Printing methods
Time:2024-12-13
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1. Offset printing
Offset printing is also known as offset printing in Hong Kong, Guangdong, is a kind of lithography, is the main printing method. Offset printing can restore the color, contrast and level of the original manuscript with high precision and clarity, and is the most common paper printing method at present. Suitable for posters, brochures, instructions, newspapers, packaging, books, magazines, calendars and other related color prints.
2, flexographic printing
flexography (flexography), a type of letterpress printing technology, used to be called aniline printing. Use rubber and soft resin as plates, water soluble or alcohol soluble ink printing. The original color used was aniline dye, so it used to be called aniline printing. It is often used for printing plastic bags, labels and corrugated paper. The fineness of printing points and lines is gradually approaching offset printing.
Flexographic printing is mainly divided into unit flexographic printing and satellite flexographic printing. In the past, the main application of domestic unit flexographic printing. And now satellite flexographic printing is more and more widely used. The main benefit of satellite flexographic printing is the ability to precisely control the tension of the substrate.
3, screen printing
Screen printing as a wide range of printing, according to the differences in substrate materials can be divided into: fabric printing, plastic printing, metal printing, ceramic printing, glass printing, electronic product printing, lottery screen printing, electrical whiteboard screen printing, metal whiteboard screen printing, stainless steel finished screen printing, light reflection body screen printing, screen transfer electrochemical aluminum, screen printing and lacquer screen printing and so on.
4, gravure printing
Suitable for printing high quality and expensive prints, whether color or black and white pictures, intaglio printing effect can be comparable to photography. Due to the high cost of plate making, the print quantity must be large, so it is also one of the less used in the general method. Suitable for printing securities, stocks, gift certificates, certificates of commercial reputation or stationery.
Technology has developed rapidly, and today we can use some of the above printing methods to output directly to the media via computers. The maturity of electrostatic imaging and laser technology makes it possible to achieve "on-demand printing" with small batches of high-quality requirements.