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Please find some links and notes from the 2 Regular Guys Podcast. We welcome back to the show Don Copeland from ColDesi to give us an in-depth review of the UV Printing technology available. We will discuss where this technology fits in our industry, what markets it is changing and what the future holds for UV Printing.

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Everything You Wanted to know about UV Printing Terry: Start us off with a quick rundown of what UV Printing technology is and it’s benefits to a decorator.-UV printing technology is inkjet printing that uses special inks – UV inks dry through a photochemical process. Basically, when ultra-violet light hits the inks they almost immediately turn to a solid. For our sake we generally speak about flatbed, UV-LED printers. Flatbed printers allow for the printing of dimensional items like cell phone cases, golf balls, acrylic awards, boxes – the list goes on and on, basically more than just flat, thin materials. Standard depths on small to mid-format, flatbed, UV-LED printers range from a couple of inches up to nearly a foot, with some optional depths to as much as 18”. “UV-LED” because the lamps used on the most current UV printers are LED instead of the mercury vapor lamps previously used. LED lamps use much less power and are far more durable,