Inkjet Printing: UV Jet Ink Technology and Market Visit (2)

Unrivalled printing advantages
UV inkjet printing is being used by more and more printers to increase its production capacity.

UV ink-jet printing can be directly printed on the printing material without the need for post-press processing, which reduces the production cost and shortens the delivery time. These are crucial for on-demand printing. The use of UV inkjet printing has also opened up new markets for printers and increased production capacity. As can be seen from the practice of UV ink jet printing used by many screen printers, this technology can help users improve efficiency and reduce costs. UV inkjet printing can print a very small number of jobs at a more economical cost. In addition, UV ink jet printing can be used to print different languages ​​and local contacts on a large number of live jobs that have been screen printed. Customized information such as information and local promotional prices. Therefore, UV ink jet printing has the characteristics of flexible printing, high efficiency, and high efficiency. It is impossible for any other technology to compare.

On the other hand, compared with the use of solvent inks, UV inkjet printing has no VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) contamination, many users are environmentally friendly, and they are very concerned about the VOC content in the production floor, so the UV curing program is very attractive to them. . From this point of view, the amount of UV-jet ink will eventually exceed that of existing solvent-based inks. In addition, UV-curable printers can be used in a variety of applications, from liquid UV inks to hybrid UV inks. In terms of adhesion to the substrate surface, hybrid UV inks are superior to liquid UV inks and have greater flexibility. They can be cured offline after printing, without affecting image quality.

Open up more new markets

UV inkjet ink makers believe that UV inkjet printing is moving into new areas because screen printers, digital laboratories, industrial printers, and some offset companies are gradually increasing their interest in UV inkjet printing. Will be widely used in many areas. In addition to the large-format areas mentioned earlier, screen printers and pad printers have also started using UV inkjet printing technology. This technology is expanding from industrial applications to promotional printing and signage, and logo printing.

The use of UV inkjet printing technology, the realization of the focus is also a lot of printer manufacturers, especially some label printing, packaging and printing users, they value the "digital printing + UV ink" mode of advantage. In the coming years, as the cost continues to drop, we will see the industrial market, label market and film packaging printing market rapidly turning to color UV inkjet printing. Promotional products and special products will also be UV inkjet printing as the best solution to print more durable high quality images on a variety of substrates.

Although UV technology is not new to traditional offset or flexographic printers, UV technology is still a new technology for a wider range of printers. Therefore, suppliers need to spend some time training customers, understand the characteristics and technology of UV printing, so that they can correctly use UV ink and UV printers to print satisfactory prints.