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On Print | Value Proposition for Thermal Transfer: Printed Electronics

(On Print)

March 08, 2017, Thermal transfer offers a unique set of capabilities that can be applied to advantage in emerging applications, one of which is printed electronics. Thermal transfer offers a unique set of capabilities ...

Finish Digital Webs

(Die-Cutting)

January 31, 2011, The Spectrum II finishing system for digitally printed webs is said to offer ease of use, high registration capabilities, and process flexibility. Performs The Spectrum II finishing system for digitally ...

Hey, I Printed That Magazine!

(News Clips Archive)

September 30, 2009, CHICAGO, IL | PFFC welcomed John Tompkins, a press operator at Quebecor World (now World Color), Lebanon, OH, to the American Printer/PFFC booth at the CHICAGO, IL | PFFC welcomed John Tompkins, a press ...

Baggy Webs: Part I Nightmares

(Archive)

March 31, 2007, ... winding shaft suppliers). Registration errors Registration to pre-printed web may be impossible when yielding within the wound roll produces baggy web and out-of-spec pattern dimensions. Corona treatment ...

What Is Web Cleaning, and Why Is It So Important?

(News | New Products)

October 14, 2024, ... some reasons why dust removal is so important. Printing Quality Dust particles on the printing substrate can interfere with the quality of the printed material. These particles can create defects, ...

Adapting for Digital or Conventional Labels

(Flexpack)

August 11, 2024, ... lengths. They're printed in much smaller quantities. The challenge owners need to address is to look at labels from the business perspective. Digital printing of labels is here to stay. When adapting ...

Static Charges: Production Mishaps and Product Misbehavior

(Surface Prep)

May 26, 2024, ... of uncontrolled static can result in distorted finished products, out of register printed products or damaged extruded films — this can lead to increased product rejections and wastage. Machinery on the ...

Web Guide 101

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

April 24, 2024, ... sensors, one on each side of your web. Another common application is guiding a printed line or image with a camera or contrast sensor. To address all sections of a roll-to-roll process, there are four ...

Hudson Printing Invests in Scodix SHD for Seamless Growth as Direct Mail and Book Sales Swell

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2023, ... digital strategy. Renowned for its wide array of printed products, including catalogues, high-end magazines, books, and direct mail, it’s particularly the latter two products that are identified as high-growth ...

Static and Static Controls in Printing

(Surface Prep)

December 05, 2023, ... the press, causing the sheet to turn slightly sideways. This gives either poor register or trips the stopping mechanism on the press and stops the press. Poor Jogging: Static can cause printed sheets ...

Planning, Labs and Trials

(Coating/Laminating)

May 30, 2023, ... on hand or can do the slitting-winding. The substrate may need to be pre-printed, coated or laminated prior to the trial where, for example, it becomes a pouch, a wipe in a canister, a package, a pressure-sensitive ...

Considerations for Electing Toll/Contract Slitting Services

(Coating/Laminating)

May 28, 2023, ... so you can focus on your core business. Experience and Flexibility Does your finished product portfolio contain endless web width and roll diameter combinations? Furthermore, challenged by both printed ...

Planning, Labs and Trials

(Converting Perspectives)

May 15, 2023, ... provider has this on hand or can do the slitting-winding. The substrate may need to be pre-printed, coated or laminated prior to the trial where, for example, it becomes a pouch, a wipe in a canister, ...

Steady Growth & Sustainability for the Folding Carton Market

(Sustainability Forum)

May 14, 2023, ... was a digitally printed Cinnamon Toast Crunch “Cinnamoji” set of cereal boxes. In order to engage young consumers, the cereal brand chose five different celebrities to animate into cinnamojis and feature ...

Lauterbach Group Installs Grafotronic Machine

(News | New Products)

April 02, 2023, ... printed products. Lauterbach Group presents itself as a stable, traditional company – even though the entire company clearly is hyper modern run with a strong focus on being lean and automated. They strive ...

Achieving Sustainability: Q&A with Sun Chemical’s Dr. Nikola Juhasz

(Coating/Laminating)

March 12, 2023, ... ink products, SolarFlex™ CRCL inks are designed to be used without requiring primers and to wash-off or to be retained on the printed labels, depending on the material to be recycled and according to recyclability ...

The Path to Sustainable Growth

(News | New Products)

February 07, 2023, ... rather than being immediately disposed of, can provide significant environmental benefits over the long term. Its creation presents a very different set of inks and coatings challenges because printed ...

The Value of Atmospheric Plasma

(Surface Prep)

November 20, 2022, ... discharge - important for the treatment of printed and embedded electronics. Linear Plasma Improves Adhesion on These Materials and Applications: Thick polymer sheets Foam, open and closed pore Honeycomb ...

HOW TO: Mark Defects Safely and Automatically

(Equipment/Machines - Converting)

November 06, 2022, ... Novation’s AF3 WebFlagger can be integrated with most all roll mapping systems as well as their own. Novation’s ScrapTracker system applies pre-printed, numbered, bar-coded flags and creates roll maps ...

Wound Roll Mechanics: Part 1

(News | New Products)

October 02, 2022, ... MD strain. All of the web stored in the roll is under tension. The resulting MD strain profile is the root cause of registration shift for printed film rolls. Bigger Rolls Longer rolls with more material ...