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Digital Ceramic Printing

Digital Ceramic Printing. SGCD Overview April 2010. Digital Ceramic Printing. History IP Estate MZ Toner Technologies Why Digital Ceramics? What’s the latest? What will it do?. Historical Milestones. 1993 First Patent Awarded to Michael Zimmer

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Digital Ceramic Printing

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  1. Digital Ceramic Printing SGCD Overview April 2010

  2. Digital Ceramic Printing • History • IP Estate MZ Toner Technologies • Why Digital Ceramics? • What’s the latest? • What will it do?

  3. Historical Milestones • 1993 First Patent Awarded to Michael Zimmer • 1994 Transition from Agfa to Canon CLC 500 copier • 1996 First commercial system sale • 1996 to 2004 3 new toner sets commercialized; transition from Canon CLC 500 to Canon CLC 900 series copiers • 2005 CLC 1180 prints magenta toner, fine particle toners • 2007 Transition from Canon to Konica Minolta Copier • 2008 Transition off of used copiers, first “desktop” ceramic printing system commercialized, OEM support. • 2009 Lead free toner set commercialized • 2010 Lead and Cadmium free toner set commercialized

  4. Status of Technology • 43 patents • 6 commercial toner sets, custom formulations available • Technology proven in numerous end uses • Broad applicability demonstrated • Clean and Green

  5. Business Drivers • Everybody wants custom • Everybody wants durable • Insulator against foreign mass production • Expanded markets – low volume/high margin • Smallest environmental impact • Two Pb/Cd free decorating systems • Material cost of decorated tile is around $9.00/sq. ft.

  6. System Attributes • 1200 dpi print resolution – highest of any commercial ceramic imaging technology. • Low material cost – 4 to 6 cents/decorated sq. in. • Computer to print simplicity • Environmentally sustainable – all dry chemistry • Prints true ceramic images – durable, UV stable, TCNA tested • Enables quick, simple, low cost production of custom products • 6 toner sets including in-glaze, and glass • True kiln fired ceramic durability

  7. Products Demonstrated • Photo porcelain “cameos” for the cemetery markers. • Custom tile/tile murals for bath, kitchen, swimming pool etc. • High quality, durable customer recognition items • Custom souvenirs • Family heirloom gifts - baby, wedding, anniversary, birthday, graduation, funeral • Customer and Custom Designed Tableware • High quality interior and exterior signage. • Photo imaged dental prosthetics • Ceramic bar codes • Numerous niche products

  8. Production Summary • Receive Artwork • Photoshop to customer specs. • Print Art • Make decal • Apply to porcelain item • Fire in the kiln

  9. Review Artwork • Slides, negatives, digital photos, analog photos, computer graphics, paintings, finger paintings etc. can be source images

  10. Photoshop to Customer Specs. • Crop, size, correct, combine etc. image elements to meet the customers specification. “It’s all about the graphics.”

  11. Prepare Image for Printing • Convert to CMYK in Photoshop • Press the mouse button.

  12. Print Art • Ceramic images are sent to the printer and printed with ceramic pigment chemistry.

  13. Apply Cover Coat • Cover coat is applied to the printed ceramic image using dry thermal lamination process. This completes the production of a water slide decal. • Cover coat can also be screen printed

  14. Apply to Substrate • Dip in water and slide off the decal paper. It is positioned on the ceramic substrate and placed in the kiln.

  15. Fire in the Kiln • Depending on the toner set used, max. firing temp. can be 1100 (glass) to 2300 F.

  16. Custom Tile Example – Denver Glass Interiors Inc. Showroom Tile Mural 48 inch by 96 inch Polar Bear

  17. A Few Sample Memorial Products

  18. Art Tile Mural

  19. Tableware

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