1. Due to the lack of understanding of the customer's requirements for print performance and other aspects, high-grade materials were selected for production. However, as long as medium and low-grade materials are selected, they can meet the requirements of customers.
2. Because customers do not understand the properties of materials, blindly make some hard demands on the label manufacturers (such as according to foreign material number, etc.), resulting in unnecessary cost increase.
For the first case, business personnel should strengthen communication with customers to understand the customer's requirements for product performance and other aspects, and allow experienced technical personnel to check to avoid oversizing.
For the second case, printing manufacturers should make more efforts in coordinating with customers, and persuade customers through appropriate methods, which may encounter a lot of resistance, but it is very important to reduce costs.
In addition, there are no special requirements, some label printing manufacturers use "joint joint venture materials" or through the ISO certification of the material section. Their main reason for doing so is to take into account the better performance of these materials, to meet the requirements of label printing, it is easier to reach agreement with the customer, the choice is simple and convenient. However, to better achieve the purpose of reducing costs, in the printing of different grades of labels, you can use different grades of ink, paper, stickers and other materials, in order to effectively control the waste of the label printing process.
Reasonable choice of printing
Faced with distinctive printing methods, in order to reduce equipment debugging time, improve production efficiency, and to a certain extent improve the quality of products to meet the needs of customers, label printing manufacturers often based on different grades and different batches of live jobs, the product After sorting, select different printing methods for printing.
At present, China's label printing is mainly based on embossing, offset printing and screen printing, while developed countries such as Europe and the United States mainly adopt flexographic printing methods. With the continuous improvement of the domestic plate-making level and the continuous reduction of the price, the comprehensive cost of flexographic printing will be greatly reduced. Its low input and high output will attract more and more label manufacturers. In the long run, flexographic printing will be the first choice for packaging printing, especially for label printing. In the field of label printing, combination printing has become more and more popular. One of the reasons is that it can complete printing and post-processing at a time, which not only improves the production efficiency, but also significantly reduces the cost of label printing.
In addition, when the printing method is selected, if the machine is properly adjusted, it can also reduce material waste and machine wear. For example, when printing high-grade labels, first use ordinary, cheaper special light paper to debug the machine, and then change to a better material for printing; when debugging the machine, start the machine at a medium speed, and then adjust the speed and speed up the machine. At the same time the pressure of the version of the school color, after the completion of these two steps and then school color.
Post-press die cutting attention to detail
When offline die-cutting is used, die-cutting inaccuracies often occur, and even a large number of labels may be scrapped, and debugging must also be stopped. If the inspector masters the bad die-cutting standards, it will also increase the cost of printing.
In addition, in the printing of some adhesive labels (especially some small-area labels), the labels often appear stuck during the process of die cutting and waste disposal, which is also one of the main reasons for the waste of printed materials. Suggestions can be taken as follows.
1. When designing a label, the area of ​​the label can be appropriately increased, and the shape of the label should not be too complicated and a reasonable arrangement is adopted.
2. Appropriately reduce the temperature of the adhesive material storage workshop and the printing shop to prevent the viscosity of the adhesive material on the adhesive material from falling.
3. Replace die-cutting blades that use a long time and have a dull blade, or stick a sponge piece between the die-cut plate and the blade, and you can also remake the die-cut plate.
4. Through the method of die-cutting the bottom plate, the pressure of the die-cut plate is adjusted so that the pressure of the die-cut plate is even and the depth of the die-cut creasing is the same.
5. Improve the speed of die-cutting.
Scientific management strictly checks
In order to reduce the cost of label printing, in addition to making more efforts in various processes, it should also actively implement standardized, digital management. While introducing new equipment, new processes, and new technologies, domestic label printing companies should establish new management concepts, establish new management systems, and comprehensively improve the quality of label production and reduce costs with scientific and standardized management. In this respect, Tianjin Linke Industrial Co., Ltd. provided us with a good example. Figure 1 shows the company's current management model. According to the person in charge, this management model has played a significant role in reducing production costs, especially for the management of new products.
Determine product requirements
Review product requirements
Production preparation
making a manufacture plan
Product production and implementation
Product testing
Product delivery
In short, a scientific management model can organically combine the various process steps of label production to achieve overall control of the production process.
Conclusion
Reducing the cost of printing labels is a global task, and the key is to make reasonable plans in the prepress design stage, taking into account the process characteristics of each process, and to control the label printing as a whole through scientific management so as to ensure At the same time reduce the quality of waste. In the entire production process, the coordination between label printing manufacturers and customers has also been through them, affecting every aspect of label printing.
