The Study on Color Quality Attributes of IMR with PET on White Ink by UV Inkjet

Abstract:

The In-Mold Roller is a revolutionary printing process by which objects are 3D decorated. Products decorated by In-Mold Roller are waterproof and protected from fading. What’s more, these kinds of decorations strongly increase the beauty, desirability and value of the objects. The In-Mold Roller is now using either of gravure printing and screen printing to print PET film. However, there are some problems with these two techniques. This research is to investigate potential usages of combining In-Mold Roller with digital UV inkjet printing in 3D decoration, e.g. in personalized printing services. Study results found that when the coverage and the resolution of inkjet printing become higher, the SIDs will become higher as well. When transferred to ABS, SIDs in each combination will increase. Each combination of inkjet conditions, with the isolation of white ink, color differences are less variant. TVIs of white ink decrease 30% to 40% halftone and display in “M” type. In print contrast, C and K colors of each combination are better than M and Y colors. After transferred into print contrast, each combination of PC will be higher about 2 to5. When transferred to ABS, color variances of each combination are not huge, and color differences are about 3to5.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 1004-1005)
• Pages: 799-802
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1004-1005.799
• Online since: August 2014
• Authors: Chang Lang Chen*, Yu Tung Chang, Sheng Hao Taso, Weichieh Hsu
• Keywords: Color Quality Attributes, In Mold Roller, PET, UV Inkjet

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DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/amm.262.340