Are you Really Know UV printing? Does UV Inks Can Adhere to Any Surface?

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Understanding UV Printing

To understand how a UV flatbed printer is different from the other print machines, we need to go back to our earlier examples of inkjet, laser, solvent, offset, etc. printers. In each of these machines, media, confirming to strict set of specifications (like paper size, thickness, uniform flatness, etc.) has to pass in and out of the printer. Remember, the printer stays in its place. It is the media that is always moving.

But a UV flatbed is constructed differently. It has a bed or table which is stationery. This table also has inbuilt vacuum suction. The UV print heads are mounted on a gantry that moves along the X and Y axis of the table. When you need to print upon an object, you simply place it on the bed /table. The vacuum suction holds the object in place. This ensures that the object does not shift inadvertently or due to machine vibrations. At the time of printing, the gantry moves the print mechanism in the directions of left / right and up / down. The print heads fitted in the gantry, cover all the area on the print bed. They fire ink on any object placed on the bed and the same gets printed upon.

UV Inks can adhere to any surface

UV inks as the name suggests get cured by ultraviolet rays. These inks are sprayed in a liquid form on the print surface. An ultra violet lamp then passes over the inks and solidifies them in place. Inkjet inks require coated papers to reproduce high resolution images. Laser toner cannot adhere to rough and textured papers. But UV inks are unique in the sense that they are media independent. These inks can be applied to smooth surfaces like plastic or rough surfaces like wood. You can use them to print on stone, ceramics, marble, glass, acrylic, etc. As long as the UV lamps cure the inks properly, they solidify and faithfully stick to just about any rigid surface.

Direct print on objects using UV flatbed printing
Flatbed UV printers are tweaked to…

• Print on an object by placed on the print bed
• They use inks which adhere to just about any surface

Because of the two properties mentioned above, the applications of flatbed UV printing are limited only by your imagination. Given below, are some of the applications of the same…

The application of UV printing

• Printing logos and product pics on diaries and folders: Customers bring in diaries and folders from stationers shops. We print company logos and product images directly on to the diaries.
• Print on wood: Some of our customers bring in blocks of wood, to be printed upon.
• Print on ACP sheets: Residential buildings need to install name boards in their lobbies, displaying the names of the occupants. UV flatbed printing can directly print the names on sheets of ACP – aluminum composite panel.
• Print on glass: Flatbed UV printing can also be done on the reverse surface of sheets of glass. When you view the glass from the front, you get a beautiful back painted glass effect.
• Print on acrylic: Flatbed UV printers can be used to print directly onto sheets of acrylic. Company logos, display boards, images, etc. look amazing when printed on acrylic.
• Print on switch boards, control panels and membrane panels: Control panel printing is another interesting application of flatbed UV printing. Clients bring in their blank panels. We reverse print the company logo, directions, control symbols, etc. directly onto the same.
• Printing on gift items: Personalizing gift items becomes very easy, using flatbed UV printing. Orchid Digitals can prints on key chains, pens, mouse pads, tea coasters and even peripherals like mouse and keyboards. In fact, there was a customer who walked in with a Rubik’s Cube. We printed different images on the six surfaces of the same.
• Print name plates: Name plates made of wood, acrylic, ACP or even glass can be instantly produced using UV printing technology

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