Opaque Vinyl/Plastics File Preparation

Preparing digital art for printing on opaque PVC vinyl, styrene, static cling vinyl or any other opaque UV-printable substrate is essentially the same as preparing files for printing on paper substrates.

It is especially important to discuss the usage of special inks such as flourescents or metallics on vinyl or plastic substrates – or UV-printed paper for that matter, as the printability properties of these inks are typically quite different than similar inks used on conventional printing presses.

It's also worth mentioning that UV printing typically yields slightly higher dot gain percentages than our conventional presses. Like our conventional Komori Lithrone presses, our UV press is also equipped with the Delta Dampening System, however, UV inks are noticeably more viscous tham conventional/vegetable-based inks – which lends itself to slightly higher dot gain levels.

 

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