What are the applications of LED UV in the printing industry?
The printing industry was one of the earliest adopters of HG UV and then LED UV curing for inks and coatings. This was especially true with sheetfed offset and narrow web flexo printers. LED UV curing is becoming increasingly standard for digital inkjet and web offset presses. , There is a growing movement of printers retrofitting production lines that have existing UV curing systems to LED UV.
The majority of UV-curable inkjet printers on the market use LED curing as their default curing technology as it has advanced to ensure faster curing and high-quality printing as well as improved production output.
For flexographic presses, LED UV’s ability to cure with cooler temperatures is widely adopted as a game changer for printing on thinner films and a wider range of label stocks. Inkjet LED UV curing leads the market in wide-format graphics primarily because of the ability to print on specialty substrates, and most narrow web presses are sold standard with LED UV curing as well.
