Outdoor Application PET Backlit Film for Inkjet Printer with Oily Ink and Solvent Ink

Backlit film is a product taking PET film as the base film and then coating with special layering high technology coating, which is widely used for outdoor applications such as station displaying and advertising.

As the backlit film is put outside, which means it has a higher demand for waterproof and anti-UV property, is usually proceeded with oily ink or solvent ink.

Classified by the printing type, backlit film can be classified into front printing and reverse printing two types, and it is available in different thickess, such as 115micron, 130micron, 160micron, 170micron, 200micron, 220micron, etc.

What Is Backlit Film?

Backlit film is a printing film used for outdoor and indoor advertising and displaying. It takes PET film as the base film, and then coated with different material for meeting different printing purposes.

Backlit film can be classified into front printing and reverse printing two types. The front printing backlit film is suitable for inks of dye ink(support both water based type and oily type), pigment ink(both water based type and oily type), UV ink, solvent ink(support both solvent ink and eco-solvent ink). The reverse printing backlit film support water based dye ink and pigment ink(both water based and oily type).

Backlit film is usually in paper core of 2 inch(means 50.8mm diameter of inner paper core), and the stardard width includes 610mm(24''), 914mm(36''), 1070mm(42''), 1118mm(44''), 1270mm(50''), 1520mm(60''), 1600mm(63''), 1650mm(65''), 1880mm(74''). With a popular roll length of 30m or 50m. Customized width is also accepted in PNP Film.

Where Is Backlit Film Used?

Backlit film is mainly used in the scenes such as airport, subway, station, poster, shop window, and son on. With backlit film's excellent ink absorb ability and high ink coverage, the image definition would be elegent and it is able to restore true and accurate images.

How to Choose the Backlit Film?

Printing ink is the most important factor when selecting a backlit film. Dye ink and pigment ink are two popular inks that workable for both front printing backlit film and reverse printing film, some special inks such as solvent ink(including eco-solvent ink) and UV ink need adopts special coating on the backlit film, for matching the different ink properties.

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