Cabstone Ink Company | A Pigment of Your Imagination

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Cabstone Ink Company offers a wide variety of products for the Graphic Arts industry.

Cabstone Ink is the result of the merger between two long established family ink companies, Cabrun Ink and Keystone Ink. Keystone was founded by Vincent Bricka in 1938 and Cabrun in 1954 by Jim Campbell, John Brauer and Andy Gunther. Ken Reich purchased Cabrun in 1974. In 1955 Bob Chamness, son in law to Vince Bricka came to work for Keystone Ink. After Vince's unexpected passing in 1959, Bob Chamness became president. Both companies flourished through the next few decades growing and expanding. Each company developed strong followings by providing top quality products and outstanding service.

Today the combination of these companies run by the daughter of Ken, Sharon Reich and the sons of Bob, Rob and Phil Chamness, continue to serve the Mid Atlantic region in the same way as their Founding fathers. Cabstone has over one hundred years of technical expertise working in the lab to formulate and manufacture inks that stand up to today's high demands of the ever changing print markets.

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Pro-Eco, these inks are designed to meet today's environmental requirements. They are produced with virtually no hydro carbon vehicles and are G7 compliant. The series is highly pigmented producing very sharp dot with great contrast. The low VOC content allows for a very press stable product that can withstand the highest of press speeds. Pro-Eco inks are compatible with most post press applications. These inks are fountains safe for up to 24 hours saving time and money.
Accu-Gloss, the workhorse series, high strength, great stability, fast drying. Accu-Gloss inks are designed to run on a wide variety of presses from small format to the large XL format. This series is also compatible with UV and Aqueous coatings, they can be foil stamped and film laminated. Accu-Gloss ink stays fresh for a minimum of 24 hours.
T&K Toka, a world leader in ink manufacturing, Toka has a variety of process inks that fill the demand for every printing process.
- Best Image Soy, our best selling series available in Low and Medium tack. This series has outstanding print characteristics, press stability and consistency. G7 compliant. Vacuum packed and fountain fresh for less waste.
- Best Image Non-Voc, as the name implies a VOC free series. Top of the line press performance. Ideal for the high-end user requiring excellent gray balance and mid-tone reproduction. Also G7 compliant to ensure repeatable print capability.
- Alpo DI, this series is for the waterless direect imaging presses. A very press friendly product that has a wide window in critical toning range. This series comes up to color very fast and remains clean on the plate for longer runs.

KPI-Conventional, Pantone balanced for accurate blending. Low VOC for better press performance and drying. Available in 1 and 5 pound cans, 30 pound kits (available with or without drier) and GFI MX6 tubes.
PK-Coatable, this series has been specially formulated for use on presses with in-line Aqueous coating. The imitation Warm Red, Reflex, Rhodamine, Purple and Violet have been formulated for the absolute best match to original Pantone standard. Available in 5 pound cans, 30 pound kits (available with or without drier) and GFI MX6 tubes.

Specially formulated for the small offset and envelope jet presses. These inks are press stable, stay open and set fast.

Formulated for a wide variety of synthetic stocks from vinyl to styrene. High solids vehicles with special driers ensure a hard finish with good adhesion. These inks are available in Pantone as well as Process series.

T&K Toka, one of the oldest and largest manufacturer of UV inks in the world. Their products are paper series, BestCure TLP and Low Energy and plastic, BestCure VP. Both of these series are exceptionally press friendly with great printing qualities. The cure speed and adhesion are second to none. Available in 4 color process and mixing bases.

Metallic, Fluorescent and Custom Formulated Inks: Manufactured with specialty effect pigments for the full range of Pantone Metallic Colors and Fluorescent Colors. Using spectrophotometer technology and a professional lab team to formulate corporate and custom colors with exceptional color consistency. Available in Sheetfed, Pantone, UV and Web formulations.

Non-Heat Cold Set Web, these soy-based inks utilize the latest in today's technology to perform at optimum levels. Highly pigmented with great press stability. These inks exceed limits of the soy content established by the ASA with virtually no VOC emissions.
Web Soy Laser, soy-based inks designed for small web, business forms and direct mail printing. Produced using soy and linseed varnishes with no VOC's. These inks exhibit great stability at high speeds, highly pigmented to reduce tracking and are laser safe in 72 hours.
Heat Set Web, Formulated for today's super high speed web presses. These inks exhibit great press characteristics such as excellent stability, very low misting and fast drying with very good rub resistance. These inks are available in Pantone, Metallic and UV coatable series.

Aqueous and UV Coatings formulated for all ranges of coating applications in the offset market.

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