What's the difference between low temperature ink and high temperature ink?
Jun 13, 2026
When you need to customize silkscreen print glass, you may asked about which kind of ink should be printed, low temperature or high temperature inks.
So below comparisons can tell you difference among them:
Definition:
High temperature ink, it's a kind of ceramic ink
Low temperature ink, it's a kind of resin ink
Process:
High temperature ink should be printed before thermal tempering.
Low temperature ink should be printed after thermal tempering.
Scratch resistance:
High temperature ink layer can't be scratched out even by knife.
Low temperature ink layer can be scratch out by knife.
Light shielding:
High temperature ink can be passed by light even black ink.
Low temperature ink can't be passed by light in dark color like black.
Colors:
High temperature ink has less "lively color" than low temperature ink.
So high temperature ink usually used in outdoor/extreme condition purpose, and low temperature ink for thin glass and color pursue purpose.
Do you have any idea about your selection now?
Below video can tell you how to identify these 2 kinds of inks:
