The card printing process integrates almost all printing technologies such as offset printing, screen printing, hot stamping, embossing, gold sprinkling, and partial UV varnishing. The printing of greeting cards is based on printing cards, adding various small craft accessories to form a more unique greeting card than the original ordinary cards. Therefore, it can also be said that the greeting card printing process is the card printing process.
Card printing process
1. Hot stamping
Definition: Hot stamping is to transfer the aluminum layer in the anodized aluminum to the surface of the substrate to form a special metal effect by using the principle of heat transfer. .
Features: The bronzing pattern is clear and beautiful, and the colors are bright and dazzling.
2. Glazing
Definition: The process of coating (or spraying, printing) a layer of colorless and transparent paint on the surface of the printed matter, and forming a thin and uniform transparent bright layer on the surface of the printed matter after leveling, drying, calendering, and curing. Glazing process.
Features: Glazing can not only enhance the bright and bright surface gloss, but also play the role of waterproof and oil-proof on the surface of the package, protect the printed graphics, and does not affect the recycling of paper.
3. Local UV
Definition: It is a silk-screen printing process that enhances the dazzling effect of printed products by partially coating UV varnish on the surface of the carton.
Features: A variety of artistic special effects can be presented on the surface of the printed matter, making the printed matter more beautiful.
Types: thick UV, frosted UV, colorful UV, glass beads, sprinkled colorful powder, etc.
4. Reverse glazing
Definition: The working principle of the reverse glazing process is to use the "mutual exclusion" principle of the coating type UV varnish and the underprinting UV varnish (ink fountain type UV varnish) to achieve the effect of concave and convex texture and different gloss at one time, namely Apply varnish to the place without primer to achieve a bright effect, and apply varnish to the place with primer to achieve a matte effect.
Classification: The surface of the printed product forms local high gloss and local frosted low gloss areas.
Features: Two completely different gloss effects achieve high-contrast effect of local images, embellishing and highlighting images and texts with glossy mirror surfaces.
5. Scalding in one
Through the change of the bronzing version, a bronzing method with a stronger metallic and three-dimensional sense is shown. Through the concave and convex changes of the embossed pattern, the graphics and texts present a metal embossed texture, so that the bronzing graphics and texts jump out of the plane, bringing a stronger visual impact.
The above is a brief introduction to the main card printing process of Washi Mill. If you need to wholesale printing cards or greeting cards,please contact us,call +86-15999751683 or email kala@craftwashitape.com or visit https://www.washmill.com/.
