Digital glass printing

Digital glass printing — a new “Siberian Glass Company” suggestion.

Digital printing — covering of a flat glass surface with colour images by means of the inkjet printer with the digital GlassJet printing quality (Israel).

Special baked ceramic ink is used for image printing; it is specially developed for the GlassJet printer. After an image application glass is tempered and transferred into safe and aesthetic construction material. A field of digital printing usage coincides with opportunities of a tempered glass application.

Technical production capabilities

• printing on all types of glass: clear, tinted, reflective, thermal control, multifunctional, self-cleaning
• print resolution set to 360 dpi
• format of initial images: PDF, EPS, JPEG, Tiff, Bmp
• printing speed 50—100 sqm/hr
• glass sizes: maximum 2 440×3 700mm, minimum 400×400mm
• glass thickness 4—19mm
• thickness range of ink application
• possibility of bending and application as a part of laminated glass

Colour spectrum

The basic colour spectrum consists of 9 colours that can be mixed to widen colour tints.

• Mixed colour images (simultaneous printing of 5 colours in one image)
• One-colour images
• Grey scale images

Printing technology

1. Glass processing: cutting, drilling, edging
2. Preliminary file preparation, information transfer to the computer
3. Glass covering with colour images by means of the inkjet GlassJet printer
4. Coloured glass drying
5. Coloured glass tempering