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New Cricut Infusible Ink Explained

What is Cricut Infusible Ink?

Recently there has been a great deal of press regarding the impending release of the new
Infusion Ink Process from Cricut. This new “wonder” ink is being touted as one of the most
amazing new feature-rich inks to be launched in some time. In fact, Cricut has been able to
convince Michael’s, the largest arts and specialty crafts retailer in the U.S., to partner together
for an exclusive six-month launch of this new ink. No doubt this is an excellent strategy for
quickly launching this product into the market.
What is Infusible Ink?
Infusible Ink is a new product being launched by Cricut. The product includes preprinted transfer
sheets and marking pens for transferring to a variety of substrates, all polyester based. In both
cases the transfers are permanently infused into the base material and actually become part of
the material. There is no flaking, no peeling, no cracking and the transfers are like dye…a user
cannot feel the image. The transfers come in a box of four in 12”x12” sizes priced at $17.99.
The pens come in a pack of 5 colors for $14.99 and include both traditional colors and neon

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colors. The pens can be used in the Cricut unit or can be used to do hand drawings onto laser
paper for transferring.

Is Infusible Ink New?

The fact is, Cricut has done a wonderful job of repositioning a standard ink which has been
available for many years by creating a new product branded Infusible Ink. Infusible Ink is
actually dye sublimation ink packaged into a small pen format or printed on transfer sheets for
transferring onto polyester substrates. Like sublimation ink, the ink is applied to paper and then
the transfer sheet is placed on top of the substrate to be transferred using a modified iron / heat
press. The bottom line: Infusible Ink is just a dye sublimation ink and works in exactly the same
manner.
In our next blog post we will address how Infusible Ink compares to digital dye sub ink.
For further information about the products which InkjetBiz offers which are compatible with the
Cricut, please go to: www.inkjetbiz.com or contact us at sales@inkjetbiz.com.

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