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Digital Printing Systems and Solutions


Anodized Aluminium Printing

Anodized Aluminium PrintingAnodized Aluminium Printing

The Process

Dye based inks are directly printed into the open pores of the oxide layer. After drying the print, the pores are sealed in boiling water. The dye is henceforth protected by a colorless, transparent, hard oxide. The outcome is a durable, highvalue product with excellent scratch and chemical resistance. Using digital printing, photorealistic prints can be directly generated from image files to the substrate – without time-consuming intermediate steps and without additional charge in case of single pieces.


Encyan® Inks

  • water based, odorless dye inks CMYK (proprietary development)
  • further colors (red and blue among others) are possible


Turn-key Printing Systems

  • large format inkjet printers (43 to 163 cm / 17 to 64 inch)
  • object height 0.3 mm to 12 cm (depends on the printing system)
  • photorealistic print quality using 1440 x 1440 dpi
  • integrated dryer unit (proprietary development)
  • ready-to-use PC inclusive RIP software
  • application specific color and printer setup


Substrates

The thickness of the open porous oxide layer must be 25 +/-3 µm. Consider the limited storage life of this kind of materials. We will be glad to generate the ICC profile for your aluminium plates. Alternatively, we offer anodized aluminium substrates already successfully tested by us..


Application Examples

front panel, push button cap, rating plate with serial number, information panel, billboard, decoration


Service

  • Consulting
  • Design
  • Printing service
  • Inks
  • open porous anodized aluminium plates for digital direct printing
  • Printing systems

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