Laminate flooring offers a huge variety of decorative choices. In traditional printing, it is the printed decorative paper which gives laminate flooring its individual appearance. This is then treated with an overlay of melamin resin, to make it hard wearing. Now however, machine manufacturers for home décor products are moving into the production of digital printing machines. Digital printing brings many benefits to surface coating industries. Printing directly onto a variety of substrates, affordably and in very small batches, allows companies to open up new creative applications and markets.
Applications
Industrial production of laminate flooring
Industrial production of furniture
Fluids/substrates: UV inks onto a variety of materials including paper, wood, stone, vinyl, and plastic substrates
Advantages of Xaar inkjet technology
No set up time is required, nor any minimum run length
Non-contact printing – can handle curved or flat objects giving the versatility to handle a wide variety of products
Digital printing on demand provides flexibility, cuts waste, and reduces storage costs
Inkjet can produce photographic resolution with no limit to design options
Xaar printheads developed for the Décor and Laminates market
Xaar 1001