With more than fifty-five years of experience in inkjet, no one understands digital print like Kodak. Inks are important – but we also know how crucial it is to create the right print surface before you start.
OPTIMAX Primers are the perfect print partner for KODAK EKTACOLOR and KODACHROME Inks. Our water-based primers enable you to take control of your print, from start to finish, while other manufacturers still rely on humectant-heavy chemicals or pricey pre-coated papers.
Specialty inkjet-treated papers and third-party materials can be expensive and eat into your profit margins. With OPTIMAX Primers, there's no need to rely on those pricey, hard-to-source papers. Instead, you get to create your own perfect print surface from scratch.
With OPTIMAX Primers, you're in full control of what you print – and what you print on. They open up more digital printing opportunities, from packaging to labels to personal care.
Rather than trying to do everything with our inks, our primers have been designed to prepare each unique print surface. First, a thin ink-receptive coating is applied to the substrate to get it ready for printing. As soon the ink passes through the printhead, OPTIMAX Primers immobilize the pigment, allowing high-speed printing and improving drying times – for both wet-on-wet and interstation configurations.
Whether you're using paper, plastic, cardboard or even metalized materials, OPTIMAX Primers ensure your prints last longer and look better than ever before. Expand color range, increase durability, reduce dot gain and mottle, print with superior detail: OPTIMAX Primers will optimize your print for premium results – every time.
Do-it-all inkjet inks from other vendors are complex to manufacture and use all kinds of unpleasant chemicals to achieve the desired results.
Water-based and containing far fewer harmful chemicals, such as humectants and drying agents, OPTIMAX Primers are less harsh on printers and operators, creating a non-hazardous work environment. Additionally, when using OPTIMAX Primers you can see a vast improvement in de-inkability for recycling. Primers improve the ability for the ink to detach from the paper fibers during floating or washing. Help create a more sustainable print supply chain.