Digital Ceramic Printing on Glass7400115

Digital ceramic printing on glass is a new technology utilized for the application of imagery, pattern or text to the surface of flat glass. It has allowed for new possibilities and improvements in glass decoration and therapy, particularly in architectural glass. The new possibilities include higher levels of customization, translucency and opacity manage, light diffusion and transmission, and solar heat gain co-efficiency calculation.

Due to the intense durability of the printed glass, the high degree of customization it enables, and its suitability for long and short runs, digital ceramic printing is an ideal solution for interior and exterior architectural glass applications. The process does not need screens, and the files are stored digitally. Therefore, there are no setup, storage, or maintenance expenses and printing of all sizes of any panel is easy.

The important elements that contribute to the general advancement of digital ceramic printing on glass are digital glass printers, ceramic inks, and image processing software program.

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A digital glass printer for digital ceramic printing on glass is a flatbed digital printer with print heads that jet ceramic inks directly onto the glass. The glass remains stationary, whilst only the printer carriage sweeps across the print table.

A important function of the printer is drop fixation, in which ink droplets are dried immediately to prevent drop gain. The fixation of the ink enables a single pass of the print carriage even when printing multi-layer and multi-color files. The drop fixation also tends to make inline double vision printing feasible. Double vision involves creating an image that appears different depending on which side of the glass is becoming viewed. It is achieved by printing different graphics 1 on top of the other. An inline dryer was created to allow real-time drying and to maximize factory space. A smooth color switching system is integrated so that machine operators can easily shift between print jobs and improve throughput. The high-resolution print high quality (up to 720 dpi) and the precision of the printing with each other allow glass processors to print anything from fine, sharp and little elements to complex, full-color images on glass panels up to 3.3 x 18 m (10.eight x 32.8 ft) in size.

Digital ceramic printing on glass utilizes digital ceramic inks that mimic the CMYK color model and are made of ceramic composition and inorganic pigments and components. The inks are manufactured in a extremely controlled production process to eliminate any variability in the final product. The consistency in replication of the inks outcomes in higher compatibility with the whole colour palette of inks. The inks can therefore be digitally mixed and designers will know the precise outcome of the color each time. Printed architectural glass  panels can also be replaced when necessary without the risk of the new panels not matching the colors of the existing panels.

Style-to-glass workflow software bridges the glass printer and the inks and is the design tool for preparing the graphic file for printing. It calculates ink usage to control levels of translucency and opacity, to manage color matching and mixing, and to compensate for various glass sizes and thicknesses.