With the technological development of the printing industry, there are many printing methods. The common ones are silk screen printing, transfer printing and UV printing. Let me introduce thermal transfer printing and UV printing. The advantages and disadvantages of , as a reference for all bosses who are new to the industry
1. Advantages of thermal transfer
1. Quality Good:
Good printing quality, high precision, clear image edges
2. Less pollution:
You can print without water and no sewage pollution
3. Bright colors:
The pattern is relatively fine, the color is bright, and the three-dimensional effect is strong
2. Disadvantages of thermal transfer
1. Poor hand feel:
The pattern feels a bit hard to the touch and has poor air permeability. It will become softer after washing, but the air permeability is still relatively poor
2. The T-shirt pattern will crack when pulled:
When the heat transfer T-shirt is pulled horizontally, the pattern will have small cracks corresponding to the fabric fibers. This is caused by the characteristics of thermal transfer itself and cannot be avoided.
3. Material restrictions:
Materials need to be resistant to high temperatures
4. Personnel restrictions:
Requires skilled printing technicians with many years of experience
3. Advantages of UV printing:
1. No need for plate making:
It can meet people’s personalized needs, and the design sample draft can be modified at will on the computer , the effect on the computer is the effect after the finished product.
2. No other processing is required:
It only takes a few minutes to get the finished product, and the production batch size is not affected by Limitation, the finished product is ready after printing, and does not require steaming, washing or other post-processing processes. It can be printed and dried immediately. It is highly flexible and can be printed in a short time after the customer selects the plan.
3. The added value of the product can be improved:
Customization can be accepted, and the speed is fast. It can be operated on a computer, which is very helpful for the wine bottle and cosmetics industries
4. The material does not need to be resistant to high temperatures:
Compared with thermal transfer materials, it needs to be resistant to high temperatures , UV printing has no restrictions on products
5. Low labor cost:
Compared to thermal transfer Printing requires experienced printing technicians. UV printing can be quickly started. It only requires technicians to be proficient in using tools such as PS
4. Disadvantages of UV printing:
1. Products with high height differences cannot be printed perfectly:
UV printing cannot print products with high height differences (>20mm) perfectly. , even when printed, it is easy to fly ink and blur
2. High cost of consumables:
uv Ink is divided into hard ink, soft ink and neutral ink. Different inks are used for different materials, and the cost of ink is twice as high as ordinary water-based ink
