UV LED Inks: The Future of Narrow-web Printing?

First, the basics

UV LED is an alternative curing technique to traditional mercury curing, the primary method used today to cure UV inks in the narrow-web industry. Used already in many industrial and practical applications, such as visible lighting, water purification, and nail curing, UV LED technology has now crossed over into printing applications. This curing method is now used regularly in UV inkjet, large-format UV screen, and UV sheetfed applications. And, as we will discuss in this article, beginning its growth in narrow-web label and package printing.