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How Much Capacity Does Compact Industrial UV Production Need?
Compact industrial UV production needs enough demonstrated capacity to clear the real job mix within promised lead times, including setup, loading, printing, inspection, maintenance and rework. Buyers should calculate accepted pieces per productive hour, model peak demand and shifts, and...
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How Do You Align Artwork for Bottle UV Printing?
For industrial bottle UV printing and drinkware decoration, artwork alignment begins with a measured printable zone, a controlled seam position and a repeatable object datum. The file, white layer, orientation and rotary setup must describe the same geometry. A supplier...
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How to Choose a UV Printer for Sign Production?
Choosing a UV printer for sign production is not simply a matter of comparing the highest published print speed. A sign shop must match the printer to its board materials, standard sheet sizes, daily job mix, finishing process and required...
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How to Measure Bottle Diameter, Print Length and Taper Before Printing?
Accurate bottle measurement is one of the most important steps before direct UV cylinder printing. A bottle may look cylindrical at first glance, yet small changes in diameter, a tapered wall, raised features or a curved shoulder can affect artwork...
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First-Surface vs. Reverse UV Printing on Glass
When UV printing on transparent glass, the side receiving the ink and the side used for viewing are not always the same. This creates two basic production routes: first-surface printing and reverse—or second-surface—printing. The choice affects artwork orientation, ink-layer order,...
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How to Choose Between AJ1206 and AJ360i for Promotional Products?
Promotional products include many different shapes: flat awards, phone cases, keychains, tags, bottles, tumblers, cosmetic containers and tapered drinkware. Because these products move through different printing workflows, one printer is not automatically suitable for all of them. The AndresJet AJ1206...
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How to Align Artwork Around Camera Holes and Phone Case Edges?
A phone case provides only a small printable area, but it contains several features that make artwork alignment difficult. Camera openings, rounded corners, side buttons, raised lips and curved edges can all affect where a design should begin and end....
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What Affects 360-Degree Bottle Printing Speed and Quality?
A cylindrical UV printer may have a specified production speed, but the time required to print each bottle depends on more than the machine itself. Bottle diameter, print length, artwork coverage, white ink, varnish, resolution, surface preparation and fixture changeovers...
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How Order Size and Artwork Variation Affect Compact UV Printer Selection?
Choosing a UV printer based only on the total number of items in an order can lead to the wrong production setup. An order for 500 identical products is very different from an order for 500 products divided among 50...