2008 TAPPI Coating & Graphic Arts Conference Call for Papers

Published: October 09, 2007, By pffc-online.com

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Technical paper submissions are invited for the 2008 TAPPI Coating & Graphic Arts Conference will be held May 4-7, 2008, in Dallas, TX, in conjunction with the TAPPI Papermakers Conference and PIMA Intl. Management Conference. Preference will be given to those papers highlighting the following "featured" topics:

• Papermaking in 2010 and beyond.
• Green chemistries.
• Renewable raw materials (pigments, binders, or additives).
• Nano materials (pigments, binders, or additives).
• Dry coating.
• Barrier coating.
• Blade scratch reduction.
• Blister resistance.
• Improved efficiency tecniques.
• Effect of print process (litho, flexo, gravure) on coating design.
• Color gamut: coating design, measurement techniques.
• Color profiling.
• Chemistry for inkjet coating.
• Methods for evaluating/improving product quality and printability from either papermaker or printer point of view.
• Coating design for digital printing.

Additonally, TAPPI hopes to introduce product updates on previously peer-reviewed papers. This is a venue for valuable and concise additions to earlier work. If you have presented a peer-reviewed paper at previous TAPPI Coating & Graphic Arts Conferences and have additional data and conclusions to share resulting from your earlier work, please submit an abbreviated manuscript detailing the update, including a reference to the earlier work.

Authors interested in presenting a paper on these or related topics, or a project update, should submit a draft manuscript to coating@tappi.org by December 14, 2007. Abstracts are not accepted.

For additional information, contact Amy Dimmick, technical program committee chair, at 610/861-4919 or amy.dimmick@mineralstech.com.

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