START YOUR PHONE CASES BUSINESS WITH A UV PRINTER
START YOUR PHONE CASES BUSINESS WITH A UV PRINTER
There are many ways to make a DIY phone case. For example, you can use glue to fix various decorations on the phone case; stick various beautiful stickers on the phone case; or paint the outside with nail polish.
Today, I want to talk about another DIY method: printing patterns on the phone case with a UV printer. This method does not require exquisite craftsmanship, and you can spend more time focusing on designing beautiful patterns and testing market feedback on design ideas. In this article, I’ll walk you through the process of phone case POD printing, and talk about some strategies to start your business.
The UV printer uses colored inks to print pictures or text on various surfaces such as plastic, wood, metal, or glass, while the printed pattern is exposed to strong ultraviolet light to cure.
The first step is to stick a piece of white paper on the printing platform and print reference lines of the phone case on the paper. When designing a phone case pattern, you may need detailed reference lines, but when printing the phone case, only simple reference lines are needed.
Align the blank phone case with the reference lines on the paper. Some phone cases come with protective film, so remember to remove the protective film first, otherwise, the ink will solidify on the protective film instead of the phone case. This printer can print multiple phone cases at the same time, making it suitable for printing custom-designed patterns on a small scale. Push the printing platform inward, and the print head will begin printing.
There is a UV lamp next to the print head, which can quickly cure the ink during the printing process. In fact, we can design various hollow patterns on the image according to our needs, and there is a lot of freedom in image design, with the printed colors being very vivid.