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Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

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June 30, 2000, ... by Gabriel Mora, the architect responsible for Barcelona's famous Telefonica building, illustrates exactly how properly executed design can enhance a factory. Spotless and with flexible distribution between ...

Press Adds Flexibility of Film to Paper Operation

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June 30, 2000, ... two spot colors. "But graphics are only a part of it," says Decker, adding that the Bobst Schiavi also delivers product designed to run effortlessly on the customers' wrapping machines. "We specialize ...

Decorative Films Served by Multilayer Structure

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May 31, 2000, ... "Our major work centered around getting the colors even," says Planeta. "It's no trick to run film that has streaky or spotty colors." Adds Bill Wright, Barrier's president, "When we got the assignment from ...

Golden Cylinders Go to Gravure's Very Bes

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April 30, 2000, ... Newport News, VA, for Hershey's Pot of Gold. When this consumer product company chose gravure for its redesign, the challenge was to retain brand identity using a signature spot color, while providing short-run ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... work will be proofed using 8-up Imation Matchprint Laser Proofs imaged on the Trendsetter Spectrum, which is designed to support multiple spot colors. Greg McNeice, packaging specialist at SVH, says, ...

High-Barrier Packaging: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

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January 31, 2000, ... share the top spots with those companies, in terms of market share, in the high-performance barrier film market. Dwivedi's colleague at Kline & Co., Garrett Gee, business manager, packaging, says customer ...

The Good Times Keep Rolling -- At Least for Now

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December 31, 1999, ... Fry has spotted a Y2K bug, although not the one that has been getting all the publicity. This one is causing some confusion in the GDP numbers. "Companies built up their inventories in the fourth quarter ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, ...  Gerber Scientific offers a fully digital, short-run label system that combines digital printing with programmable die-cutting. The SR 1500 system prints in process color and 30 spot colors, including ...

Partnering launches future growth in laminations

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August 31, 1996, ... Chase & Sons nevertheless pursued this course in the late 80s, "hoping to carve a nice spot within the industry for ourselves," explains Coulter. This decision required that the company invest in equipment ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... doctor blade Mounting system: optical Inks: water and ultraviolet Sequence of printing: pink (300), yellow (550), magenta (700), cyan (700), black (700), spot black (360), spot gold (300), varnish ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ...  Digital Waterproof ink jet engine plus color management software and multiple spot and process color capability. It makes it possible to evaluate the integrity of electronic files before producing fil ...

Paper characteristics: starting the job right

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April 30, 1996, ... the paper and the ink film via absorption or a similar method, interference can occur. This causes the ink film to be spotted with water droplets, causing a drop in density and a disruption the uniformity ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

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January 31, 1996, ... and roughness. Excessive waviness can result in uneven tensions, air entrapment, and spiral marking of the film. Excessive roughness, such as that caused by a gritty spot on the core surface, can cause ...

Improved paper chemistry provides multiple benefits

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December 31, 1995, ... The ink that's picked up differs from spot to spot. Uniformity of the surface relies upon its foundation of uniformity in the base sheet, comprised of fillers, fibers, starchy sizing, and, sometimes, microparticle ...

Consider film cores when analyzing costs.

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July 31, 1995, ...  Excessive waviness can result in uneven tensions, air entrapment and spiral marking of the film. Excessive roughness, such as that caused by a gritty spot on the core surface, can cause pimpling throughout ...

Two-component adhesive system eliminates mixups

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June 30, 1995, ... the following: * Water spots on films. * CO2 generation if too much moisture was applied. * Inability to trace the source of application problems after they occurred. * Possible residual monomers ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ... systems today. Circumferential strobes should be avoided as they produce hot spots on varnished, ultraviolet-coated or reflective substrates. Monitors Like speakers in a stereo system, the video ...

Flexographic Awards honor top industry achievers

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April 30, 1995, ... (330), process black (550), varnish (150). Hours run: 4.86. Press speed: 510 fpm. Screen count: 133 Ipi. Comments: Job replaced spot label. Customer was looking for high quality graphics over entire box. ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... software also save and recall iris and zoom settings along with the positions. It's used for monitoring critical spots on the web, such as registration marks, barcodes, print-to-die registration, traps, ...

Familiarity with change no surprise in this industry

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February 28, 1995, ... produce PET bottles and fiber for China due to the poor cotton crop. So, the spot market for resin has been soaked up for fiber. At the point in time that the spot market contracted out for fiber, they ...