important and substantial certification. Designed for brands/retailers, manufacturers of textile chemicals, traders of textile chemicals, sourcing offices, and manufacturers throughout

Inkcups opens new Guatemala office. At 600 square feet, the new workspace boasts a larger warehouse, demo room, and office space. The office is centrally located to many of our Tagless customers. Thus, the focus of the Guatemala office is to assist apparel manufacturers in the region to go tagless®. The Guatemala office has all

Update as of July 2022: Sadly the ICN-2200-PSX is no longer available, however it has been replaced with the ICN-2200-PS 2-Color Pad Printer. Check out it’s product page to find out more. Here is a new video of the ICN-2200-PSX high-speed pad printer with a heavy-duty pad slide. In this video, we show off this pad

Update: Technology has come a long way since 2010 when this blog post was written, in 2022 laser plate makers have taken over the plate etching scene. Visit our Laser Plate Maker page for the most current offerings available to etch plates. At Inkcups, we have customers that make their own photopolymer plates for apparel tag

Update: As of 2022 Inkcups has added an additional white ink for tagless applications. Check out SB Brite Opaque Garment Printer Ink in Brite White. Sadly SuperWhite Ink is no longer available, but we Brite White is a great substitution.  Printing on dark substrates with white pad printing ink can be challenging. The tagless label is simply

Here is a great new tagless printing video from Inkcups! This video showcases the ICN-B100 pad printing machines. Often, people have seen pictures or diagrams of pad printers in production.  Yet, they are not effective in showing their true production capabilities. Therefore, while pictures and diagrams are somewhat informative it is more effective to show how