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Search Search Home / Table of Contents Product Series UV Single Pass Printer Series Single Pass Printer Series Contact Us Share this blog Facebook Linkedin Twitter Precision Printing Upgraded: How CCD Vision Positioning Unlocks the Full Potential of UV Single Pass Printers Have you ever encountered this situation: meticulously designed product patterns always have slight deviations during printing, leading to a decrease in product yield? Or do you have to repeatedly adjust printing parameters for different batches and sizes of products, resulting in low production efficiency? Or do you need complex fixtures and alignment adjustments, which not only increase costs but also increase debugging time? UV Single Pass printers equipped with CCD vision positioning are completely changing this situation. Through intelligent visual recognition technology, even the most complex printing tasks can be easily handled. As is well known, UV Single Pass printers represent a revolutionary and leading printing technology. They support full-color printing without the need for plates, and maintain high-precision color reproduction at up to 1200dpi while printing at high speeds. For scenarios requiring large-scale production, UV Single Pass printers offer ultimate efficiency and cost-effectiveness. One of the biggest challenges faced by many manufacturers is “alignment deviation”—for small products such as bottle caps, cards, badges, refrigerator magnets, etc., even a 0.5 mm offset can render an entire batch of printed products unusable. This level of precision is difficult to achieve consistently with traditional printing methods, especially in large-scale continuous production. 1. Visual Revolution: How CCD Redefines Printing Positioning Accuracy The CCD vision positioning system is essentially an image-based intelligent guidance system. The system captures product images using high-resolution industrial cameras, then analyzes these images using advanced algorithms to extract feature points, edges, or specific markers, ultimately calculating the precise position and orientation of the product in the printing space. The advantage of the CCD system lies in its ability to “see” the entire product surface. This full-field recognition capability allows the system to handle more complex positioning tasks, recognizing product shapes, whether circular, elliptical, or irregular. After recognition, we can precisely place the required printing pattern onto the product in the software. Furthermore, it supports simultaneous printing of different patterns; compared to traditional methods requiring fixtures or pre-printed positioning frames, this is undoubtedly a qualitative leap in terms of printing accuracy, time cost, and labor cost! The processing speed of the CCD vision positioning system is typically in milliseconds, meaning it hardly affects the overall production speed while providing positioning accuracy far superior to manual methods or traditional sensors. 2. Application Advantages: Four Core Values Brought by CCD Vision Positioning — Improved Yield and Consistency: The CCD system can detect and correct minute positional deviations, ensuring that the printed pattern on each product is precisely positioned. This is especially important for printed content requiring strict alignment, such as brand logos, serial numbers, or certification marks. — Reduced Setup Time and Material Waste: In traditional methods, changing products or adjusting designs requires
