Wide-format digital inkjet printing application opportunities

When some people engaged in screen printing increasingly feel that wide-format inkjet printing is threatening their business, it is precisely for some people that ink-jet printing is helping them to expand into a larger market. More room for interest. As a part of traditional printing, screen printers are proud that they have inherited and inherited the ancient printing civilization. However, in the actual printing business, they have encountered many difficulties and challenges!

● How can we deal with medium and short-run business in a cost-effective manner and profitable?

● How to accept and handle those businesses with diversified formats (some of which are not yet suitable for screen printing)?

● How to effectively improve the competitiveness and profitability of screen printing companies?

● How to make frequent proofing faster and more efficient?

● How to deal with the tight delivery time and personalized printing business?

● How to deal with businesses that require time-consuming segmentation and splicing (such as shop windows, building surface coverage, etc.)?

A large number of surveys and analysis have shown that screen printing is best suited for the production of more than 400 single-sheet jobs. However, in fact, the market demand for more than 200 sheets of single-sheet jobs is even greater. With more and more varieties, small batches, and on-demand printed jobs, the traditional screen printing production has been greatly limited. Wide-format inkjet printing provides a fast, efficient, high-quality, high-profit solution for this market. As a new high-tech printing method, inkjet printing does not contain the familiar printing civilization, but it has provided a very effective method and approach for the challenges faced by screen printing companies.

Supporting wide-format inkjet printing equipment will accelerate the rapid expansion of screen printing companies to a broader, high value-added market segment, such as: medium and short-range printing of adhesive materials; tight sales point poster printing; Short version of hard materials and some special applications such as printing. Inkjet printing not only brings a good market for screen printing companies, but also allows this company to provide its customers with "one-stop service" to attract more customers.

As a complement to screen printing, the advantages of wide-format inkjet printing are obvious.

Ink jet printing is directly printed by digital files (standard format) without plate making, and a business can print within minutes of receiving an order.

The process of inkjet printing is convenient and efficient: files are queued, the previous file is printed, and the next file is queued up for printing. If a printing machine is equipped with a drying system, the previous job is also online and the next job has already started printing.

Sai Angel inkjet printers are specially designed for industrial production needs and are supplied on demand, ensuring the smoothness and sustainability of the entire printing process.

Screen printing companies need to consider the time (and cost) of platemaking as well as the number of prints. By analyzing the type of business, it can be determined whether to use digital or traditional printing to save costs. The point at which a business is more feasible with respect to one or another operating procedure is called the "crossover point." For the general business, at present, this intersection is within about 400 copies. However, due to the different nature of the business and the printer's production plan, this intersection will change. We should choose the printing method that can ensure the optimal profit space.

Inkjet printing saves space and manpower, and management of the printing process is easier. Inkjet printing can be printed according to the exact amount needed for the job, completely avoiding the waste of printed materials during the color calibration process. Wide-format inkjet printing can also provide proofing support for screen printing processes by providing fast, high quality and accurate proofing on the final material. In addition to providing customers with one-stop convenience services, screen printing companies with digital ink jet printing capabilities can also provide customers with other high-margin, high-value-added services. For today's market, it is very important to be able to enter at a faster speed, and digital printing is the fastest printing method. In digital printing terminology, "Short runs" refers to a small number of short-run printing business, which is very suitable for special jobs that need to be changed; at the same time, it is also suitable for printing some special retail merchandise advertisements in different regions. And prints in different languages ​​are very cost-effective.

The integrated print preview software makes it very easy to perform large roll-to-roll printing. The long-lasting high image quality also makes digital inkjet printing suitable for all high-quality picture printing. Friendly interface, easy to operate. Although the technology of the ink jet printer itself is very complicated, the operation is very simple. Most of the operations are completely automatic from the media processing to the drying.

One of the world's most influential wide-format inkjet printers is the TURBOJET wide-format digital inkjet printer launched by Israel's Angels last year. This is the fastest wide-format digital ink jet printer on the market. The printing speed is as fast as 400m2/h, the largest format is 163cm x 366cm, the printing accuracy is as high as 448dpi, and 140 pieces of 1.2m x 1.8m full-color posters need to be printed. 1h, printing a 1.5m × 1.5m poster only 1min. Sailing Angel's press is designed specifically for industrial production needs. It supplies ink on demand, and there is no need to stop printing when adding ink, thus ensuring the smoothness and continuity of the entire printing process. Sai Angel's professional ICC color management software ensures the accuracy of color, with SaiJian special ink to ensure that the output color is more abundant and lasting. In order to ensure the quality of the picture and greater compatibility, Sai Angel offers different types of inks for different devices and their applications: solvent-based, water-based pigments, and UV-UV curable inks.

Sagittarius inkjet printers use piezo-based drop-on-demand inkjet technology with up to 512 nozzles on each head to provide ink using a constantly oscillating crystal. Piezoelectrically deforms the crystal and, during operation, draws the ink into a small box, and then in the process of continuing the operation, the ink is extruded by reverse deformation. By controlling the oscillating frequency, tens of thousands of oscillations per second can be achieved, with the patented technology of Saeangelo to form a perfect drop shape.

Inkjet printing has its unique advantages, but it does not pose a direct threat to screen printing. On the contrary, it is precisely complementary to screen printing. Screen printing companies can comprehensively consider the time, cost, and number of prints, and choose the appropriate printing method (faster, lower cost printing) based on the type of business. In general, screen printers should consider shifting those businesses with mixed products, small batches, which cannot be made with screen printing, or making profitable or even profitable products with screen printing to inkjet printing, so that existing screen printing equipment can concentrate To produce large batches of jobs that require special spot colors or effects. Of course, for some businesses, such as back-lit two-sided printing jobs, inkjet printing can be beneficially combined with screen printing.

The potential of inkjet printing technology is endless, and it has a very broad market prospect. According to a survey report by ITStrategy, at present, screen printing accounts for about 50% of the entire POP market. Digital inkjet printing and flexo printing divide the rest of the market roughly. However, by 2008, the market demand for large-format inkjet print will double compared to 2003. In 2003, about 102 million m2 of material was used for inkjet printing, and by 2008, this demand is expected to increase to 3.3 billion. The corresponding sales value of the market is expected to increase from US$2.03 billion in 2003 to US$5.13 billion in 2008.

The development trend of the printing industry is: multiple varieties, small batches, on-demand printing, the use of outdoor printed matter is getting shorter and shorter, requiring more types of materials, higher quality requirements and so on. Not only that, digital inkjet printing is also widely used in various fields to provide personalized wallpaper and a variety of different materials of the picture products, these materials include cork, wood, glass, metal, corrugated, textiles and many other non-contact only Printed media. These undoubtedly provide great opportunities for digital inkjet printing.

All in all, digital inkjet printing is not a threat, but an opportunity compared to screen printing. It brings more profit opportunities for traditional screen printing.

(Jiagong Machine Grid)