Application of Indigo Color Digital Printing Technology

——Talk about Indigo's digital printing press solutions in the label and packaging anti-counterfeiting industry Pirates, imitations, and counterfeit goods have brought inestimable economic losses to the business community, especially to well-known manufacturers. Anti-counterfeiting labels, anti-counterfeit packaging, anti-counterfeiting labels and other forms of anti-counterfeiting labels have gradually been recognized by the public as a means to effectively protect scientific and technological achievements and intellectual property rights. Let's talk about Indigo's color digital technology and its solution for anti-counterfeiting printing on labels and packaging.
First, Indigo color digital printing technology Indigo digital color imaging technology has changed the traditional printing process, it combines computer, network, data processing, laser imaging, liquid electronic ink and other new Materials, new technologies and cleverly combined to create a The new concept of image output that is very different from traditional printing - all-digital color offset printing.
Indigo digital color printers receive electronic files via computers, networks or disks, optical disks, digital cameras, etc., and then perform RIP processing on the data. The laser imaging system uses the laser imaging system to form optical grid point images on the imaging plate, and then the inkjet device will Charged electronic ink is jetted onto the imaging plate, an ink image is quickly formed, then transferred to a blanket, and the ink on the blanket is 100% transferred to various printing media by embossing and electrostatic form.
Indigo's unique electronic liquid ink has the same hue as conventional inks, and its particle diameter is less than 1 μm, ensuring high image resolution and sharpness. When cured immediately upon contact with paper or other media, the printed image is sharper, with no blurring edges and diffusion. The IndiChromE ink modulation system developed by Indigo Company can modulate various spot color inks.
The Indigo digital press embodies the advanced nature of Indigo's color digital printing technology; as long as the electronic file is imported into the Indigo digital press, you can print out the color prints you need right away. The content of each print can be different.
Indigo Digital Printing Machine has unique advantages: no need for filming, proofing, plate making, direct printing, and instant printing; it can achieve one-off printing, different printing, and can achieve personalized printing to meet the needs of all consumers;
Ink particles 1.2 Microns, the printing ink concentration can be saturated, no feathering and dot network expansion, the black and the network conditions better than traditional lithography; wide and easy access to substrates. Can be used as proofer; can achieve network connection, transmission, remote, off-site printing, distribution printing; quality is completely controlled by the computer, reducing the possibility of human error; no waste paper; automatic detection system: if the system does not work properly Phenomenon, there are signs of the sensor, it will automatically notify the computer control system, and reported abnormal reasons, parts, engineers and operators need only to replace the error part of the parts, remove the error. This saves valuable working time, reduces maintenance costs, lost work due to misjudgments, and misplaced accessories. The automatic cleaning system allows you to work for tens, hundreds, or thousands of hours without stopping. No need to stop cleaning certain systems or spare parts, these jobs, self-check and automatic cleaning system will help you to complete automatically; no noise pollution, suitable for various office environments.
Second, Indigo digital printing in anti-counterfeiting labels, trademarks, packaging solutions 1. Label and digital number anti-counterfeiting basic ideas:
(1) Each product package or label carries a set of numbers.
All packaging and label numbers are different and are randomly arranged by the computer.
Every customer that adopts has a confidential database.
(2) Anti-counterfeiting identification If the package number of a product in a box (package) is the same, it is definitely a fake product.
The number is recorded on the computer, and the telephone/InTEnET automatic query database has been used for the number system. All consumers and users who purchase the product can check the number on the package or label by phone or InTErnET. If there is any record, the record is genuine. For counterfeit goods, the check is recorded or cancelled. If there is a second query, the computer prompts: "The number has been queried, please note that there may be a fake!".
(3) Number requirements are generated by specific software, and counterfeiters cannot guess their rules. And by the computer into the database for future customer inquiries.
2.Indigo is good at printing security numbers and personalized, high-quality color labels with variable information.
Indigo digital color printer is a high-tech product that integrates computer, network, laser imaging, data processing, electronic ink, monochrome personalization or color personalized imprint processing software. Its software, hardware and operating systems designed for personalization and variable data printing, and connected database technologies are the leading technologies in the digital printing industry. Its applicability to variable data and personalized printing presents the following features: Indigo digital color printers do not use plate making, all-digital workflow, connection to database operations, direct printing from electronic files and databases, no change of printing processes, and every print All have different characteristics, so that each print can carry a large amount of variable data and personal information, such as security numbers, dates, and even textures, patterns and so on. This large amount of personalization information and the anti-counterfeit number at the time of printing are made into a database in advance and automatically transferred at the time of printing. The database provides the basic conditions for anti-counterfeiting and variable information: During the printing, the anti-counterfeiting number and personalized information can be automatically transferred to the Printing Machine and the pattern is automatically connected and printed at the same time. The number, pattern and contained information of each package and label are different. .
Another feature of the Indigo digital color press is high quality printing with an accuracy of 2400dPi. The printing effect is much more beautiful than the label packaging products currently used in the market. The rich colors, vivid images and eye-catching attention will undoubtedly increase the attractiveness and competitiveness of the products.
