Check and do leather UV printing ARTJET 2025

Check and do leather UV printing

Let me tell you about the conditions and precautions required to print natural leather and artificial leather with a UV Printer.

 

I. “Can it be printed on leather?” _Check and do leather UV printing

 

1. Let’s talk about the market for a moment. _Check and do leather UV printing

About 10 years ago, one of the Louis Vuitton bags was printed on leather with a UV Printer.
It was a UV Printer from Italy’s Durst, and I thought, ‘UV printers have finally entered the leather market! ‘
However, contrary to expectations, UV printers were not very active in the leather market.

Instead of UV printers. In China which is fast,
pre-processing + printing with existing solvent ink + post-processing, a cheap and durable leather printing solution was developed,
and after that, the leather printing volume used this solution developed by China.
As leather printing became possible with a cheap solution, expensive UV printers were pushed out of the leather market.

 

2. Small quantity production of various varieties _Check and do leather UV printing

Mass production is done with Chinese solutions, but some companies are doing small-quantity customized production with UV printing.

Sometimes, people who do small-quantity or customized printing ask about leather printing.

My answer is a bit negative, and I have no choice but to ask additional questions.

“By any chance, after printing on the fabric, how many times do you fold it to make the final product? Like a wallet?”

“Do you just UV print on the final product?”

“Is it artificial leather? Is it natural leather?”

“If it’s natural leather, is it coated? Should I just print on the leather?”

“How many years should the UV printing last? Should it last about 6 months?”

 

In conclusion, UV printing is possible on leather, but whether it can be printed depends on the final product.

 

II. Factors to Consider _Check and do leather UV printing

 

1. Is it natural leather? Is it artificial leather? _Check and do leather UV printing

 

The reason why people ask whether it is artificial leather or natural leather is because of the adhesion of the ink to the material after UV printing.

I have met many customers while selling UV printers for 20 years and there was a big difference in adhesion depending on the type of leather.

 

Uncoated natural leather
Natural leather is not smooth on the surface, so when UV printing is done, the color does not come out properly because it goes into the spaces between the edges.
Before color printing, you need to increase the white concentration a lot, and the color will come out properly.
Another problem is that the adhesion between the ink and the material is not good.
If you scratch it with your fingernail, there is a high probability that it will come off.

 

Coated natural leather
People who work with leather a lot say that,
Uncoated leather has a somewhat messy surface, and most people coat it to make it look neat.
Compared to uncoated natural leather, the surface is smooth, so ink is not absorbed, and the color expression is good.
However, depending on the type of coating, the adhesion can be good or bad.

 

Artificial leather
Based on my experience testing leather printing so far, I can say that most of the printing works well and the adhesion is strong. Of course, it may vary depending on the material.

 

2. How many times do you fold it? _Check and do leather UV printing  

Natural leather, which does not express colors well and has poor adhesion, will be excluded.

When printing on coated natural leather or artificial leather, how many times should the printed surface be folded? Is it possible to make the final product without folding it? It is also important.

UV ink is largely divided into two types.

• Hard UV ink, which is hard but has strong surface scratch resistance.
• Medium or soft UV ink, which is soft but has weak surface scratch resistance.

 

Most leather materials contain a certain color rather than a white background. The color must be covered with white and the color must be printed to obtain the correct color.

If the white concentration is low, the color of the leather surface may rise, and the CMYK Lc Lc ink color may not be expressed properly.

For this reason, when printing on dark-colored leather, the white is applied thickly to cover the dark color of the background as much as possible.

In other words, the ink thickness cannot help but be thick.

 

When the leather is printed thickly and the leather surface is folded twice or three times to make a wallet, the printed ink will spread out or break. If you print it this way and fold it several times to make a product, you should use medium or soft UV ink.
If you use hard ink, the printed ink may break or fall off.

 

However, if the ink is too soft, the leather folding process is fine because it has good flexibility, but the surface scratch resistance is weak, so scratch marks may be visible when scratched with a fingernail.

 

Since each manufacturer has a different definition of medium and soft UV ink, even if the seller says, “There is no problem with leather printing because there is medium and soft ink,” you should print on the leather you have, fold it, scratch it with a fingernail, and check with your eyes whether the product can be applied.

3. Durable _Check and do leather UV printing

UV ink adhesion varies significantly depending on the material.
If the material you are using has strong UV ink adhesion, it will last for more than a year,
but if not, it should be applied to fancy products that last only about 6 months.

When making products with leather UV printing, you must check the adhesion before deciding on the product use.

You can see the method and results of the adhesion test for artificial leather and natural leather by clicking here.

 

4. Easy-to-apply leather printing _Check and do leather UV printing

 

I made a gift for my club members by putting their initials on a leather cigarette case.

