Printing Knowledge

Process Characteristics
Metallic etching imitates a frosted effect using textured inks on gold and silver paper, where the texture's coarseness and feel depend on the ink used, allowing limited adjustments during operation. The fabric texture techniq…

In color printing, the typical approach is to use four colors: yellow, magenta, cyan, and black, which are printed in a specific sequence. Theoretically, there are twenty-four different printing color sequences possible with these four colors, and an…

Lithographic printing is based on the principle that oil and water do not mix. The image areas on the plate are oleophilic (ink-attracting) and hydrophobic (water-repellent), while the non-image areas must first absorb water to become hydrophilic and…

Packaging Inspection for Paper
Currently, flat paper packaging primarily comes in two basic forms: wood clipboard packaging and wooden box packaging. Qualified flat paper usually has more than two layers of wrapping paper on the outside, further rein…

Someone asked online: "Why does the ink layer not appear bright enough when silver ink is overprinted with other colors on black paper?" Here are my thoughts and insights on this issue for reference.
The so-called "black paper" is a type of specialty…

In the WorldSkills competition for the Printing and Media Technology category, the "Digital Printing Color Matching" contest has emerged as one of the challenging aspects affecting the scores of participants in recent years. As a guiding teacher for …

3D printing, also known as stereoscopic printing, typically refers to stereolithography printing. It employs a principle that simulates the spatial difference perceived by human eyes, recording pixels of different angles and depths on photosensitive …

Screen printing refers to the use of a mesh screen as a printing plate, which is made into a screen printing plate with images through photosensitive plate making methods. Screen printing consists of five main elements: the screen printing plate, squ…

Offset printing, an indirect printing method, is named after early lithography, which initially used stone plates. In early lithography, stone blocks were ground flat and used as plates. Later, this method evolved to use metal plates made of zinc or …