The most important purpose of packaging printing process design is to create a unique and memorable image for commercial products and services, because the first priority in marketing a product or service is to be noticed by the buyer, and dazzling color images can stimulate the reader’s curiosity and attention in the process of visual interaction with the printed material. Print finishing strategies.
The printing process and surface finishing techniques are the most scientific and economical way to add value to products and services of the same quality because the different packaging reflects the brand and image value, and most importantly, to achieve these excellent results. So what are the common printing processes?
Hot stamping process
A kind of printing drama process, the pattern, clear, beautiful, colorful, wear-resistant, can play the finishing touch, highlight the theme, especially for trademark registration, the effect is more significant.
Silver stamping process
A printing process, the pattern, clear, beautiful, colorful, wear-resistant, can play the finishing touch, highlight the theme, especially for trademark registration, the effect is more significant.
UV process
With enhanced texture, the surface is resistant to rubbing and scratching, producing a unique effect, especially for the cover of packaging box publications.
Embossing process
It is a kind of embossing process without ink, mostly used for printing products, paper containers post-printing processing, such as trademarks, cigarette packs, paper boxes, greeting cards, bottle labels, etc., so as to increase the three-dimensional sense, pattern hierarchy, the product plays the role of the finishing touch.
Matte film process
Surface mist, elegant and noble, prevent paper yellowing and fading and wear, surface waterproof, more durable, commonly used in packaging and booklet cover surface.
Embossing process
Embossing common printing process, the surface of the printed material embossed to show different shades of patterns and textures, with obvious relief three-dimensional sense, to enhance the artistic impact.
Glossy film process
With a bright surface, transparent and smooth, prevent the paper from yellowing and fading and prevent wear surface waterproof, more durable, commonly used in packaging and booklet cover surface.
Snowflake oil process
With fine printing pattern, strong glitter effect, good adhesion, suitable for all kinds of gold and silver cardboard, laminated paper, PET, PC plastic, application range: tobacco, wine, daily chemical, food, home accessories, etc.
Glitter process
A unique effect of the surface treatment material; its characteristics enhance the visual effect of the product, so that the decorative part of the uneven layers, more three-dimensional sense. Its glitter characteristics, so that the decorative objects bright and eye-catching, multiplying the luster.
UV
UV, also known as UV ultraviolet curing, is the use of UV ultraviolet light, short-wave (300-800 nm) under UV radiation, liquid UV materials in the photoinitiator stimulated to become free radicals or cations, thereby triggering the polymerization of polymer materials containing active functional groups (resins) into a non-melt solid coating film process, is a new, environmentally friendly, low VOC emissions emerging in the 1960s technology.
Digital method to achieve: flat printing, web painting, dry powder printing, transparent ink, electronic ink spot color
Traditional: screen printing, traditional back channel
Gravure stamping
Convex stamping is a special processing technology for the surface decoration of printed materials. It uses a convex and concave mold to deform the printed substrate under a certain pressure, thus carrying out artistic processing on the surface of printed materials. Stamping a variety of convex graphics and patterns, showing different shades of pattern, with a clear sense of relief to enhance the three-dimensional sense of printed materials and artistic impact. Embossing is the transplantation and application of relief art in printing, and its printing plate is similar to the arching method used in China’s woodblock watermark. When printing, no ink is used but the pressure of the printing press is directly used for embossing. If the quality requirements are high, or the paper is thicker and harder, hot pressing can also be used.
Hot stamping gold and silver
Hot stamping, also known as “hot stamping”. A printing decoration process. The metal printing plate will be heated, the application of foil, in the printed material embossed with gold text or pattern. Hot stamping process is the use of the principle of heat pressure transfer, the aluminum layer in the aluminum electrochemical transfer to the surface of the substrate to form a special metal effect, because the main material used in hot stamping is the aluminum foil, so hot stamping is also called aluminum stamping. Aluminum stamping can be divided into: hot stamping, cold stamping and three-dimensional stamping. Among them, hot stamping is the most common, the following list of common hot stamping types.
