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Today, the printing industry is aware of the importance of environmental protection. Almost all printing companies, like yours, hope to pollute the environment as little as possible, pay more attention to the health of employees, achieve "green" expectations, and strictly abide by global regulations. Achieving a balance between environmental commitments and customer needs is a tricky business, because even now you have many ways to achieve environmental protection, it is difficult to balance the cost and return benefits.
For you, how to make the right choice can be attributed to two questions. One is how much your end customers are willing to invest in sustainable products? The other is, is there really a low-cost “green” ink that meets all of the customer's needs?
Market demand for “green” inks
In recent years, "green" ink has become a popular topic in the printing industry. As a result, most ink manufacturers have proposed some environmentally friendly solutions. According to a recent study by Panor International, “Environmental Ink Outlook – 2014 Market Forecast”, we can see that by 2014, the global environmental ink trading volume will reach 7.2 billion euros, the compound year from 2009 to 2014. The average growth rate will reach 4.5%.
“Environmental” and “green” are very broad concepts. Environmentally friendly inks are often defined as inks that use the most specialized bio-derived materials and have the lowest volatile organic compound (VOC) content. Therefore, many inks can be considered "environmentally friendly" products (eg, water-based inks, water-based inks, energy-curable inks, UV-curable inks, and paste inks).
In this article, we will focus on the two most common environmentally friendly inks: water-based inks and UV-curable inks.
Water-based inks use water as a carrier for ink and are an ideal solution for interior images and coated materials. The special coating absorbs some of the water and thus allows the colorant to remain on the surface. This chemical composition allows water-based inks to be used only on indoor images and expensive coated media.
In order to make water-based inks more widely used, new resin inks such as HP Latex inks have made some changes in chemical composition. This type of ink uses water as a carrier, but at the same time contains a co-solvent for softening the medium so that the ink bonds firmly to the surface of the medium. The ink is then heated to an extremely high temperature so that a film can be formed to lock the pigment and render it insoluble in water. The scent of this type of ink is also similar to water-based latex paints.
Although water-based inks are superior to other ink types (such as solvent inks), they are not the best environmentally friendly solution because they contain cosolvents and biodegradable pigments, as well as the particularly high energy consumption when heating inks. Because these energy consumption greatly increases the greenhouse gas emissions.
UV curable inks were developed to reduce environmental impact. EFI's UV-curable inks contain up to 50% of natural derived monomers and oligomers, all derived from renewable resources such as plants and biomass. These inks essentially eliminate volatile organic compounds and are free of heavy metals such as antimony, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium. Some regulations, including the US Waste Regulations (RCRA), classify them as non-hazardous waste.
“Green” printing solutions are not just ink
With the continuous development of the company's new technology and the continuous adjustment of existing technologies, green ink is also constantly developing. However, greening needs to consider not just ink, but also many different factors—the cost of printers, printer parts, energy, and water. When you consider these factors at the same time, you will find that some so-called environmentally friendly printing equipment and inks are not environmentally friendly.
Since the right printing equipment needs to integrate many factors, you need to give priority to the following 10 factors when ordering the next printing system.
1. Work efficiency. Your printer should have features such as high efficiency, high reliability, good performance, seamless collaboration with RIP and ink, and ease of operation to meet your heavy workload demands. Care must be taken with equipment that reduces overall print speed due to RIP processing speed. Also, pay close attention to its installation time as it will affect your productivity, speed of work, workload, and ultimately your revenue.
2. Quality. The products you sell must be of comparable quality to meet the needs of your customers. However, not all jobs require the highest print accuracy output.
3. The actual cost of the printer and consumables. Before you purchase the next printing system, please verify your capital and operating costs. The cost of capital is mainly through the rapid recovery of investment by converting existing print jobs into more efficient new digital printouts or by investing in printing equipment capable of short-run printing and high-margin applications. ,increase profit. Operating costs are primarily related to ongoing costs incurred during printer operation, such as energy consumption, printer ink type, and special repairs.
Moreover, you have to check the area printed for every dollar or global currency unit, because you definitely don't want to increase production costs, lower the quality of your service, or use the "new" digital printing equipment. And refused to undertake certain businesses.
4. Adaptability of substrate and medium. Both your profitability and customer satisfaction are closely related to the number of printable substrates and media types. Choosing a printing system and ink for a variety of substrates and media, such as clear film, is critical to the smooth development of your company.
5. Environmental commitment. While many printing companies want more “green” solutions, most surveys show that print company end customers are not willing to add cost to environmental technology applications. If you look at the entire printing system and ink, you will find that some so-called "green" solutions are not environmentally friendly. To make sure your printing system is truly environmentally friendly, check the following:
1 Energy consumption: The use of a large amount of electricity and water will have an adverse impact on the environment.
2 Excessive maintenance costs: If your printing device has to do a lot of "special" processing, it is likely to increase your unnecessary consumption.
3 Domestic and global environmental certification: All environmentally friendly printing solutions and inks are subject to reliable third-party certification.
4 Recyclable kits: Recyclable kits sound great. However, biodegradable boxes and the petrol energy required to ship these kits are not environmentally friendly.
5 Biodegradable parts: Green printing solutions should not contain biodegradable inks or printing elements.
6. End-to-end solution. Buying uninterrupted, integrated solutions, services and technical support from a single company can solve all your printing needs and make your life easier. At the same time, it provides you with a sustainable upgrade solution that allows you to scale your business more smoothly.
7. A printer that can be used with existing printing equipment. If the printer you used before is still usable, why is it necessary to eliminate it? It is important to find a printing device that can work with your existing press, because even the best digital press is not for any job. It is ideal or cost effective.
8. Color is still critical to your customers. Regardless of the equipment you use, precise and consistent colors are the constant needs of your customers.
9. Worldwide service and technical support. To get the most out of your printer, you must first understand its performance. That's also the content of online and classroom services and training. Since your printer may experience unexpected failures, you will need 24/7 technical support while your printer is running year-round.
10. Maximize your return on investment. The printer you buy is also an investment in brand and company success. Therefore, the following aspects must be considered when selecting a printer: vertically integrated ink; other integrated products, services and technical support that meet your current and future needs; the process of brand innovation and reputation building; the guiding role in the printing market; Reasonable ink pricing. Failure to do so will limit your product's sales market, your product application, and your profitability; a broad partner base so you can get products, services, and technical support anywhere.