La printing on glass has always been one of the most requested processes, because the process allows a unique and original transformation of the glass component. We can distinguish three types of printing on glass: the mechanical type printing, to which the glass plate is subjected in the production phase; there digital printingcapable of transferring a certain high-definition image to a flat or curved glass sheet; there serigraphy, which arises between the two types of printing since the color is not deposited by the printer nozzles but is transmitted to the finished plate through a specially made frame.
Mechanical printing
In the mechanical printing process a relief design to one of the two faces of the glass when it is subjected to the compression of the rollers.
The best known and most widespread type of printed glass is the so-called "printed C": characterized by an orange peel effect on one of the two sides, it was widely used in the past for shower stalls and refrigerator shelves.
Screen printing
The screen printing technique is the most used for subjects reproduced on large scale. It is used for the reproduction with paints and enamels on flat or curved plates of drawings, writings, decorations for artistic or functional purposes with the use of frames. With suitable photographic reproduction techniques, a frame is made, called silk-screen, which shows the design to be reproduced on the glass plate. Baking in the oven, generally associated with hardening, concludes the operation by vitrifying the enamel.
Digital printing
Digital glass printing is an advanced technology that allows you to print, on glass plates, images, photos, drawings and writings in digital form, without the use of the usual reproduction and decoration tools such as screen printing frames or printing rollers. . The final effect that is obtained is an image perfectly integrated with the material: therefore you do not have the impression that it has been applied to it. The colors turn out extremely bright and the edges of the image well defined. This type of processing is extremely fast, economical and fully customizable. Digital printing on glass is widely used in construction and in projects of design. The printed glasses embellish shower, doors, furnishing elements, glass and steel stairs, wall pictures and kitchens.