Flat stamping: the most common hot stamping, surrounded by white, to highlight the main body of hot stamping for the purpose. Compared to other hot stamping, the production process is relatively simple, if the number is not much, using zinc plate stamping can be.
Seal inscription stamping: according to the needs of the picture, the stamping and printing drama part of the clever combination, first printing and then stamping. Process production process to the register is high, need to be accurate alignment to get the perfect effect.
Multi-stamping: in the same graphic area repeatedly stamping more than twice, need to go through multiple process, but also must pay attention to two kinds of gold foil is compatible, in order to prevent the phenomenon of adhesion is not firm.
Refractive hot stamping: hot stamping version production, the main image and the background graphics with different thickness or towards the line as a partition, the formation of refractive effect, emphasizing the graphic line art sense. Usually using laser engraving version.
Stereoscopic stamping: the same practice as stamping convex, but stereoscopic stamping pay more attention to stamping texture rather than convex effect, usually using relief stamping version, the height of the raised need to re gold foil surface tension can bear range.
Die-cutting and embossing
Cutting edge: from single-sided cutting to four-sided cutting are available, there are also special three-sided die-cutting machine, for example, can be shaped processing of the binding molding book.
Double crease: crease with a single line mark, double line mark and forward and reverse crease, thinner paper with a single line, thicker paper to double line mark, multi-fold and forward and reverse crease, etc. commonly used in pulling the page.
Reverse cut marks: die-cutting paper folded back, indentation edge line especially left cut marks shape, to highlight the product’s creativity or design focus.
Flat cut: according to the design graphic requirements die-cut text or graphic appearance effect, is the most common type of die-cutting, usually will not have very strict alignment requirements.
Line marks: play a seemingly broken, seemingly connected non-connected role, if necessary, it is easy to tear. There are two types of line marks: dot and line mark.
Laminated varnish
Laminated varnish: also known as “laminating”, “film”, etc., refers to the transparent plastic film through hot press laminated to the printing surface, to protect and increase the role of gloss. Laminate has been widely used for book covers, picture books, souvenir books, postcards, product manuals, calendars and maps, etc. for surface binding and protection. Laminate is also a major process of post-press processing.
Quick print store commonly used film classification: in general, according to the process used can be divided into namely coated film, pre-coated film two. According to the different film materials are divided into bright film, matte film two.
The most commonly used film in the fast printing store are: cold laminated light film, sub-film; hot laminated light film, sub-film; cross film (also known as cloth film); laser laser film.
Laser engraving
Laser engraving is the common name of laser processing technology used in the field of alternative mechanical cutting processing, which has gradually emerged since the late 1980s. The principle is that the laser beam is used to cut, punch, mark, cut lines, shadow carving and other process processing on materials by using the characteristics of the interaction between the laser beam and the material. Due to the unique precision and speed of the laser, it can be applied to the field of paper surface finishing to achieve results and benefits that cannot be achieved by other process technologies. The process is based on the close combination of laser processing system and computer technology, through the graphics processing software to vectorize the graphics input to the laser engraving program, the use of laser engraving machine issued by a small beam of light, according to the program design in the engraved material surface etching graphics or cutting objects graphic contours.
Laser engraving is suitable for a wide range of materials, the common ones are paper, leather, wood, plastic materials, organic glass, metal plates, glass, stone, crystal and so on. In terms of paper, laser engraving can be hollowed out, semi-engraving, spot engraving, die-cutting, etc. For example, traditional post-press processing graphics, dot or sharp corner die-cutting is not perfect in die-cutting knife making and actual operation process, while laser die-cutting easily achieves the desired effect.
Laser engraving, as in the use of light beam burning, the graphics will be expressed in accordance with the design program settings. The design should take into account the physical characteristics of the object, taking paper as an example, the grammage and density of the paper is too small to use such a process. In addition, the graphic composition should be simple. Complex graphics make the laser beam irradiate and dwell for a long time, which is not good for maintaining the color of the paper surface.
Our company has been engaged in the field of printing and packaging for a long time, focusing on packaging color boxes, packaging cartons, packaging boxes and other products customization, for more details, please click below.