Anodized Aluminium Printing

Encyan GmbH
Buchgrindelstrasse 13
CH-8620 Wetzikon
Tel. +41 43 540 07 30
www.encyan.com
Anodized Aluminium Printing
The Process
Dye based inks are directly printed into the open pores of the oxide layer. After
drying the print, the pores are sealed in boiling water. The dye is henceforth protected by a colorless, transparent, hard oxide. The outcome is a durable, highvalue product with excellent scratch and chemical resistance. Using digital printing, photorealistic prints can be directly generated from image files to the substrate - without time-consuming intermediate steps and without additional
charge in case of single pieces.
Encyan® Inks
water based, odorless dye inks CMYK (proprietary development)
further colors (red and blue among others) are possible
Turn-key Printing Systems
large format inkjet printers (43 to 163 cm / 17 to 64 inch)
object height 0.3 mm to 12 cm (depends on the printing system)
photorealistic print quality using 1440 x 1440 dpi
integrated dryer unit (proprietary development)
ready-to-use PC inclusive RIP software
application specific color and printer setup
© Encyan GmbH
2010
Substrates
The thickness of the open porous oxide layer must be 25 +/-3 µm. Consider the
limited storage life of this kind of materials. We will be glad to generate the ICC
profile for your aluminium plates. Alternatively, we offer anodized aluminium
substrates already successfully tested by us.
Application Examples
front panel, push button cap, rating plate with serial number, information panel,
billboard, decoration
Service
consulting
design
printing service
inks
open porous anodized aluminium plates for digital direct printing
printing systems
from one source
© Encyan GmbH
2010