Trident has launched a new set of FabricFast Ultra Pigment Ink Jet Inks with binders. The water-based ink is said to be significantly improved from the previous FabricFast Pigment inks, providing more brilliant colours and enhanced wash fastness on untreated fabrics, including cotton and natural fibres. Colours available are cyan light, magenta light, grey, as well as spot colours orange, blue, red and green.

Unlike dye-based inks, these FabricFast Ultra inks do not require steamers to bind the ink to the fabric and can be cured through simple heat fixation. This streamlines the curing process and enables better job to job consistency without the colour differences experienced from the variability of the steaming process.

These inks are for printing directly onto a broad range of untreated fabrics with wide format printers such as Mimaki, Mutoh, Roland, Stork or Epson printers. They are also available for the direct-to-garment printing market.