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NAPL Digital Prepress Study Offers Cost Analysis

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September 12, 2002, The National Association for Printing Leadership's "Blue Book" provides digital prepress cost analysis for the printing and converting industries. More than 250 prepress companies' offerings are represented ...

Quality Controlled Music Packaging

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August 31, 2002, ... is managed completely in house at our New York City design and prepress facility,” explains Sony Music's Bill Allenfort, director of business-to-business and production technologies. “Most of our print ...

Presses Have Converter in Fine Form

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May 31, 2002, ... That's why Colorweb expanded beyond the forms business six years ago by installing its first two A.B. Dick Century 3000 sheet-fed offset presses. Those 11×17-in., two-color units allowed the company to ...

BST Pro Mark Studies Register Control Benefits for CI Flexo

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May 27, 2002, Bst Pro Mark reported the results of its year-long study on "setting register on flexo CI presses" recently, which, according to the co., shows "CI register control technology substantially reduces flexo ...

Coating Control, Quality, & Paperboard Packaging

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April 30, 2002, It is often forgotten the vast majority of folding cartons are coated with either a water-based or ultraviolet (UV)-cured coating. In fact, most new presses It is often forgotten the vast majority of ...

PCMC Launches New Narrow Web Press

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March 03, 2002, ... and tag printing and die-cutting press, is an upgrade to the co.’s popular 7 1/2 in. Webtron 750 HQV. PCMC reports the X-10 will feature easy loading and unloading of rolls from the operator side of the ...

Creo Produces 7000th Brisque Prepress Workflow

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February 18, 2002, ... the powerful prepress workflow was introduced. With the largest installed base of any single workflow in the industry, Brisque serves large and small customers on six continents." The company adds, "The ...

OMET to Showcase Varyflex Gearless Flexo Press at Open House in Italy

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January 17, 2002, If you didn't get a peak at OMET's Varyflex at last fall's Labelexpo Europe, you still have a chance to see the press in action. According to the Italian press manufacturer, the Varyflex gearless, flexographic ...

Control of Adhesion and Removal of Heat Sealable Tops on Polymer Containers

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December 31, 2001, ... dwell time, and pressure Materials including the lidding and bottom web Miscibility and morphology Peel rate and angle Thickness and location of layers in a multi-layer film Mechanical properties ...

Harmonic System Gets Tension Under Control

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October 31, 2001, ... unit was installed on a six-color, 7-in., ultraviolet Flexomaster 3 press from Allied Gear. This is the press that launched the roll side of the business in 1992. (The company operated as a sheet-fed, ...

Embossing Puts on the Pressure

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October 31, 2001, ... embossing-roll diameter to that of a pressured-roll. If you're not careful, you affect the pattern's sharpness or definition.” Pasquale says improper temperature control also factors into the emboss quality. ...

Czech Carton Converter Model Obaly Upgrades with KBA Press

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August 28, 2001, ... Koenig & Bauer Aktiengesellschaft (KBA). According to the mfr., the high-tech, heavy carton press line features six printing units and a coater, and also includes fully automatic plate changers, ink-temperature ...

Need a New Press? A New Resin? Our Online Supplier Directory Can Help

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June 20, 2001, PFFC's June Buyers Guide links you to the suppliers and manufacturers that help make your operation successful. Need a new press? Or maybe you just need some new brakes for tension control. Whatever you'r ...

Q&A with Prepress Provider Agfa

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April 30, 2001, Integration, standardization… What's this all about? And you thought you had enough worries with your web site and e-business! In an effort to make prepress integration easier to understand, PFFC posed ...

Tension Control

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March 31, 2001, ... As you would expect in a plant this size and age, many manufacturers have supplied Bellwood with equipment over the years. The facility contains 4 board gravure presses and 5 light-web gravure presses. ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End, Part II

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December 31, 2000, ... roll on the winding roll surface. This is because the contact roll force results in some stack compression of the wraps on the winding roll. And this stack compression increases the tension in the outside ...

Impression Rolls: Their Jobs and Their Maintenance

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November 30, 2000, Impression rolls play a very important part at various points in many different converting operations. They are usually small rolls that are perhaps 3-4 Impression rolls play a very important part at various ...

Controlling Your Web from Beginning to End

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November 30, 2000, ... (brake pressure or brake motor regenerative amps) to apply to the unwind roll. An encoder on the dancer roll pivot shaft determines the amount and polarity (direction) of the correction signal to apply ...

Pollution Control Innovation for Silicone-Based Coatings

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July 31, 2000, ... exchanger media. In addition, the coating also will reduce process flow and increase pressure drop and horsepower requirements. These conditions will remain until the system is cleaned out or replaced. ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

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June 30, 2000, Sinel Systems S.A. is located about 30 miles from Barcelona's famous "La Rambla." The firm is Spain's leading manufacturer of pressure-sensitive labels Sinel Systems S.A. is located about 30 miles from Barcelona' ...