The invention discloses a printing preparation process capable of improving the performance of a COF carrier tape, and relates to the technical field of COF carrier tape printing preparation, and the printing preparation process comprises the following steps: step 1, chemical pretreatment: removing pollutants such as oil stains on the surface of a COF carrier tape body through a cleaning device, and ensuring normal proceeding of subsequent printing; and 2,
plasma cleaning is conducted, specifically, the pretreated COF carrier tape body is moved to a treatment box under the traction effect of a winding mechanism,
plasma cleaning is conducted on a PI layer on the surface of the carrier tape through
oxygen-
nitrogen mixed gas, the surface performance is improved, and meanwhile a
copper-
tin layer is protected against oxidation. According to the printing preparation technology capable of improving the performance of the COF carrier tape, a
plasma cleaning mode with the pulse interval of 0.5 s is adopted,
mixed gas with the
oxygen-
nitrogen ratio of 4: 1 is matched,
energy consumption is reduced by 40% compared with a traditional continuous discharging mode, local temperature accumulation is avoided through the pulse interval, and the
oxidation rate of a
copper-
tin layer is controlled to be 0.1% or below; the roughness of the treated PI surface is stabilized at 50-100 nm, the
binding force of the ink is improved by 50% or above, and the requirement that the ink does not fall off in long-term use is met.