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High volume digital printing on corrugated board
Wilbert Streefland
“It is not the strongest species that survives
but the most adaptive!”
Charles Darwin
Industry
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Fefco Digital Print Seminar
Brussels, 18 June 2014
Title: High volume digital printing on corrugated board
The win/win approach using traditional printing technology and digital print
• 8 Speakers (Including myself):– 1 user printing digital on corrugated board
– 1 repro expert (From tool to Data)
– 5 digital printer manufacturers:
• 2 Already building conventional equipment for corrugated adopting digital technology
• 3 Building digital print equipment entering the corrugated market
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Intro
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Digital Printing in Brief
• Analogue versus Digital
• Technology
• Key players
• Digital print impact on your business
• Do and Don’ts
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The Process
Analogue versus Digital Printing
InkPrinting
Substrate
Image
Printing Tool
Digital/Analogue
Data >1 Gb/Sec
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Definitions
Analogue printing
• Contact with substrate (strips might be visible)
• Every repeat the same source transferred as one
• Resolution in L/cm (lines per centimetre)
• Spot colours and process colours (1 to 7 or more)
• Inline printing of lacquer
• Inline die cutting and/or folding is possible
Digital inkjet printing
• Non contact (Low paper grammage, no strips!)
• Every repeat made from (new) data (Data: >1Gb/sec)
• Resolution in DPI (dots per inch)
• Process colours mostly 4 (CMYK)
• Pre-coating might be needed
• Offline (Dust and warp sensitive)
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Digital/Analogue
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Visual Difference Digital/Analogue
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Close-up
View
Analogue Printer “Dots” Digital Printer “Drops”
Digital/Analogue
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Edge sharpness (Barcode)
Analogue Digital
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Digital/Analogue
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Digital Printing in Brief
• Analogue versus Digital
• Technology
• Key players
• Digital print impact on your business
• Do and Don’ts
• From print tool to print data
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Digital Print Technology
• Inkjet print head technology
• Production speed
• Ink types
• Colour space
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Technology
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Inkjet Head Technology
Continuous inkjet, CIJ 1951 (Marking Coding)
Drop On Demand, DOD 1957 (Thermal, Piezo)
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Distance head to substrate
can be large
Technology
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Inkjet Printing on Corrugated Board
Moving print head(Display Printers)
• Low speed
Steady print head(High volume/data)
• High Speed
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Board
Direction
Board
Direction
Multiple steady print headsOne moving print head
Technology
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How many pixels are printed/sec
• Assume:– Printing width: 1 meter
– Speed: 70 meter/min
– Resolution: 600 dpi (dots per inch)
– 4 colour (Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black)
�2,600,000,000 pixels/sec�2.6 gigapixels/sec
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Technology
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Ink Technology
UV
• UV drying (safety)
• Odour
• High gloss where ink is printed
• Prints on most substrates
• Sometimes pre-coating
• Food contact?
Aqueous (Water based)
• IR drying might be needed depending on substrate and/or speed
• Low gloss
• Pre-coating depending on substrate
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Technology
Ink waste is minimal for digital printing!!This is not the case for conventional printing!!
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Colour Space
DigitalRGB/YMCK space
AnalogueLab space
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Technology
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Digital Printing in Brief
• Analogue versus Digital
• Technology
• Key players
• The impact of digital print on our business
• Do and Don’ts
• From print tool to print data
• Adopt to the new technology
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Key Players
Display (Large size)
• AGFA
• Durst
• Engico Aqua
• HP
• INCA
Box/Tray (High volume)
• Barberán
• Bobst
• HP
• Sun Automation
• Xanté
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Key Players
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Digital Printing in Brief
• Analogue versus Digital
• Technology
• Key players
• Digital print impact on your business
• Do and Don’ts
• From print tool to print data
• Adopt to the new technology
• Select what is best for you
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Mapping of Print Processes
• Digital
• Flexo Post Print
• Flexo Pre Print
• Litho Laminated
• Mapping Criteria:
– Print Level
– Production cost in function of order size
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Business Impact
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Level/Quality
• Mostly we say Quality where we need to say Level
• Quality is a True/False property indicating if we meet or not customer expectation
• Level is measurable and indicates if there is a difference in performance for what ever reason
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Business Impact
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Production Cost and Order Size
Key parameter:
• Analogue � Print Tool Cost and Waste
• Digital � Ink Cost
The Result:
• Short order� Digital
• Medium order� Depending on print area
• Long order � Analogue
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Business Impact
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Mapping of Print Processes
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Level
Cost/order size
Digital
Post Print
Pre Print
European Market
US Market
Short
Run
Long
Run
Litho Laminated
Business Impact
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Digital Printing Business Impact
• The Breakeven relation between Digital and Analogue printing in function of printed area and order size can be calculated
• The line is different depending on equipment used (Analogue and Digital)
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Business Impact
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Changing Role of Repro House
• The role of a Repro House will change!!
– Current � Tool supplier
– Future � Data supplier
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Business Impact
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Digital Printing in Brief
• Analogue versus Digital
• Technology
• Key players
• Digital print impact on your business
• Do and Don’ts
• From print tool to print data
• Adopt to the new technology
• Select what is best for you
• Make it a win/win
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Do and Don’ts
Do
• Analyse your production data (ERP database)
• Find out what part of your order portfolio would benefit by digital printing
• Also calculate the improvement for existing equipment
Don’ts
• Ignore digital printing
• Scrap old equipment
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Digital Printing in Brief
• Analogue versus Digital
• Technology
• Key players
• Digital print impact on your business
• Do and Don’ts
• From print tool to print data
• Adopt to the new technology
• Select what is best for you
• Make it a win/win
• Don’t ignore digital
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Thank you for your attention
Wilbert Streefland
Technology Coaching BvbA
www.tcbvba.be