Inkjet Printing Technology in Label Printing Market

Abstract

In the label printer market, digital press has been increasing for smaller product lot size and variable print. Inkjet press is growing with productivity and output quality. Ink used in the press is classified into aqueous ink, aqueous resin ink, and ultraviolet ray (UV) curing ink. With the aqueous ink, inkjet media is used and the main unit is less expensive. Aqueous resin ink, general stock media can be used. UV ink, the energy efficiency of the UV curing is high and print speed can be high. In addition to these features, inkjet technology meets the demand of label; (1) productivity, (2) supporting media, (3) image quality, (4) durability, and (5) added value. The inkjet technology is replacing analog print, and is expected as new value technology.