2. Because customers do not understand the properties of materials, blindly make some hard demands on the label manufacturers (such as according to foreign material number, etc.), resulting in unnecessary cost increase.
For the first case, business personnel should strengthen communication with customers to understand the customer's requirements for product performance and other aspects, and allow experienced technical personnel to check to avoid oversizing.
For the second case, printing manufacturers should make more efforts in coordinating with customers, and persuade customers through appropriate methods, which may encounter a lot of resistance, but it is very important to reduce costs.
In addition, there are no special requirements, some label printing manufacturers use "joint joint venture materials" or through the ISO certification of the material section. Their main reason for doing so is to take into account the better performance of these materials, to meet the requirements of label printing, it is easier to reach agreement with the customer, the choice is simple and convenient. However, to better achieve the purpose of reducing costs, in the printing of different grades of labels, you can use different grades of ink, paper, stickers and other materials, in order to effectively control the waste of the label printing process.
Reasonable choice of printing
Faced with distinctive printing methods, in order to reduce equipment debugging time, improve production efficiency, and to a certain extent improve the quality of products to meet the needs of customers, label printing manufacturers often based on different grades and different batches of live jobs, the product After sorting, select different printing methods for printing.
At present, China's label printing is mainly based on embossing, offset printing and screen printing, while developed countries such as Europe and the United States mainly adopt flexographic printing methods. With the continuous improvement of the domestic plate-making level and the continuous reduction of the price, the comprehensive cost of flexographic printing will be greatly reduced. Its low input and high output will attract more and more label manufacturers. In the long run, flexographic printing will be the first choice for packaging printing, especially for label printing. In the field of label printing, combination printing has become more and more popular. One of the reasons is that it can complete printing and post-processing at a time, which not only improves the production efficiency, but also significantly reduces the cost of label printing.
In addition, when the printing method is selected, if the machine is properly adjusted, it can also reduce material waste and machine wear. For example, when printing high-grade labels, first use ordinary, cheaper special light paper to debug the machine, and then change to a better material for printing; when debugging the machine, start the machine at a medium speed, and then adjust the speed and speed up the machine. At the same time the pressure of the version of the school color, after the completion of these two steps and then school color.
Post-press die cutting attention to detail
When offline die-cutting is used, die-cutting inaccuracies often occur, and even a large number of labels may be scrapped, and debugging must also be stopped. If the inspector masters the bad die-cutting standards, it will also increase the cost of printing.
In addition, in the printing of some adhesive labels (especially some small-area labels), the labels often appear stuck during the process of die cutting and waste disposal, which is also one of the main reasons for the waste of printed materials. Suggestions can be taken as follows.
1. When designing a label, the area of ​​the label can be appropriately increased, and the shape of the label should not be too complicated and a reasonable arrangement is adopted.
2. Appropriately reduce the temperature of the adhesive material storage workshop and the printing shop to prevent the viscosity of the adhesive material on the adhesive material from falling.
3. Replace die-cutting blades that use a long time and have a dull blade, or stick a sponge piece between the die-cut plate and the blade, and you can also remake the die-cut plate.
4. Through the method of die-cutting the bottom plate, the pressure of the die-cut plate is adjusted so that the pressure of the die-cut plate is even and the depth of the die-cut creasing is the same.
5. Improve the speed of die-cutting.
Scientific management strictly checks
In order to reduce the cost of label printing, in addition to making more efforts in various processes, it should also actively implement standardized, digital management. While introducing new equipment, new processes, and new technologies, domestic label printing companies should establish new management concepts, establish new management systems, and comprehensively improve the quality of label production and reduce costs with scientific and standardized management. In this respect, Tianjin Linke Industrial Co., Ltd. provided us with a good example. Figure 1 shows the company's current management model. According to the person in charge, this management model has played a significant role in reducing production costs, especially for the management of new products.
Determine product requirements
Review product requirements
Production preparation
making a manufacture plan
Product production and implementation
Product testing
Product delivery
In short, a scientific management model can organically combine the various process steps of label production to achieve overall control of the production process.
Conclusion
Reducing the cost of printing labels is a global task, and the key is to make reasonable plans in the prepress design stage, taking into account the process characteristics of each process, and to control the label printing as a whole through scientific management so as to ensure At the same time reduce the quality of waste. In the entire production process, the coordination between label printing manufacturers and customers has also been through them, affecting every aspect of label printing.