What is UV Printing?

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UV printing, often known as ultraviolet printing, is a kind of digital printing that use ultraviolet lamps to dry or cure ink as it is printed. A rapid, industrial-grade UV printer can assist you in designing and printing a wide range of items. Full-color prints, logos, and textures may be created on a variety of substrates, including wood, acrylic, glass, metal, paper, film, and plastic sheets.

What materials/substrates can a UV printer print on?

The range of UV printing is extensive, with packaging and product labels being the most popular. UV printers can print on a variety of materials and substrates. Materials include wood, perspex, plastics, glass, tiles, metals, paper, cardboard, dibond, and correx. In terms of practical applications like, glass, bottles, phone cases, golf balls, pens, pencils, key rings, and plastic cards like membership cards and more. The UV ink sits slightly above the surface of the substrate and clings to its face. Because deeper colors take more ink to cover, they may seem somewhat higher on the surface, therefore the completed print may feel slightly rough.

What are the some benefits of UV printing?


UV printing is one of the most flexible and exciting direct-to-object print processes ever created, and its uses are almost limitless. And these are some of the benefits of UV printing:
• Fade and weather resistant.
• High photographic detail due to the high resolution.
• There is no need to laminate a UV printed surface.
• UV printers are environmentally friendly.
• Fast production with instant ink curing.
• The capability to print directly on a wide range of materials.
• 3D textures, effects, and gloss highlights may be printed.

As a Xcolorspromo what we assist you?


As previously stated, UV printing is one of the most popular printing methods. As an Xcolorspromo, you can choose from a variety of merchandise, or you can send us your own and we will assist you in doing high-quality UV printing on it as you prefer.
We look forward to working with you!