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Latest Gravure Technology Launches Converter into Fray

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April 30, 2000, ... has been around for 40 years, it had never printed prior to last year, so it definitely hit the ground running on the printing front line. And with the installation of its new Toshiba eight-color rotogravure ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... that process. Most of the print production at SVH is 4-, 5-, and 6-color work, although special pharmaceutical runs can require up to 16 colors per layout. Print production is done on Heidelberg six-color ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... finished products," according to Patterson. In addition, leading ink manufacturers have developed inks with enhanced pigmentation, allowing the printer to use less ink to achieve the same desired color ...

Getting the most value from your extrusion coater.

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November 30, 1996, ... resins, tie-layer resins, and color concentrates, Quantum runs an extrusion coating line with a wide range of capabilities. During its operation, the line has been updated and retrofitted with the most ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... million last fiscal year - a 600% increase! And it wasn't by following the above advice. Walle, a converter and printer of high quality, multicolor labels, has concentrated on gaining total, start-to-finish ...

Taking the measure of surface treatment is a learning process

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August 31, 1996, ... acetate, and colored and holographic materials, to have their surface energies determined. Against a droplet of liquid placed on the surface of a polyolefin substrate, the gas pressure in the surrounding ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... web, paper, process Winner: Perennial Mix, Wild Flowers, submitted by Rotocolor Inc. Art techniques: electronic Press: in-line Plates: photopolymer Plate thickness: 0.067 Inking system: ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... company's wide web presses, which were better suited for speed and efficiency on higher-volume jobs. With makeready times of up to one hour per color on the presses, Duralam could feasibly spend seven times ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... The bags are antifog-treated and flexo-printed in six colors on 1.18-mil oriented polypropylene. Meat Snacks on View American National Can, Chicago, IL, also won three awards, including one for the ...

KAPCO hits grand slam in pursuing custom markets

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November 30, 1995, ... spring training. With his feedback, the lab optimized transfer properties and the polymer's performance at various ambient temperatures. The resulting proprietary replacement is colorless and cleaner ...

UV letterpress assures quality at QA Label

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July 31, 1995, ... up to eight colors with perfect print-to-print registration running wide open. We get consistent solid line colors, plus fine lettering reproduction and clear halftones. It enables us to offer printing ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

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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

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May 31, 1995, ... you could be told that a PCI bus makes a big difference to image quality and color reproduction, when in fact it has nothing to do with color reproduction or image quality. How would you know? In this ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... already been produced. Take color for example: Do you have color standards established for each color on each job? How is on-press color measured and compared against those standards, and how often ...

Holograms continue to gain in converting applications.

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February 28, 1995, ...  at speeds that are far in excess of your own processing speeds," he said. "We are familiar with control of coating weights, color consistency of inks and many of the other variables that affect our ow ...