Inco’s digital material-effect inks

Inco offers an extensive range of material-effect and coloured ceramic inks, with products specifically developed to meet the unique requirements of each project.

Digital ceramic materials, also known as digital ceramic effects, are specialised inks applied to tiles using single-pass drop-on-demand digital printing technology. This innovative process allows for unique aesthetic effects of exceptional technical and visual quality, expanding the technical and creative potential of ceramics.

Digital ceramic materials offer a number of advantages:

• Precision and customisation: digital printing ensures millimetric precision and complete control over effects, allowing unlimited scope for customisation and delivering unparalleled finished product quality.
• Aesthetic depth: these materials add volume, light and texture to the tiles, enhancing the quality and realism of digital printing. Different effects can be combined on a single tile to create unique designs.
• Versatility: digital ceramic materials can faithfully replicate natural materials like stone and wood, expanding the range of available products and design possibilities.
• Innovation: digital coordination of relief, glazing and decoration allows for the creation of material effects reminiscent of traditional ceramic techniques, opening up new aesthetic potential.

Inco Industria Colori is a trusted partner for customised ceramic solutions, offering an extensive range of material-effect and coloured ceramic inks, with products specifically developed to meet the unique requirements of each project. Drawing from its extensive experience and technical expertise, Inco guides customers in selecting the most suitable products and supports them throughout the production process.

Inco’s comprehensive range of digital material-effect inks, designed to add uniqueness and value to tiles, includes:

• White: high-opacity white inks, available in soft or hard finishes.
• Glossy: various types of glossy inks, offering different degrees of shine.
• Matt: a selection of matt inks, ranging from opaque to transparent.
• Sinking reactive: applied after digital printing, this ink influences the opening of the glaze layer, producing structured tiles with precise and well-defined depth effects.
• Structuring: applied before the engobe, this ink creates distinct relief patterns on the tile surface by precisely controlling how extensively the engobe layer opens or separates.
• Glue: adhesive ink designed for special applications of glassy grits.

Thanks to this wide choice of digital ceramic materials and coloured ceramic inks, technical constraints are no longer a barrier. This allows ceramic manufacturers to experiment creatively with new aesthetic and functional solutions, resulting in innovative, high-quality products.