CAMBRIDGE,UK—  By absorbing less ink into the board, the same print quality is achieved with less ink, enabling faster printing and significantly reducing production costs as well as the total cost of ownership. With less substrate penetration, high-viscosity inks can remove the need for primers, simplifying the printing process and improving sustainability by reducing drying energy and fluid usage – resulting in brighter, more vibrant prints on uncoated and unprimed corrugate boards. Xaar’s technology also significantly decreases cost per job alongside delivering flexo-level print quality, meaning digital print is more relevant than ever before. Xaar’s Ultra High Viscosity Technology, its Aquinox printhead can jet fluids of up to 1000 centipoises (cP) at ambient temperature (approx. 100 cP at jetting temperature), which has enabled chemists to develop inks that overcome many of the barriers inkjet has previously faced in the corrugate sector. These new high viscosity formulations minimize ink absorption into corrugated surfaces to produce unbeatable opacity and colour vibrancy, ensuring both visible appeal and durability for corrugated packaging.