Industrial inkjet is increasingly being used to digitally decorate products as an in-line step in the manufacturing process. Direct-to-Shape printing applies full-colour images, text or special effects directly onto cans, bottles, sleeves and other shaped objects. This generally requires high speed, precision printing of fixed or variable data onto a range of substrates including plastics and glass. In many cases, inkjet’s ability to print on non-flat surfaces without making contact is a distinct advantage as well as a technical challenge.
Benefits for Direct-to-Shape Printers
- The non-contact nature of inkjet technology facilitates printing onto irregular shapes not suitable for labels or conventional contact printing methods.
- La capacidad de Meteor para admitir velocidades de transmisión de datos ultraaltas, grandes búferes de imagen y cables de gran longitud permite implementar sin limitaciones sistemas con cabezales de impresión montados en robots u otras configuraciones complejas.
- In addition to providing direct localisation, personalisation and customisation of objects, inkjet can also create stunning effects including selective varnishing, embossing and texturing.
- Las tiradas cortas resultan económicamente viables gracias a que los requisitos de puesta a punto son menores, y la capacidad de impresión bajo demanda permite reducir las existencias de productos terminados.