• It is made of artificial leather,
• and it is a pre-made product that will not be folded,
• and it is a product that will be touched frequently, so I applied hard UV ink.

Check and do leather UV printing

III. This is how ARTJET supports our customers.

 

One thing I feel while selling and maintaining ARTJET UV Printers for 5 years is that the next most important thing after product stability is Troubleshooting DATA.

All products have problems, whether they are actual equipment problems or consumer errors, and product stability is how easily and quickly you solve those problems.

Since words alone are not convincing, we are organizing all the troubleshooting DATA as follows,

ARTJET UV Printer

1. Printhead Problems and Solutions Total 10

ARTJET UV Printer Problems and Solution_Printhead Problems Summary

Additional issue and solution
The red color does not appear at first, then appears during printing, and then does not appear again

 

2. Ink Supply Problems and Solutions Total 17

ARTJET UV Printer Problems and Solutions_Ink Supply Problems Summary

Comprehensive application
Damper replacement time
The nozzle test is fine, but it seems that a certain color is not coming out during printing
Capping station block positioning to match the print head and captop
Can I ignore the ink alarm and use it?
UV Printer Monday Morning Routine
I tried white cleaning every day for a month

3. Mechanical problem and Solutions 

1. How to align the print head in a straight line
2. There is a clicking noise from the X-axis
3. Banding problem in specific section
4. The Importance of Head Height in Bidirectional Printing
5. Problems that occur when the wiper height is high
6. When the cleaning belt screw is loose
7. When the capping fixing plate does not fit
8. How do I prepare the ARTJET electricity?
9.When Anti-crash becomes a jam in captop
10. Print head Anti crash system 

 

4. Electron board and Software problem is hereunder. 

1. The printer works but printing does not work
2. Resetting to default settings
3. Touch panel does not turn on
4. The printer is printing, but nothing is printed
5. Software closes when I just press the print button
6. Printing in the wrong place
7. Positioning misalignment in X-axis direction
8. How to make the Offset fine tune
9. Vertical offset is not correct only for the right section of white
10. Software turn off when click print button

 

5. Sai Flexi Rip software  

1. Sai Flexi Rip _ How to make the Spot Color & several mistakes
2. Sai Flexi Rip _ Color is strange after applying Spot color
3. Sai Flexi Rip _ White is sticking out
4. Sai Flexi Rip _ Installation and Dongle Key Recognition Failure Measures
5. Sai Flexi Rip _ Dongle Key Recognition Failure
6. Sai Flexi Rip _ White lines appear when printing only color
7. Sai Flexi Rip _ Color Adjustment through Graph
8. Sai Flexi Rip _ Print size compensation
9. Sai Flexi Rip _ Ink Consumption Calculation
10. What is ICC profile & menu board UV Printing
11. Sai Flexi Rip _ Dongle Key recognition Failure from USB port
12. UV Printer difference between 4-color and 6-color

 

6. Problems and solutions from actual consumer sites

1. Paper that absorbs ink
2. White Motor Pump Does Not Turn
3. A line-like thing appears at the end of the white print surface
4.Can varnish banding be reduced?
5. Are there many problems with China’s UV Printer?

7. UV Printer Application 

we are explaining not only UV printer problems and solutions, but also what products are produced with UV printers.

1. Braille printing
2. Flip the material and align it
3. 2.5D UV print
4. ARTJET UV Printer Application 6 _아크릴 본딩 장비
5. I phone 14 print limitation 
6. Mask printing not recommend
7. Leather Cigarette Case UV Printing
8. Round soccer strategy board UV printing
9. Primer  performance & limitation 
10. UV Print & Laser crop mark cutting
11. Mobil case UV print profit
12. Screen vs Digital Comparison and UV Printing on Hand Sanitizer Cases
13. Bottle zig & print
14. Canvas UV Printing
15. Applying epoxy effect with varnish
16. Making a light frame with UV Printer & Laser cutter
17. UV Printer & Laser Cutting Equipment Button Name Tag Making
18. UV Printer & Laser Cutting Making a Cell Phone GripTok
19. Making an Acrylic Keychain with UV Printer & Laser Cutter
20. UV Print with Zig
21. How to make RD WORKS CCD camera cutting Video manual
22. Acrylic bonding equipment
23. All the steps to create UVDTF
24. UVDTF TEST Result on various material
25. ARTJET CW+C Print time & Ink Cost
26. Create a white shield with different images on the front and back of the keyring
27. Keyring Business Required Equipment and Investment Costs
29. Acrylic Lighting Goods
30. Ballpoint pen jig printing
31. Staining occurs when printing on coated leather

 

That’s it for today.