JET UV CTP System: Making Direct Platemaking Less Expensive

The JET UV CTP system launched by Beijing Huali Zhicheng Technology Co., Ltd. is an inkjet CTP direct plate making system. Users only need to send image files through the JET UV server to the JET UV CTP 7400/9400 system. After the printing plate is developed, it can be printed on the machine. The printing process is the same as the traditional printing process. It does not put any new requirements on the printing production environment. It is a low-cost, easy-to-operate, cost-effective solution.

Inkjet CTP system

Inkjet CTP system adopts a new concept of physical imaging technology to completely get rid of the laser generation and the use of photosensitive materials. It uses ink jet equipment to directly print the required graphics on film, paper, and PS plates, reducing the number of image transfer. No content loss, direct output large format, no need to make imitation, revision.

According to the materials and structural features of the plate, the CTP plate used abroad can be divided into photosensitive resin plate, silver salt composite high-speed PS plate, thermal plate, photopolymer plate, and its imaging has not yet escaped the routine of photochemical imaging. It is also necessary to use a series of kits, in which thermal plates and photopolymer plates require a laser generator to use the laser thermal effect.

The inkjet printing CTP technology can be used as a base plate for ordinary PS plates. The photosensitive coating can be photo-decomposed or photo-polymerized. It can also be printed directly on the positive-grained aluminum base plate with ink. It may be a water-soluble ink solution, a thermosetting ink, an ultraviolet (UV) curable ink, or the like.

Printed on an ordinary PS plate, printed, printed, and printed on the machine. After printing on the bare (that is, only the graining and oxidation treatment, and non-coated printing plate), only curing can be directly printed on the machine, this is a non-wet treatment type printing plate.

From a long-term development perspective, ink-jet printing plates have great potential for development because it is a truly green environmental protection material.

The plate used in the inkjet CTP system is a common PS plate or plate with no photosensitive layer, so its cost is necessarily low, and it should be comparable to or cheaper than the PS plate. The advantage of inkjet CTP is that it saves film, saves money, and reduces environmental pollution. The JET UV CTP system launched by Huali Zhicheng has reached the international level.

Inkjet CTP market

The performance and price of inkjet CTP are very attractive. JET UV CTP 9400 has a printing width of 1100mm, platemaking accuracy of 175 lines/inch, JET UV CTP 7400 of 128,000 yuan and JET UV CTP 9400 of 158,000 yuan. Dye ink is used for printing. Can it replace the official plate-making equipment for plate making? The answer is yes! It can use cheap, ordinary PS plates, combining them to form the cheapest direct plate-making system, although it can not compare with the image quality of advanced silver salt and thermal direct plate-making system in it. In terms of market positioning, it aimed at the fields of book printing, color newspaper printing, journals, and screen printing. The JET UV CTP has a resolution of 175 lines/inch and a repeatability of less than 0.1mm. Facts have proved that it has a vast market in medium-sized cities in China. The printing material produced by the inkjet CTP technology is printed on the machine, the text is clear and sharp, and the color of the picture is vivid, far exceeding the effect of the sulfuric acid paper printed by the laser printer. The low price of the ink jet direct plate making system and the cheap plate material price are not matched by the silver salt system and the thermal system. Because of this, it is very suitable for China's national conditions, can make China's general printing companies can also establish a CTP system as soon as possible.

JET UV CTP workflow



Prepress files are stored in PS, EPS, TIFF and PDF formats. After assembly, a 1-bit TIFF format is generated by Jet uv RIP. The JET UV server sends the JET UV CTP 7400/9400 system for ink jet plate making. After printing on the machine. This process eliminates the need for photocopy output film, eliminating high-cost, time-consuming, error-prone links such as manual imposition, and fully satisfying the needs of color printing products such as books, newspapers, magazines, and advertising posters.


Source: Ke Yin Network