Optimization of Printing Conditions Using Design Experiments for Minimization of Resistances of Electrodes in Roll-to-roll Gravure Printing Process

The In-Mold Roller is a revolutionary printing process by which objects are 3D decorated. Products decorated by In-Mold Roller are waterproof and protected from fading. What’s more, these kinds of decorations strongly increase the beauty, desirability and value of the objects. The In-Mold Roller is now using either of gravure printing and screen printing to print PET film. However, there are some problems with these two techniques. This research is to investigate potential usages of combining In-Mold Roller with digital UV inkjet printing in 3D decoration, e.g. in personalized printing services. Study results found that when the coverage and the resolution of inkjet printing become higher, the SIDs will become higher as well. When transferred to ABS, SIDs in each combination will increase. Each combination of inkjet conditions, with the isolation of white ink, color differences are less variant. TVIs of white ink decrease 30% to 40% halftone and display in “M” type. In print contrast, C and K colors of each combination are better than M and Y colors. After transferred into print contrast, each combination of PC will be higher about 2 to5. When transferred to ABS, color variances of each combination are not huge, and color differences are about 3to5.

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An approach for controlling printed line-width in high resolution roll-to-roll gravure printing

Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering ◽

10.1088/0960-1317/23/9/095010 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 23 (9) ◽

pp. 095010 ◽

Cited By ~ 28

Author(s):

Ho Anh Duc Nguyen ◽

Jongsu Lee ◽

Chung Hwan Kim ◽

Kee-Hyun Shin ◽

Dongjin Lee

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Line Width ◽

Gravure Printing ◽

Roll To Roll

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The Study on Color Print Quality Attributes of In-Mold Roller Using Digital Inkjet Printing

Applied Mechanics and Materials ◽

10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.262.340 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 262 ◽

pp. 340-344 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Chang Lang Chen ◽

Mei Chun Lo ◽

Yun Ti Su ◽

Yu Tung Chang

Keyword(s):

Inkjet Printing ◽

Screen Printing ◽

Print Quality ◽

Gravure Printing ◽

Color Gamut ◽

Printing Process ◽

Study Results ◽

Pet Film ◽

Printing Processes ◽

Potential Use

The In-Mold Roller is a revolutionary printing process by which objects are 3D decorated. The products decorated by In-Mold Roller are protected from water and fading. These kinds of decorations strongly increase the beauty, desirability and value of the objects. The In-Mold Roller is now using either of gravure printing and screen printing to print PET film. However, there are some problems with these two techniques. This research is to investigate the potential use of combining In-Mold Roller with digital inkjet printing in 3D decoration, e.g. in personalized printing services. The study results found show that digital inkjet printing to the PET film and then transfer to the ABS, the solid ink densities (SIDs) of primaries would increase. The tone values increases (TVIs) from highlight and middle (around 0~60%) were generally higher than those in shadows. The shapes and sizes of color gamut were also varied according to different kinds of digital UV inkjet printing processes. Moreover, after transferred, the color gamut became smaller.

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