What level of Ultraviolet (UV) light resistance do Dartronics ribbons offer?
Since all Dartronics ribbons use pigment-based colorants our products offer better UV resistance than dye-based colorants typically used in ink-jet printing. Carbon Black is the pigment used as the colorant for all of our black ribbons, including wax, wax/resin, and resin products. Carbon Black is a very light-stable pigment. Images produced with these ribbons will not fade readily when exposed to either indoor or outdoor UV light. Images printed with these ribbons will be readable and scannable over a period of years depending upon the location (temperature and humidity) and angle of sun or light exposure. Our color ribbons use a variety of different pigments as colorants. Some of these pigments are more UV light-stable than others. Black, blue, and green colors, in general, are more light-stable than yellow, red, and orange colors. Our DC-300 line of color ribbons designed for outdoor sign printing applications offers the best UV light resistance. Pigments selected for this product l
