History - STAEDTLER INK JET technological market leader in digital printing

The brand name STAEDTLER, known for the development and manufacture of ink for writing and plotting devices, forms the basis for STAEDTLER INK JET’s extensive product range of ink for large format and Continuous Jet printers.

Since 1984 STAEDTLER INK JET has offered the following products and services:

Innovative ink design for printer manufacturers (using their own brand name)
Tailor-made ink solutions for well-known industrial customers
Plug-and-play-solutions for popular large format printers

Through long years of experience STAEDTLER INK JET has become the technological market leader in many sectors of digital printing.

	1662	Friedrich Staedtler opens his pencil factory
	1835	Johann Sebastian Staedtler founds the company STAEDTLER
	1964	Launch of the ink-based Lumocolor pens for writing on almost all surfaces (e.g. overhead film)
	1973	Start of the OEM business with plotter pens
	1984	Start of the OEM business for Continuous Jet printers
	1995	Start of the business of ink for large format printers
	2001	Founding of the Business Unit STAEDTLER INK JET

	1991	The first white ink for Continuous Jet
	1994	The first pigmented color ink for Continuous Jet
	1999	The first ink for printing on woolen cloth
	2000	The first pigment ink for Epson 9000 (one year before Epson)
	2001/02	The first refill solution for HP 1050/1055 and HP 5000/5500
	2004	The first water-based ink for printing on almost all materials (Lumocolor Jet ink technology)