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XinmoJet

Thermal inkjet cartridges & marking engineering

TIJ ink cartridge manufacturer and factory

XinmoJet manufactures HP45-format TIJ inkjet cartridges in 12.7 mm and 25.4 mm print widths. The handheld and inline printers that run them are supplied together with specialist equipment-manufacturing partners, so cartridge and platform are specified as one system. Water-based, fast-dry solvent and covert UV ink; no chip lock-out; 42 ml industrial fill; ink properties published before you order. We confirm the combination by printing on your own substrate first.

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  • Open-chip cartridges — no authorisation handshake, no single-use lock-out
  • 42 ml industrial fill in HP45-format bodies
  • Four ink systems: water-based, fast-dry solvent, covert UV, oil-based
  • Printed samples on your material before you place an order
NOZZLE PLATE1/300 in pitch
Schematic: offset nozzle rows on a thermal inkjet printhead. Nozzles are fired in groups; the row offset compensates for the paper feed increment between passes.
Minimum order
160 cartridges (one carton)
Lead time
Ships within 3 working days of payment
Black cartridge — half-inch
USD 28
Black cartridge — one-inch
USD 58

30-day full refund if the goods do not match what this page describes

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Which four problems decide whether a TIJ line works?

These are the issues buyers raise with us most often. None of them is solved by a cheaper cartridge alone — each one is an engineering question with a measurable answer.

01

The cartridge is locked to one supplier

OEM cartridges carry an encrypted chip. The printer refuses anything else, and refilling or third-party supply is blocked at the firmware level. You are not buying a cartridge, you are buying a supply agreement you cannot leave.

XinmoJet

Our cartridges are built as an open system: no chip lock-out and no authorisation handshake. Because we are a TIJ inkjet cartridge manufacturer and not a reseller, that behaviour is a firmware decision we control rather than a promise about somebody else’s hardware. You can run them alongside your existing supply, or as a second source, without replacing the printer.

02

Consumable cost quietly becomes the largest line item

A printer is a one-off purchase. The cartridges are a monthly cost that scales with output, and once the platform is locked the price is set for you. Buyers only discover how much of the total cost of ownership sits in consumables after the first year.

XinmoJet

We quote cartridges on a cost-per-mark basis against your actual coding content, so the comparison is against your real output rather than against list price. Industrial fill is 42 ml, not a reduced service fill.

03

The ink does not dry after the material changes

A water-based ink that performs perfectly on carton will not bond to HDPE. When a line switches substrate — or a supplier changes the surface treatment — codes start smearing on the roller, and the failure appears two stations downstream from the cause.

XinmoJet

We treat ink selection as a substrate question first. Send the material and we will match the ink system to its surface energy, then print a sample and run the tape and wipe tests before you commit.

04

Nozzles drop out and the line stops

Missing nozzles leave white gaps through a date code. Causes range from air ingestion and ink starvation to dried ink on the nozzle plate after a long stop. It is usually blamed on the cartridge when the real cause is the run pattern.

XinmoJet

Cartridge construction and ink formulation both affect how long a head survives an idle stop. A cartridge manufacturer that only fills somebody else’s housing can adjust neither variable; because we build the cartridge and formulate the ink, both are ours to change. Our datasheets publish the decap behaviour per ink so you can plan stoppages, and the cartridge is replaced whole — nozzle, ink and filter together.

What can XinmoJet supply, and which parts are made in house?

Our cartridges and inks are made in our own TIJ ink cartridge factory rather than sourced and re-badged — which is the difference between a manufacturer and a trading company. The printers are not our own manufacture: we select them and supply them jointly with specialist equipment-manufacturing partners, so the cartridge and the platform are specified as one system. Every product line has its own page with full specifications, because the people who buy this equipment read datasheets before they read brochures.

Core product

TIJ 2.5 Solvent Cartridge

Fast-dry solvent ink on non-porous surfaces. 12.7 mm and 25.4 mm, 42 ml, open chip.

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Invisible UV Security Ink

Covert marking that is invisible under daylight and reads under a 365 nm UV lamp.

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Handheld Printer · 12.7 mm

Half-inch handheld unit, touchscreen, battery operated, six colours.

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Handheld Printer · 25.4 mm

One-inch handheld unit for multi-line text and QR codes in a single pass.

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Inline Industrial TIJ

Photocell trigger, encoder sync and multi-head stitching up to 76.2 mm.

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Substrate Matching Guide

Surface energy thresholds, pretreatment and drying bands, by material.

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Which cartridge suits my substrate?

Answer two questions — the material you are printing on and what the code has to survive — and we will narrow the ink system, drying band and printer configuration for you.

  • Material first, then ink: surface energy decides adhesion, not colour
  • Pretreatment requirements exposed up front, not discovered at commissioning
  • Output includes the test method that settles the question

Substrate matching tool

Pick the material you print on and what the code has to survive. The recommendation updates immediately.

1 · What are you printing on?
2 · What does the code have to survive?

Confirm by sampling on your own substrate

Select a material to see a recommendation.

Which ink properties decide whether a code survives?

Most datasheets stop at a colour and a volume. These are the numbers that actually determine whether a code survives handling, condensation and solvent exposure.

Which ink properties decide whether a code survives?
Ink systemCodeViscositySurface tensionPrimary substratesDrying bandRub / wipe resistance
Water-based (W)Water-basedW1–5 mPa·s30–45 mN/mCorrugated carton, Kraft paper, Wood, PaperboardUnder 1 s — absorbed into the fibreWithstands a tape test on porous stock; confirm on your product
Solvent fast-dry (S)Solvent fast-dryS1.2–2.5 mPa·s≈23 mN/m (static)HDPE, PP, PET, Coated metal, PVC, GlassTypically 1–5 s on non-porous surfacesStrong once fully cured — cure time, not dry-to-touch, is the limit
Covert UV (invisible) (U)Covert UV (invisible)U1–5 mPa·s30–35 mN/mPharma cartons, Cosmetic packaging, Labels, DocumentsCarrier dependent, then verified under UVHigh after full cure — verify under UV on the actual substrate
Oil-based (O)Oil-basedO2–5 mPa·s—Flexible film, Foil, Specialty labelsTypically 1–5 s, coating dependentTo be confirmed against the ink datasheet

Viscosity and surface tension are published industry ranges for each ink class and are not a substitute for the ink-specific datasheet. Drying bands depend on substrate, ink load and ambient conditions. Every range above should be confirmed against the technical datasheet for your chosen model, and by sampling.

What does "open system" actually mean here?

It is a technical statement about how the cartridge and printer authenticate, not a marketing adjective.

12.7 mmHalf-inch · 1 head25.4 mmOne-inch · 1 head50.8 mm2 × one-inch stitched76.2 mm4 × one-inch stitched
A single TIJ cartridge prints a fixed band: 12.7 mm or 25.4 mm tall. To print taller content you mount several heads side by side and stitch their output into one image.

No chip lock-out

The cartridge does not require an authentication handshake with the printer to be accepted. There is no single-use enforcement and no firmware gate that stops a genuine cartridge from running.

Second source, not replacement

You can qualify our cartridge alongside your current supply. Most buyers run a trial line first, then move volume once the sample passes their own quality check.

Published specifications

Viscosity, surface tension, drying band, print width and capacity are listed per model. Where a value is model-dependent we say so rather than publishing a favourable number.

Whole-cartridge replacement

Printhead, ink reservoir and filter are one assembly. A dropped nozzle is solved by changing the cartridge, not by a cleaning routine or a service visit.

How does a project start?

We would rather spend a week on a sample than have you discover at commissioning that the ink will not hold.

  1. 01

    Tell us the conditions

    Substrate and its surface state, line speed, coding content, environment — dust, condensation, washdown — and what the code has to survive afterwards.

  2. 02

    We shortlist an ink system

    You get a recommendation with the reasoning shown: which ink class, which print width, whether pretreatment is likely to be needed, and what we still cannot answer without a test.

  3. 03

    We print samples on your material

    We print on the actual substrate, then run tape, rub and wipe tests as applicable. You receive the printed pieces and the results, not a claim.

  4. 04

    Confirm the configuration and scale

    Once the sample passes, the cartridge model, print width and printer configuration are fixed. Reorder supply is then a part number, not a new project, and it ships from the same TIJ inkjet factory that printed your sample. That continuity is what separates a thermal inkjet (TIJ) cartridge manufacturer from a trading company: your sample, your production batch and your batch records all come off the same line.

Questions buyers ask before the first order

What does XinmoJet actually manufacture in house?

The cartridge and the ink. We fill, seal and test every cartridge on our own lines, and we formulate the ink that goes into it. The printhead assembly is bought in from specialist printhead manufacturers and qualified by us rather than made here, and the handheld and inline printers are supplied together with specialist equipment-manufacturing partners. We publish that split because a manufacturer that will not describe its own production steps is usually not one.

How do I tell a TIJ ink cartridge manufacturer from a trading company?

Ask what the company does itself. A trader describes products; a manufacturer describes steps, equipment and inspection. Five questions settle it quickly, and our own answers to all five are published on the factory page — including the ones where the honest answer is that we buy that part in.

Do you supply the printers as well as the cartridges?

Yes, but not as our own manufacture. The cartridges and the ink are ours; the handheld and inline printers are supplied together with specialist equipment-manufacturing partners, and we qualify the cartridge-and-printer combination so that what reaches your line is a working system rather than two boxes.

What is the smallest quantity I can start with?

One carton of 160 cartridges, and printing samples on your own material is free of charge. Most buyers test the ink on their substrate first: send us the material you actually code on and we print on it, so the decision is made on your product rather than on a datasheet.

Send us your substrate — we will send back a printed code

Tell us the material, the line speed and the text you need to print. We will recommend an ink system and put printed samples in the post so you can test them yourself.

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