A printing factory must have printing equipment in order to be called a printing factory, and printing machines are the most important. Printing machines have single color and dual color options, as well as four color and eight color options. According to specifications, they can be divided into eight, four, half, and full start options. Some simple printing can also be done using screen printing, which only requires a single screen to complete the printing, but the effect is not as good as large machine printing.
Larger printing factories may also have other printing equipment such as binding machines, carbon free copy ticket printing machines, automatic die-cutting machines, high-speed box pasting machines, etc., with additional film production rooms, laser knife mold rooms, and binding table pasting workshops. There are also small-scale printing, such as screen printing, which only requires a screen to complete printing, but the effect is not as good as large machine printing.
Nature of Business
There are many things that printing factories can do, such as promotional brochures, samples, books, newspapers, magazines, receipts, cardboard boxes, paper bags, calendars, envelopes, rolls of paper, book printing, poster printing, etc. In short, printed products can be seen everywhere in our world, which is why printing technology exchange, printing recruitment, printing promotion, printing exhibition activities, etc.
The technique of transferring ink to the surface of materials such as paper, fabric, leather, etc. through plate making, ink application, and pressure processes, and replicating the content of the original manuscript in bulk. It is called printing. There are various forms of printing, including traditional offset printing, screen printing, digital printing, etc.
Screen printing is mainly manually operated and is mainly used for PET label printing. Printing factories that mainly print electronic labels are generally equipped with web screen printing machines. In addition, roll paper flattening die cutting machines and small slitting machines are also essential equipment for such manufacturers.
Printing classification
The types and purposes of printing business vary. Such as book and magazine printing, news printing, advertising printing, etc.
The printing of books and magazines used to use relief printing.
News printing: In the past, relief printing machines were used for printing, as they were fast and had a large print volume. In order to meet the needs of color printing, flat or gravure rotary printing machines are used instead.
Advertising printing: including color images, illustrated posters, etc., most of which are printed using flat printing, occasionally using relief, gravure, or perforated printing.
Stationery printing: For example, envelopes, letters, invitations, business cards, books, and workbooks must be printed at a low cost and in large quantities, resulting in lower quality. Therefore, letterpress printing is often prioritized.
