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Digital Products for the Converting Industry

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October 31, 2000, ... USA, Kennesaw, GA; 800/437-7388; heidelberg.com Signapack software solution, developed for package printing, reportedly ensures that even the most difficult step-and-repeat layout can be created efficiently ...

Hologram in 3-D Makes Postage Stamp a Keeper

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August 31, 2000, ... kept producing holograms for Gravure Choquet until September, when all five million were completed. ot Stamping Step Gravure Choquet hot stamped the holograms onto stamp paper made especially for the ...

More New Products for the Converting Industry

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August 31, 2000, ... It is programmed with co.'s MINT motion-control programming language. Card provides control for 8 axes of servo/stepper/vector motors and can be expanded to 12 axes. Uses 32-bit floating point DSP, operates ...

Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... even the most complex step-and-repeat arrangements. Wilhelm Kochsiek Maschinenbau GmbH announced digital solutions for conventional printing presses; the company presented a 100% digitally driven flexo ...

Human/Machine Interface Offers Best of Two Worlds

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March 31, 2000, ... HMIs represent a significant step forward in capabilities from the operator interface to the back-end database connectivity. For example, HMI software can provide scalability from a single stand-alone ...

Label converter controls quality from the inside out

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August 31, 1996, ... control of every critical material we use - such as inks - and tight control on every manufacturing step we perform," Keeney says. "Our key has been to eliminate as many variables as possible from the process ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ... the need for additional Raster Image Processors (RIPs). Complementing its TDI system, Screen has also introduced a new computer-to-plate (CTP) system that coordinates every step in the direct-to-plate ...

Flexo/screen proves to be a winning combination

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January 31, 1996, ... time on every job-from simple one-color jobs to four-color process jobs. "We know we're good enough on the mechanical side," says Brown. "Our quality is high and our waste is very low. The next step is ...

Pollution prevention makes good sense

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November 30, 1995, ... obstacles, many companies have implemented successful pollution prevention programs. The programs generally include a number of common elements. The first and perhaps most important step is engendering ...

UV letterpress assures quality at QA Label

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July 31, 1995, ... to less than 0.5%. Testing for cold, heat, steam and chemicals that attack the adhesive are just initial steps in the process. Testing of screen inks, cross hatching and ink laydown is also included, as ...

Buyer beware when comparing video systems

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May 31, 1995, ... over that the simpler it is for someone to learn and use a video inspection system, the more it is used. Maximum productivity is obtained when system functions are executable in one or two simple steps, ...

Building quality into the web printing process

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April 30, 1995, ... rather than operating the press, you would prefer they spend their time using a mouse to pull down "help screens" with step-by-step instructions on how to do things with the video-inspection system. The ...

Computerized dispensing provides ink management

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March 31, 1995, ... Clare on the project from Transprint were Don Dovel, ink room supervisor; Tom Garth, maintenance supervisor; and Bob Fellows, vice president of research and development. The first step in the development ...

Traditions fall as prepress moves into electronic age

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December 31, 1994, ... prepress area." The booklet notes that "prepress technology now encompasses turnkey workstations for faster separation input/output, automated step-and-repeat procedures, electronically automated relief-plate ...