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Flatbed UV Inkjet Printer

(Archive)

June 12, 2006, Durst Phototechnik has introduced its new low-priced Rho 600 pictor flatbed UV inkjet printer, a fully featured printer with a small footprint, reportedly ideal for virtually any commercial imager that ...

What's Really On the Surface

(Magazine)

October 30, 2005, Substrate surfaces are prone to cause problems because of items that are impossible for the naked eye to see. PLC Probe Television or print advertisements for cleaning products sometimes will show a microscopic ...

COF in Printed Packaging

(Magazine)

June 29, 2005, Automatic packaging operations require a specific range of lubricity to process packaging products. Printing inks contribute to the package lubricity and affect both the static as well as kinetic coefficient ...

Rotary Screen Printings Contribution to RFID

(Archive)

January 30, 2005, ...  The pressure applied to the antenna when the RFID construction is laminated, making it part of the main label. Resistivity varies according to the chemical properties of each metal. Printed silver ...

Profit for Printers

(Archive)

December 30, 2004, Full-day seminars sponsored by ANI Printing Inks covered trends in the narrow web market. Full-day seminars sponsored by ANI Printing Inks covered trends in the narrow web market. Narrow web ink manufacturer ...

Avoiding Surface Contamination

(Magazine)

July 31, 2004, ... projects in their living quarters that involved painting. All cans of paint come with many items of small print on the label. These ensure the user obtains the best results from the product. Because the ...

Rise & Fall of Printed Film COF

(Flexpack)

June 29, 2004, ... printing and converting processes. Films utilize various lubricants such as fatty acid amides to meet desired COF specifications. The types of lubricants used to meet the desired COF in printing inks ...

print media messe drupa - Diversity by Design

(Magazine)

June 29, 2004, Messe Düsseldorf's quadrennial exhibition for print media offered a diversity of products designed for package printers and converters. Messe Düsseldorf's quadrennial exhibition for print media offered ...

A Recipe for Flexo Printing Success

(Flexpack)

May 30, 2004, Harper Graphic Solutions' Mike Huey provides converters utilizing flexography for their printing applications with some tips— a recipe —for success. As a young man growing up in southeastern Indiana, I ...

How to Influence Gloss and Friction Coatings or Cast Films by the Chill Roll Surface Design

(The Place)

May 30, 2004, ... The textures gave excellent printing properties, high gloss, and low friction values for smooth operation in filling machines. All these new textures are reproducible. Figure 1 shows a typical example ...

Converting Info at Your Fingertips: Jelmar Provides Folding Carton Environmental Regs for Printers Pubs

(News | New Products)

July 24, 2003, Jelmar Publishing Co. (jelmarpublishing.com) reports the availability of books of interest to converters and printers: The Handbook of Folding Carton Production and Environmental Regualtions for Printers. ...

Some Things to Remember About Dynamic Surface Tension

(Magazine)

March 31, 2003, ... are complex mixtures and behave differently depending on the press speed. The surface tension of inks and coatings on press do not necessarily stay constant. The values can change during the printing ...

Environmental Compliance Compendium for Printers

(News | New Products)

March 16, 2003, Environmental-regulation compliance getting you—and your profits—down? If you print, coat, laminate, or seal, Environmental Regulations for Printers, a new book by printing industry veteran Fred Shapiro, ...

What Is the Role of Tack in Printing Inks?

(Magazine)

September 30, 2002, Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink from one surface to another, the characteristics of a printing ink have been an important factor in print Since the earliest attempts at transferring ink ...

Delivering Digital: CTP Carries Flexo Printing to Competitive Quality

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... it's the same for printing via a traditional methodology (flexo, in this case) and the digital buzz we encounter these days. Flexography (and probably all printing methods some day) and digital printing ...

Single-Source Ink Supplier for Package Printer

(Magazine)

July 31, 2001, ... facility in Rome, GA, on 17.8 acres of land. The new facility will specialize in surface printing on unsupported structures, as well as reverse printing that is then extrusion or adhesive laminated.  ...

New Printing Equipment: Who? How? What? When?

(Magazine)

March 31, 2001, We asked converters about their plans for purchasing printing equipment. Here are the results. We asked converters about their plans for purchasing printing equipment. Here are the results. Purchasing ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, Although this column primarily covers conventional printing processes, I do occasionally receive questions about processes that are less common, such Although this column primarily covers conventional ...

Inspection System Balances Print Quality with Economy

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, A 1998 acquisition gave the Teich Group a foothold in Poland. Now, the addition of an AVT print defect detection system on a Schiavi press is saving time, reducing waste, and enhancing print quality.  ...

Anilox Rolls Are Key When Printing Corrugated Board

(Print)

July 31, 2000, Printing on corrugated board is like printing on air," says Fernando Jorge da Silva, production manager at AssiDoman Packaging Benelux B.V. in Eindhoven, Printing on corrugated board is like printing ...