Indigo digital color printers have a wide range of printing materials, including coated paper, offset paper, art paper, stickers, plastic films, and PVC. The thickness can be from 10 to 300 μm. In particular, self-adhesives and plastic film materials have been tested and dozens of brands, thousands of varieties, various types of substrates and surface materials, self-adhesives and plastic films can be printed on the market. .
Indigo digital printing machine has sheetfed or web printing, and the substrates can be various single or roll paper, plastic film, stickers, PVC, PET film (cigarette cable), etc. 3. Traditional code anti-counterfeit The problems in the packaging production methods The traditional anti-counterfeit packaging production methods are divided into two processes: pattern printing + anti-counterfeit number spray, no doubt, time-consuming, laborious. The anti-counterfeiting number is usually sprayed by a printer, the number is monochrome, not beautiful, and as long as it can collect authentic numbers, it is easy to forge.
The Indigo digital color press has only one operation: the security number is printed simultaneously with the image and is completed in one pass. The security number is integrated with other patterns, and even four-color overprinting is possible. Each number is colored and the printing accuracy is as high as 2400dPi. The anti-counterfeit number printed by the Indigo digital color printer itself makes it difficult for counterfeiters to imitate, and has more database connection technology. The number, pattern, and information contained in each package, label are different, and Indigo digital printing is also different. The machine can also provide spot color printing and microtext printing.
4. Indigo digital color printing machine printing anti-counterfeiting product security number can be directly printed on the product's trademark, label, packaging, but also can be made of stickers on the product, inner packaging, packaging, or packaging seal On top of that, the label issued to each distributor can be different even when shipped. That is, anti-counterfeit, but also to prevent distributors Chuanhuo, more conducive to market management.
Anti-counterfeit numbers are generated by software and cannot be guessed using special algorithms and are guaranteed not to repeat. Four-color overprinting of the numbers, each number being in color, can also be printed in monochrome. (You can also use spot colors or text microprinting.)
The product was printed with a high precision of 2400 dPi, making counterfeiters impossible to fake at all.
After the anti-counterfeiting number is generated, it is recorded in the database and handed to the label user for further verification.
Establish a telephone/InTEnET automatic inquiry system and open a hotline. After a customer purchases a tagged product, he may call or check the number through InTErnET to check the authenticity of the product. The second time the number is entered, the message “This number has been queried, please note”.
Use anti-counterfeiting labels for promotion; according to the status of inquiries, regularly announce the winning numbers for inquiries, in order to achieve promotions and encourage consumers to buy products, the results of multiple inquiries, attracting other manufacturers to use this anti-counterfeiting methods, save a lot of advertising costs.
5. Anti-counterfeiting and query flow chart:
Third, anti-counterfeiting printing cost analysis
1. Indigo digital color printing presses are used for anti-counterfeit printing of labels and packaging security printing. The production cost is low. Taking the printing of anti-counterfeiting labels as an example, the explanation is as follows:
Indigo digital color printing press prints one A3 page print, the cost of ink and other printing consumables is about 0.90 yuan, and the pattern area is 30.7×43.8cm. And the cost of four-color printing consumables per square centimeter is 0.90÷(30.7×43.8)=0.000669 yuan, and the monochrome is less than 0.000167 yuan.
1. If printing anti-counterfeiting labels, each A3 format sticker price is 0.4 yuan, then the total cost of A3 supplies is 0.90+0.40=1.30 yuan.
2. If the security code label size is 2.5cm × 2cm, each A3 paper can cut 255 security labels, each anti-counterfeit label costs 1.30 ÷ 255 = 0.0051 yuan (four-color labels), if the two-color 5 cm 2 label , the cost is <0.0025 yuan/standard.
If directly printed on the trademark packaging, each A3 format 80g single coated paper price is 0.10 yuan, the total cost of A3 supplies is 0.90 +0.10 = 100 yuan, assuming each trademark packaging size is 5cm x 5cm, each A3 Paper can be cut 48 trademark packaging, each trademark packaging costs 1.00 ÷ 48 = 0.0208 yuan (four colors), two-color 25cm2 label cost is <0.01 yuan / standard.
3. If the color pattern is printed as traditional printing, the changed number is printed by the Indigo digital printer, the cost is lower, and only the depreciation cost of the machine can be considered.
4. Spot color printing, microtext printing, monochrome or color personalized variable print printing can be performed at the same time without any additional cost.
In summary, Indigo's color digital printing technology is uniquely suited for various types of anti-counterfeiting printing due to its unique features such as unique variable information, personalized shading, and database live code, and can overcome the defects of traditional anti-counterfeit packaging methods. , Provides brand-new solutions for label and packaging security printing. At the same time, due to its low production cost and commercial value, it has a broad market prospect in the label and packaging security printing industry. Through the use of relevant units in the country, it has won unanimous praise from companies, product manufacturers, vendors, consumers, and security experts at home and abroad.