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October 31, 2008, Mount Plates Cost-Effectively The VPM400 updated plate mounter is said to provide high quality video plate mounting technology at a cost-effective price. Mount Plates Cost-Effectively The VPM400 updated ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(Magazine)

September 30, 2007, ... a folder/gluer rather than using a platen press. Quality of dots is said to be excellent, and the introduction of the blanks into the machine is smooth since the Braille embossing is applied after the ...

New Product Digest

(Magazine)

April 30, 2007, ... cell depth. FlexoCAM measures dot size on film or masks, printing plates, and printed copy. A 3D picture of the flexo dot is generated for checking dot shape and relief. Visit Booth 2840. PFFC-ASAP 413 ...

Managing the Ink Films

(Process Management)

October 31, 2006, ... works on a simple principle: Ink and water don’t mix. Images are put on plates that are essentially flat. The image areas are ink-receptive, and the non-image areas are water-receptive. The water, known ...

New Products

(Magazine)

April 29, 2006, ...  Troika Systems, Highworth, Wilts, UK; +44 (0) 1793 766 355; troika-systems.com The FlexoCAM is a quality control instrument for evaluating the flexo plate, film and mask, and the printed sheet. Will ...

A Cure for the Common Marketing Technique

(News | New Products)

September 07, 2003, ... printing plates using Creo Trendsetter computer-to-plate system. The job is run in four colors on a 44" x 64" five-color Planeta press, which is capable of handling the 36 pt. board. The box is die cut ...

Active Packaging

(Flexpack)

July 31, 2003, ... laminate. Ink, plate, and die manufacturers, too, recognize that the increasingly broad portfolio of materials on which a narrow web converter prints makes it imperative that changeovers be managed swiftly, ...

Products

(Magazine)

December 31, 2002, ... new materials (paper and film) and through thick inks (water-based, UV [ultraviolet], screen, etc.), according to the mfr. It is made of processed tool steel and chrome-plated for additional durability. ...

Passion for Printing May Lead to Serious Competitive Battles

(Magazine)

October 31, 2002, ... many converters don't. Long ago, commercial printers invested in CtP (computer to plate) and fully digital workflows. They were among the first to invest in digital printing. Converters, on the other hand, ...

What's New at Labelexpo America

(Magazine)

July 31, 2002, ... station custom built for each individual press; a set of Cerface magnetic cylinders; and a set of flexible die-cutting plates. Said to allow printers to expand their customer base by producing low-volume ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... precisely where they occur. The audit revealed the illumination lamps had aged and the exposure times on the platemaking unit were excessive, resulting in a dot growth of 8%-13% from film to plate.  ...

On the Move...

(Magazine)

January 31, 2002, ... plates. Black Clawson Converting Machinery (blkclawson.com), Fulton, NY, named James Foederer district sales manager, southwest US; Thomas Baldock district sales manager, Northeast; Charles Hubbard ...

Image This! Among the Acronyms, Flexo Finds Its Fit

(Magazine)

October 30, 2001, ... digital workflows (like computer-to-plate or CTP) are replacing conventional. These are a couple of things we've been hearing for a few years. With groups like the High Definition Flexo Consortium (HDFC) ...

Products at CMM

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, ... pillartech.com Unitized narrow web corona treater is prewired at the factory for plug-and-play operation. An adjustable mounting plate and adjustable treat widths conform to most existing press configurations. ...

Is Change in the Air?

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, Environmental Outlook 2001: A new administration and a new EPA head make the regulatory outlook hazy. With the post-election rancor clearly behind us, now it is time to contemplate what promise, problems, ...

Reporter Clips

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... Choices include heliogravure printing, embossing, colored relief, dry incising, hot gilding, metallizing of any color, flexible plate engraving, and pad printing. With four manufacturing units, the ...

Commission clarifies OSHA's "egregious violations" poli

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... of injuries. According to the Commission, OSHA can, when the regulation contemplates prohibitions of individual acts, cite multiple violations for each separate act not in conformance with the standard. ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

(Magazine)

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 ...