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FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... Entries were judged on two general standards: degree of difficulty (printability/ink compatibility, registration tolerances, plate multiformity, fineness of print/screen, tonal range, converting complexity, ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

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May 31, 1996, ... lightweight plate and anilox cylinders that can be exchanged in less than one minute per roll. The press runs at 800 fpm and has a 10- to 24-in. repeat length. Rotating on precision bearings, the cylinders ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ...  As noted by Bethea, the dramatic changes that have taken place encompass virtually every aspect of the prepress area. From initial design and film output to platemaking and proofing, suppliers are continually ...

Independent Packaging: the "restart" of something grea

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March 31, 1996, ... designer and utilizes both photopolymer and rubber plates. A staff of ink specialists from Sun Chemical Corp. is on hand at all times to blend as many as eight different solvent-based ink colors to match ...

Innovation is a winner in FPA competition

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March 31, 1996, ... provide product integrity. American National Can produces a registered, printed lamination (flexo-printed in eight colors with photopolymer printing plates produced by the American National Can Graphics ...

New hot stamper does more for short runs

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February 29, 1996, ... process, according to Stearns, is making the plate change. "We gang our dies - usually 24 sets of plates at a time - so that it's not that costly. The most time-consuming part is the ten minutes per job ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

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February 29, 1996, ... are taught design, image creation, image processing, assembly, plate production, printing, and finishing. Every student who graduates from the program will have done at least 25 press runs, including work ...

Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination

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January 31, 1996, ... platemaking, which serves mounting, ink matching, etc. In addition, the company formed a special planning group composed of elite members from each department to coordinate and oversee their combined ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

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November 30, 1995, ... 9550 Imagesetter and the latest in computer hardware and software, scanners, a Kelleigh plate-making system and Hewlet Packard color proofing equipment. Viking was counting on the new press to deliver ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ... use of thin, chemically etched cutting plates in the mid 1960s. What is new is their rapid development. According to Edward Porento Sr., president of Best Cutting Die, Skokie, IL, the early versions ...

Future of video inspection systems seems bright.

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June 30, 1995, ... print defects: halo, plate squeeze, fill-in or spread, striation, roller marks, beading, ragged edges, chalking, pinholes, fisheyes; * Monitor and control traps on the fly; * Process-color control ...

Printer responds to tougher environmental standards

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April 30, 1995, ... product, which is printed on flexographic plate-type printing presses, is delivered to such well-known major retailers as Gap Kids and the Limited. For years, Poly-Pak met its air quality permit requirements, ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... walk in the lateral and linear direction. allowing repeated visual inspection of 100% of the plate area, over time. The press operator should be able to control the size of the steps in both directions ...

Quick changeovers, quality top bagmaking demands.

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March 31, 1995, ...  Despite the speed of recent developments, Kampf's Paulhartt believes the industry has reached a technological plateau. "All manufacturers are producing similar quality, and machines produce a better product ...

Conserving weight, space earns praise for flexible

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March 31, 1995, ... pouch and the eye-catching graphics. The art was flexo printed, using photopolymer-printing plates, in six colors. Special heat-resistant inks were used to prevent blistering and delamination during sealing. ...

Innovative uses, creativity earn honors from AIMCAL

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March 31, 1995, ... PA, Milton Bradley metallic series puzzles. * Nonfood Packages (Technical) - Unifoil Corp., Passaic Park, NJ, Spiderwire Ice Line. * Labels (Graphics) - Nameplate Inc., Gardena, CA, ProCaps Milk ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

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December 31, 1994, ... from one group of specialists to another. Each group transforms the inputs in new documents: layouts become mechanicals, mechanicals are used to produce films and films are used to produce plates. Boundaries ...

German company develops recovery concept for plastics

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December 31, 1994, ... are preset off the machine. The perforating tool is interchangeable like the plate cylinder in a flexographic printing press. The perforating blades are preset so it isn't necessary to make further adjustments ...