How to prevent mistakes with ink

In the current situation that the name of packaging printing ink in our country is not yet standardized, relevant usage guidelines should be asked to the technical staff of the ink factory.

Misuse of ink is the most common printing error in the operation of the packaging and printing industry. Each year, nearly 100 million yuan of printed products are discarded as waste.

Misuse of ink will cause color-color deviations and be rejected or claimed by consumers. It will also result in ink film failure or coating fading due to ink misuse. In fact, many of these lost items can be prevented. For this reason, the author hereby suggests that China's ink makers, even importing ink producers, and those who intend to enter the packaging and printing market in China, must use the type of China's printing ink on the packaging drum. Nearly 20% of the mistakes in using ink are due to similar names of inks. To this end, it once again called for the specification of packaging printing inks in China. In particular, the ink manufacturing industry should and must complete a plan to deal with the naming, labeling, and packaging of inks.

In the past 15 years, the situation of using ink mistakes is quite common. Furthermore, inventory and backlog inks have taken up the funds of packaging and printing companies in China. This has already become a big burden for the industry.

If the color or hue of the ink you use is different from the past, do not assume that the ink they gave you is right. Make a phone call and ask the purpose and scope of the ink. How to adjust the ink, how to control the viscosity, and how to control the printing speed Is very important. In order to effectively eliminate errors in ink use, in addition to standardizing the classification, naming and model of our country's printing ink products, Zhai A asked the ink manufacturer's engineers to provide other suggestions for this printing object, including:

1. For each color of the ink you use, please specify the product description and use it to print according to the ink. However, more than 50% of the operators do not use ink according to the instructions.

2. Save a copy of the ink instruction sheet. When using ink, review the ink instruction manual with the ink supplier to ensure that no ink interactions occur and the resulting color hue deviation.

Other suggestions are for ink manufacturers:

1. The preparation of printing materials and ink models should be based on the text design of the packaging industry and printing ink standards in China, so that packaging and printing consumers can easily understand them.

2. The relevant national authorities should create a website that is a comprehensive ink information base and establish a national hotline for those who cannot access the Internet.

3. Regardless of whether consumer users or printing operators have suffered from ink mistakes, printing ink manufacturers should tell them about the mistakes of using ink and let them be vigilant.

4, establish a national standard authority, put an end to separate standards. The main body of consciousness surrounding packaging printing provides chromatographs and color cards for printers, and it is responsible for providing detailed information on package printing faults and handling methods.

Only in this way can we meet the requirements of building a conservation-oriented and harmonious society. At the same time, the national resources' profit rate, printing usage rate, and the authenticity rate of ink can be fundamentally improved.

Source: China Packaging News