Talk about special printing processes and materials in the field of packaging and decoration

At the beginning of special printing, it was closely linked with packaging printing. Through the classification of packaging prints, we can clearly see that most of the production methods of packaging printing belong to special printing. Therefore, both packaging and special printing are blended from each other in terms of concept and practice. In recent years, with the advancement of science and technology and the growth of various types of specialized requirements, special printing technologies have developed unprecedentedly and penetrated into various fields of packaging and printing, thus forming a huge market.

According to 2005 survey data from “It Strategies”, the total value of the global printing industry is US$702 billion, of which the total value of packaging and printing products is US$325 billion, accounting for 46% of the total value of the printing industry. In Asia, the annual output value of the packaging industry is 148 billion U.S. dollars, with an increase rate of 8% to 12%. In China, this trend is even more obvious. According to statistics in 2004, the annual output value of packaging printing is RMB 98.1 billion, which firmly holds the first place in the market structure of the printing industry with a share of 36%. This shows that packaging and decoration printing is an important force that cannot be ignored in the printing industry.

In this era of rapid development of information technology, traditional commercial printing, publishing and printing bear the brunt of the impact of new media represented by the Internet. The gradual emergence of online publishing and e-reading has a certain degree of substitution for people's traditional reading habits. Although this imperceptible influence may not be able to set off big waves in the short term, the trend is still quite obvious.

In contrast, the packaging and printing industry is much less impacted and at the same time can benefit from the technological revolution in the digital age. So it can be said that the future of printing lies in packaging printing. Packaging prints are mainly divided into the following categories: hard packaging, corrugated packaging, flexible packaging, folding cartons, paper bags, labels, metal cans, hygiene product packaging, multilayer kraft paper bags, plastic containers, and glass containers. It is not difficult to see from such a large number of categories that this industry is involved in an extremely wide range and is closely related to our daily lives.

In order to better serve this rapidly growing industry, equipment and equipment manufacturers have invested a lot of money and manpower to develop more valuable technical solutions. Only in this way can we meet the requirements of diversity and individuality in today's society. More importantly, only by constantly developing new technologies can we find new profit growth points for the industry, so as to produce high value-added products.

Application and Development of Special Printing Technology

All along, in the field of packaging and printing, special printing has occupied an unshakable position.

Inkjet printing

Inkjet printing is a highly efficient special printing method that can be applied to the packaging industry production line to quickly print production dates, lot numbers, and bar codes. Since ink jet printing belongs to pressureless printing and uses a wide variety of inks, it has a wide range of substrates and can be a variety of packages. This undoubtedly provides a great deal of freedom for the packaging production line. At present, there are many application areas for inkjet printing that are not known. How to use inkjet printing technology is undoubtedly a hot issue of technology. As long as we use it well, we believe it can bring us unexpected results.

Digital technology continues to advance, and inkjet printing has also developed rapidly. Some technical problems have been solved perfectly. This has made a qualitative leap in the quality of inkjet printing products. At present, some high-end inkjet printing products are approaching the level of traditional printing in terms of tone levels, sharpness, and color saturation. Some of its inherent advantages have also been further enhanced. Its printing speed has been accelerated and printing accuracy has improved. In combination with the database, inkjet printing is fully capable of performing variable data printing, which brings good news for differentiated, personalized production of packaged printing products. If the latest JDF production standards are adopted, inkjet printing equipment can also be easily integrated into the digital production process of the entire printing plant to achieve better equipment control and achieve higher production efficiency. The two main features of inkjet printing are "print on demand" and "personalization." These two characteristics can meet the new demand emerging from the packaging market. Nowadays, narrow-tape packaging printing lines equipped with digital printing units are common, and digital printing machines can be produced in line with die-cutting equipment and finishing lines to achieve higher quality and faster turnaround speeds.

Source: Printed in China