Printing processes
Common printing processes are:
1 hot stamping: the scientific name is called hot press transfer printing, referred to as hot pad printing, commonly known as hot gold, or hot silver. The relative there is a cold pad printing.
2 UV: is ultraviolet, UV is the abbreviation, "UV transparent oil" is the full name, is to relies on ultraviolet radiation to dry and cure the ink. UV is usually a screen printing process, now there are also offset UV.
3 embossing, embossing: the scientific name for the embossing, by the pressure of the substrate to produce local changes in the formation of the pattern of the process, is a metal version of the corrosion becomes a pressure plate and the bottom of the two pressed together. Divided into cheap ordinary corrosion versions and expensive laser-engraved versions of two.
4 beer: the Cantonese pronunciation of "turtle", is the meaning of die-cutting.
5 Jin Cong: is the first layer of glue on the paper, and then sprinkle gold powder on the glue.
6 YO: is a spring-like object, plastic mostly, generally used in calendars and notebooks on the spine, flip the page to connect with.
7 over glue: to the printed paper pressure a transparent plastic film, there are crystal film, light film and matte film, many places called a little different, not environmentally friendly.
8 pinhole: also known as stitching, or floss, is the paper pressed out a semi-connected line, usually appearing in the packaging opening.
9 punching: is the size of a piece of paper or N paper to get a hole out as required, there are special punching machines.
10 flocking: is to brush the paper layer of glue, and then pastes a layer of fluff-like material, so that the paper looks and feels a little flannel.
Special printing processes are :
1. Inkjet printing
Inkjet printing is a highly efficient special printing method, which can be applied to the packaging industry production line, rapid printing of production dates, batch numbers and bar codes, and other content. Because inkjet printing is a pressure-free printing and uses a variety of ink, it is a very wide range of substrates and can be a variety of packaging products. This undoubtedly provides a great deal of freedom for the packaging line. At present, there are many applications of inkjet printing are not known, how to make good use of inkjet printing technology is undoubtedly a technical hot issue, as long as we use it well, I believe it can bring us unexpected results.
2. Anti-counterfeit printing
It can be said that in the field of packaging printing, anti-counterfeiting printing has a vital role to play. If the general products need significant product identification, then many high-grade products have to need a set of perfect anti-counterfeiting systems. This is the need of manufacturers and consumers, so anti-counterfeit printing is widely used in the printing of packaging and decoration products.