Almost daily, we are experimenting with new substrates. What we’ve learned is that our new LED UV Flatbed Printer with 4’ x 8’ full-bleed print area and 4-inch print height can print on just about anything!
In addition to printing high-volumes of outdoor lawn signs and indoor retail signage, we recently printed on three Beverage-Air cooler doors. The doors were at least 10-years old, scratched, and dented in some areas. Printing on old wavy metal proved challenging, but after about an hour and half of measurements and fine-tuning, our team was able to create a masterpiece.
We printed a primer ink base, white ink, and CMYK inks on the first pass. The second printed pass we applied a clear varnish. Due to the two passes and seven total inks used, each door took about 5 minutes to print.
