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Measurement technique improves metallized PP

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... polyester as the barrier sheet of choice for light, moisture and oxygen. Metallized polyester is still in use, but it is generally more expensive and is used primarily for applications requiring long shelf ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

(Magazine)

June 30, 1995, ... color or determining if printed bar codes are readable, and they provide little or no useful means for the operator to view the moving web. Line scan-technology has not been widely adopted as a process-control ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ...  The PCI bus will have no impact whatsoever on image quality, color reproduction or image-processing speed for high-end features like color monitoring, bar-code monitoring and other forms of defect detection. ...

Time-based competition strategy gains momentum

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... to a knitting machine. In turn the machine manufactures the item, which workers then box with a bar code label containing the address of the Chicago store, and the box goes to the warehouse. There is ...

Building quality into the web printing process

(Magazine)

April 30, 1995, ... of print quality, such as lateral and linear registration, both print-to-die and color-to-color, bar-code quality readability and perforation depth and quality to name a few? More than anything else, ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... and game pieces. A new metallized label that replaces a more costly mirror as the timing mechanism for a bar code scanner won the Package/Label of the Year Competition sponsored by the Association of ...

Computerized dispensing provides ink management

(Magazine)

March 31, 1995, ... the dispenser scale. The starting weight is verified, and the new colors are added. Before the can is transported to the press room, a bar-coded label is automatically printed. This label indicates ...

Latin American industry remains untapped market

(Magazine)

February 28, 1995, ... that need to be made are relatively simple, such as including a bar code in the package graphics. Dr. Juan Careaga, consultant in the Mexican flex-pack industry, told me "we expect more converting plants ...

Controlling costs challenge label stock, liner suppliers

(Magazine)

December 31, 1994, ... Fasson Films, Painesville, OH, said. "Plastic label stock is being requested more often for applications like clothing, bar codes, injection-molded bottles and drum labels," he said. But not everyone ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

(Magazine)

December 31, 1994, ... in-house jobs. That progressed to additional software to do artwork, bar codes and the like to more powerful computers with more memory so the work could be processed quicker to peripheral devices, such ...