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Squid Ink

Squid Ink specializes in the manufacture of industrial inkjet printers and high quality industrial inkjet inks for the packaging industry. Our products and services are designed to provide reliable cost-effective solutions to your industrial applications. Squid Ink has relied on a wealth of knowledge and experience in the inkjet industry to design a full family of Large Character and Hi-Resolution printing systems. Additionally, Squid Ink has been able to formulate the most comprehensive line of Hi-Resolution, Piezo, and Large Character fluids in the product identification market today.

Drop-On-Demand Large Character Printers

SQ/2 Inkjet Printer

The SQ/2 large character inkjet system prints high quality dot-matrix characters on a variety of products at a cost-effective price. The SQ/2 offers the lowest price per printed character in the industry today. Users can choose between two models: a water-based model for printing on porous surfaces like corrugated cartons, or as a solvent-based system for printing on non-porous product like plastics, stretch wraps, metals and more

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SQ/2 Scorpion Inkjet Printer

The SQ/2 Scorpion industrial large character inkjet printer includes upgraded software delivering more features. The SQ/2 Scorpion users have the option of choosing from several print head configurations. Five different print head sizes are available, offering 12 print sizes ranging in height from 3/8″ up to 1 3/4″. The 1600 Series print heads offer split-line capability and the option of printing full-size characters with the same print head.

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Hi-Resolution Printers

AUTOPILOT

Squid Ink’s AutoPilot printing system will print up to 0.7″ of hi-resolution characters, razor-sharp text, scannable bar codes, and great looking logos. Users can run up to two printheads from a single touchscreen controller to maximize efficiency and print on opposite sides of a case if needed. The AutoPilot is capable of running oil-based or solvent-based inks to print on a variety of substrates. Best of all, AutoPilot’s 180 dpi print resolution meets your application needs for quality coding and marking.

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Co-Pilot

Squid Ink’s CoPilot uses proven Xaar piezo technology to print up to .7” of hi-resolution characters, razor-sharp text, scannable bar codes, and great looking logos at 185 dpi and a 4.3″ full color touchscreen provides access to the system’s internal messages and print functions.

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Co-Pilot 500

Squid Ink’s CoPilot 500 printing system is designed to print superior quality hi-resolution with up to 2.8” of print height per printhead and the ability to run up to 2 printheads from one controller. The CoPilot 500 offers a versatile, yet cost effective solution for your coding and marking applications.

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Co-Pilot Max

Squid Ink’s CoPilot® Max printing system is designed to print superior quality hi-resolution characters on porous surfaces. With up to 2.8” of print height per printhead and the ability to run up to 2 printheads from one controller, the CoPilot Max offers a versatile, yet cost effective solution for your coding and marking applications.

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Inkjet Fluids

Fluid/Ink

Squid Ink specializes in the manufacture of superior quality inks and inkjet fluids designed for a variety of inkjet printing systems. Squid Ink offers the most complete line of drop-on-demand (DOD) inks in the industry. They also formulate hi-res inks and carry an extensive line of high quality continuous inkjet fluids.

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