Paper box difference between UV and gold foil printing

Paper box difference between UV and gold foil printing

For example, book covers are gold foil printing, gift boxes are gold foil printing, trademarks and cigarettes boxes, alcohol, and clothing aregold foil printing, and gold foil printing of greeting cards, invitations, pens, etc. The colors and patterns can be customized according to specific requirements.

The main material used for hot stamping is electrochemical aluminum foil, so hot stamping is also called electrochemical aluminum hot stamping; The main material that passes through UV is ink containing photosensitizers combined with UV curing lamps.

1. Process principle

The gold foil printing process utilizes the principle of hot press transfer to transfer the aluminum layer in the anodized aluminum to the surface of the substrate to form a special metal effect; UV curing is achieved by drying and curing ink u nder ultraviolet light.

2. Main materials

A printing decoration process. Heat the metal printing plate, apply foil, and press golden text or patterns onto the printed material. With the rapid development of gold foil printing and packaging industries, the application of electrochemical aluminum stamping is becoming increasingly widespread.

The substrate for gold foil printing includes general paper, ink printing paper such as gold and silver ink, plastic (PE, PP, PVC, engineering plastics such as ABS), leather, wood, and other special materials.

UV printing is a printing process that uses ultraviolet light to dry and solidify ink, requiring the combination of ink containing photosensitizers and UV curing lamps. The application of UV printing is one of the most important aspects of the printing industry.

UV ink has covered fields such as offset printing, screen printing, inkjet printing, and pad printing. The traditional printing industry generally refers to UV as the printing effect process, which involves wrapping a layer of glossy oil (including bright, matte, embedded crystals, golden onion powder, etc.) on a desired pattern on a printed sheet.

The main purpose is to increase the brightness and artistic effect of the product, protect the surface of the product, have high hardness, resistance to corrosion and friction, and are not prone to scratches. Some lamination products are now changed to UV coating, which can meet environmental requirements. However, UV products are not easy to bond, and some can only be solved through local UV or polishing.