数字配色工艺.ppt

LEP Technology “Everything that can become digital will become digital - and printing is no exception.” Benny Landa Market trends Opportunities for Digital Publishing Broadest Portfolio of Digital Color Presses HP Indigo 5000 LEP technology fundamentals HP Indigo press 5000 HP Indigo printing process BID (Binary Ink Developer) Forms the Ink Layer BID operation Marking Engine Operation Offset Liquid Electrophotography Combines the Best of Laser Printers and Offset Presses Image transfer to blanket Image conditioning on transfer blanket Transfer to media HP Indigo Liquid Electrophotography (LEP) Marking Engine Operation The Indigo Process PIP transfer to Imaging Blanket is electrostatic On the heated Blanket the particles melt and blend together making the image cohesive and tacky 100% transfer from Blanket to Substrate The ElectroInk instantaneously solidifies upon contact with the cooler substrate Print quality control system LEP Technology Ink HP Indigo ElectroInk Tentacular Particles Characteristics of ElectroInk:Digital Liquid Electrophotographic Ink Polymer resin particles Ethylene corboxylic acid copolymer resin 1 to 2 micron average particle diameter Colored pigments incorporated in the particles Particles are dispersed in a dielectric organic liquid Negative electrostatic charge on the particles Charge arises from ionic additives in the liquid Ink conductivity is 80 picomhos/cm at 22 C HP Indigo ElectroInk Tentacular Particles ElectroInk vs Dry Toner ElectroInk vs Dry Toner ElectroInk vs Dry Toner ElectroInk vs Dry Toner Cross Section Comparison with Dry Toner Digital Offset ElectroInk ElectroInk: Printed Image Characteristics Thin image on print media Image conforms to substrate surface Image gloss matches substrate gloss High color clarity (low light scattering) ElectroInk resin is a hot melt adhesive Forms a film with good cohesive strength Tacky at 90 C for transfer to media Freezes to media – dry and no longer tacky No ink-ab