Inkjet technology is widely used in various fields

Application in small area

1. Home and office areas

Inkjet printing equipment can be divided into small, medium and large format ink jet printers. Small format (below A3) inkjet printers as home and commercial equipment, sales in the global market reached 29 billion US dollars in 2002, including hardware, ink and printing materials. It is estimated that by 2007, the sales of small-format inkjet printers worldwide will reach 43 billion US dollars. This area is dominated by Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson and Lexmark. Due to the lack of core technologies, large domestic electronics companies can only get involved in this area through cooperation.

In this field, inkjet printers mostly appear as personal computer color output terminals. The requirements for quality and speed are not very high, but the requirements are convenient, maintenance-free and cheap. Competitors in this area mainly include ribbon thermal transfer and color electrophotographic systems. Ribbon heat transfer can basically meet the above technical requirements, but the electrophotographic system is difficult to meet the requirements in the compactness and price of the system.
2. The field of color digital photo printing

In the area of ​​small format, color digital photo printing requires very high color quality and resolution, but the imaging speed is generally required. This area has grown with the popularity of digital cameras. This kind of system requires a small format, generally below A4.

The fine inkjet system has achieved stable and accurate printing with 2 picolitre droplets on the image bearing medium. With a resolution of 2400 dpi, it is very close to the traditional color silver salt photos and the price is much cheaper. It can also be made at any time without pollution.

Application in areas above medium format

The main users of medium format (A3-B0) and large format (B0 and above) inkjet printers are design institutes and output service providers. Major manufacturers include Epson, Hewlett-Packard, Kodak, and Roland. At the same time, large- and medium-format inkjet printing is in-depth development and widespread use. Localization of products in this area also requires the innovation awareness and market agility of large enterprises.

1. Inkjet technology used in digital proofing

The effect of inkjet printers is close to the printing effect, and many publishers output proofs in this way. Since the traditional proofer is also using ink to image, theoretically it can express the color gamut very close to printing. However, the traditional proofer is based on manual ink and pressure adjustment, so the effect is very unstable. Industry insiders have this experience. This is the same set of film to take out the proofs, the effect is usually not the same. Digital proofing is digital imaging. It can be very stable. Some devices can use inks that are similar to ink components. Color gamut performance is also very similar to printing. Inkjet printers replace offset plate proofing and thermal transfer proofing.

2. Inkjet technology applied to the field of inkjet

At present, large-format printing of all indoor and outdoor displays, advertisements, and posters is mainly produced by screen, offset, and inkjet imaging. A large number of analyses and investigations have shown that screen printing is best suited for the production of more than 400 single-sheet jobs, but in fact there is a greater market demand for 200 sheets of single-sheet jobs.

There are more and more varieties and small batches of jobs, and the traditional screen method is greatly limited. Inkjet printing offers a fast and efficient solution for this market.

Among specific ink-jet printing methods, water-based ink jet and paper-based substrates occupy the major market share of large-format inkjet printing. However, the proportion of solvent-based inks and UV-curable ink jets is rapidly expanding. From the perspective of environmental protection and the adaptability of substrates, UV-curable inkjet inks are likely to become the mainstream of the large-format color market in the future.

3. Applications in the field of digital printing

Digital printing currently consists of two mainstream systems, electrostatic photography (toner) and inkjet imaging. Applications include variable data printing, publications, personal samples, direct mail printing, commercial printing, label printing, trademark printing, and even security printing.

Among them, ink jet digital printing is directly printed by digital files and does not require plate making. A business can be printed within minutes after receiving an order, which is convenient, efficient, space-saving and labor-saving. The management of the printing process is easier and can be printed in accordance with the exact quantity required for the job, avoiding the waste in the color correction process of traditional printing. In addition, inkjet head digital printing systems using a combination of line arrays are superior in speed and can achieve output speeds of up to 2,000 pages per minute.

The TURBOjet wide-format digital inkjet printer launched by Sailing Angels is one of the fastest digital inkjet printers on the market. The printing speed reaches 400 square meters per hour, the largest format is 163cm x 366cm, and the printing accuracy reaches 448dpi. This printer is specially designed for industrial production, providing ink on demand, adding ink and other functions without stopping the machine, and ensuring the smoothness and continuity of the printing process.

We are looking forward to the arrival of a new era of digital printing. Because of its features of no printing, no pressure, adoption of digital documents, stable system operation, and wide range of substrates, inkjet technology has been continuously improved with its own technology and is being displayed under the digital environment. A very strong momentum of development. In the near future, inkjet devices with larger format, faster speeds, higher quality, UV-backed, and UV-resistant ink jets that support double-sided printing will penetrate the broader market. Inkjet technology will glow infinitely in the wave of digitalization and gain greater development.

Source: Ke Yin Network