UV printer needs soft ink and hard ink for different materials.
Here are the specific differences and applications:
Advantages of soft ink: UV soft ink can be applied in a wide range of fields, with the advantages of high color saturation and good color reduction. With excellent waterproof performance, and strong weather resistance, the output image can be saved for a long time, the printed pattern will be distorted by force, and the material will not crack.
Advantages and characteristics of hard ink: hard ink has better adhesion to hard materials, and the effect of inkjet products is glossy, high saturation, and strong three-dimensional image.
The common application range of soft ink: mobile phone leather case, leather, advertising cloth, soft PVC, soft rubber shell, etc.
Common hard inks can be used in metal, glass, hard plastic, ceramic tile, plexiglass, acrylic, billboard, and other hard materials or can be used in processing composite microcrystalline (some materials need to be coated).
How to deal with the wrong ink in a UV printer
One printer should use the same ink, and other inks cannot be mixed. For example, if we use a UV printer to add an ink that is different from the ink cartridge, it is easy to cause incompatibility between the two inks, so that there is sediment in the ink path, blocking the ink path system or UV printer nozzle, causing unnecessary losses.
So what should we do if we add the wrong UV printer ink?
- If the ink has just been added to the ink cartridge, that is to say, the ink has not yet entered the ink supply path, so it is only necessary to replace a new ink cartridge.
- If the ink has entered the ink supply path, it is necessary to clean the entire ink path and replace the corresponding filter disc at the same time; If the cleaning is not clean, the whole ink supply system needs to be replaced.
- If the cleaning function has been turned on, it means that the ink has entered the nozzle. At this time, it is necessary to remove the nozzle immediately, clean the nozzle with nozzle cleaning fluid, and discharge all the ink as much as possible.
- If the nozzle is blocked seriously, you need to find a professional to deal with it.