Corrugated box printing history

With the continuous development of the society, the printing of corrugated boxes is gradually moving towards high-end, high-quality and intense visual effects. In this development process, there are roughly four stages:

1. Monochrome simple text printing

Due to various factors such as the printing machine, printing plate, and ink, the corrugated boxes at this stage only serve as a packaging product and a simple identification function. Plates are also mainly hand-engraved rubber plates, and the carton form is relatively single.

2. Monochrome half tone image and line printing with more than two colors

With the development of printing and supporting technologies, there have been some changes in the printing of corrugated boxes during this period. Some simple monotone halftone images and two or more lines can be printed. The carton packs show an initial colorization and the use of sensitization begins. Resin version.

3. Color halftone image superimposition

The development of new plate making technology has laid a solid foundation for the printing of colorful corrugated cartons. In this process, the advantages of the resin plate and the three primary colors are fully displayed, and the visually intense color corrugated boxes begin to appear.

4. Pre-printing

Since the pre-printing was first printed on the web, and then on the corrugated production line for compounding and slitting, the color printing level of the corrugated box showed a qualitative leap. However, due to large investment and high technical content, pre-printing is still in its infancy in China.