Ink

UV Ink

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UV ink cures the instant our printer's lamp hits it — no waiting, no off-gassing. That instant cure is what opens the door to effects regular ink can't touch: spot gloss, embossing, the works. It's also just plain tough on its own, and a full gloss varnish finish gives it another gear when you want one.

Good to know

The spec sheet version, and what it actually means once it's out in the weather.

Where we use it

This is our default ink — it's what almost everything in the shop is printed with.

Everyday Stickers, Removable Stickers, Stubborn Stickers, Wall Murals. If it doesn't say otherwise, it's UV.

The rating

Roland rates bare UV ink for one year outdoors. A full gloss varnish finish pushes that to two.

Honestly, most of this is academic. Garaged, this ink probably won't fade much faster than the paint on your car does. Outside of demo stickers for our other products, unlaminated UV-printed Everyday Stickers are the boss's own daily-driver pick — for anything indoors or carried around, anyway.

Full gloss varnish

A wall-to-wall clear coat instead of just an accent — this is the option that takes the rated outdoor life from one year to two.

Same clear gloss ink as the spot effect below, just laid down edge to edge instead of picked out in one spot. More shield, less fade, if you want to spend the extra step.

Spot gloss

A clear gloss ink we can lay down only where we want extra shine.

Think a glossy logo sitting on an otherwise matte label, or the shine picked out on one detail. The rest of the sticker stays flat, and that one spot pops.

Embossing

We build it by stacking multiple passes of clear gloss ink directly on top of each other.

Enough layers and the ink itself gets thick enough to feel raised under a finger — a real texture, not just a printed effect, and no die or stamp required.