About the Printing and Decorating Process
- Transfer the ink from the printing plate to the rubber blanket by offset method and print on the metal plate.
- Ink and water are always supplied to the plate set in the press (rotary press).
- The ink is on the image area, and water is on the non-image area.
- We will use the separation of water and oil (oil reaction) to print.
- Compared with paper printing, it is a big difference that the printing material does not absorb ink.
- In order to dry the ink, bake it in the oven, harden it and fix it.
Oil based printing machine: 2 Colors
UV printing machine: 6 color machine
With smart color system (6 color separation), printing is possible in another way. Unlike the oily two-color machine, it is dried and fixed with ultraviolet lamp (UV).
UV printing machine: 6 color machine
Unlike conventional four-color printing (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black)
Considering chromogenic the definitive metal printing consists of six colors (Orange Green cyan-magenta-yellow-black).
It is more vivid and able to express a clear color with high image quality.
In addition, multiplication becomes large and it is possible to express about 95% of the RGB space.
Printing by FM screening
Screening in printing refers to expressing an image by a set of dots called halftone dots.
The general screening method is called AM screening.
It expresses shading by changing the size of halftone dots arranged at equal intervals.
FM screening uses smaller, more uniform dots compared to AM screening.
Therefore, it is possible to realize image printing with higher definition, less graininess, and less moiré.
6 Color Printing Process
With smart color system (6 color separation), printing is possible in another way. Unlike the oily two-color machine, it is dried and fixed with ultraviolet lamp (UV).
