What You Need To Know About UV Printing on Paper Products

Typically, UV printers can print on paper packages, but they can also be used for other applications like electrical UV ink curing, keyboard and phone key printing, and plastic PC printing. The machines can also handle what is known as UV glue print, LCD, and key panel UV ink curing and printing. One of the machines available that handles paper product applications is the UV printing capability of the InteliJet HD for horizontal form/fill/seal, blister & flow pack machines. The InteliJet HD is a digital UV printing system that uses the world’s fastest and highest resolution inkjet print head technology to meet the high-level demands of UV printing on paper product applications that often involve barcodes, dates and times, text and serial numbers. There are a number of features that make this UV printer ideal for paper and carton applications:

  • It prints clear and sharp edges at 600dpi, making text as small as 4pt legible.
  • It offers an efficient workflow thanks to the seamless relationship between its PC-based design software and touch-screen PCs as well as its user-friendly interface and wide range of editing tools.
  • It supports a wide range of monochrome fonts and barcodes.
  • It excels at printing product identification, company logos, scannable bar codes, reverse printing and instructions.
  • It has an automatic alarm that signals ink shortage to help decrease downtime.
  • It effortlessly handles high speed and high resolution printing also for water-based and MICR ink applications.

In Review Here are the main points for this blog post:

  • UV printing enhances a wide range of paper and carton applications, including pharmaceutical blister packaging utilizing child-resistant paper-backed foils and push-through aluminum foils, carton stocks used in packaging and paper label stocks.
  • The InteliJet HD uses the world’s fastest and highest resolution inkjet print head technology to meet the high demands of these material applications.
  • It has a wide range of functionality that makes it ideal, including excellent print quality, efficient workflow, durability, user-friendliness and range of operation.

 

What is a Rotary Printing Machine?

This blog introduces you to the rotary printing machine, one of many types of printing presses that have revolutionized the industry. It is described on Wikipedia as a printing press “in which the images to be printed are curved around a cylinder.” This type of process has been around for a while. According to Wikipedia, it was invented by Richard March Hoe in 1843, but other sources note that Hippolyte Auguste Marinoni was actually the inventor. While the technology has advanced over the years, the core components that create a rotary printing machine press are essentially just the same.Continue reading→

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