Cretalab: cmyk rotary ceramic printing

Direct from a computer screen to a ceramic tile

CretaChrom colour study

An ICC profile or colour pattern is created after studying the main variables of a given production line (biscuit, glaze, printing inks and the kiln firing curve). What is an ICC profile? It is a file that “translates” the colours on a digital image and shows their equivalents in the analyzed production line with the given variables.

From this point onwards all that is necessary is to choose the desired image and to manufacture the corresponding Cretachrom ceramic printing rollers with the certainty of obtaining the same image and colours on a tile. There is no need to invest time and money making test rollers to perform multiple trials to reach the desired result.

Cretachrom tile printing rollers and engraving

Cretachrom uses purpose-built silicone rollers and laser engraving. Cretachrom printing rollers are made with a nucleus that eliminates any eccentricity from its surface. Their shape is perfectly cylindrical and stays as such regardless of use and wear.

The chosen tile design is engraved onto Cretachrom rollers with a laser incision specially studied to obtain higher-depth and less-conical shaped cavities which deliver a more stable ink discharge.

High-precision Cretaprint tile rotary printers

Cretachrom works only with Cretaprint rotary machines. They are the only ones with the necessary synchronism precision between axes for CYMK printing thanks to their unique transport system.