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Pacificolor Expands with Kodak Equipment

(News | New Products)

March 18, 2013, ... seems to want and need today. Kodak has been a great partner along the way, supporting our needs and allowing us to build and grow step by step as our business has grown. This became possible, among other ...

Label Workflow & Print Demo at DSCOOP8

(Label/Tape News)

February 14, 2013, ... the step and repeat according to Label Traxx’s instructions. Once the job is approved, the finished files will be passed on to the HP Indigo’s DFE. The job will then be printed and finished in real time. ...

CGS Highlights RealPro Packaging Suite at Graph Expo

(News | New Products)

October 08, 2012, ... Toolkit automates the label and packaging production process and significantly reduces operational costs.  The software provides modular, scalable, easy-to-use Illustrator plug-ins for trapping, step ...

Labelexpo Americas | Mission Possible

(Label/Tape)

July 12, 2012, Go undercover and get a sneak peek at exhibitors’ plans for the 2012 conference and exhibition. Labelexpo Americas returns to the Chicago area September 11-13 at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center ...

Label Traxx Highlights Management Software

(Label/Tape)

April 04, 2012, ... key data elements such as digital eye marks and step and repeat, not in the existing system. Digi Traxx then creates the necessary JDF files and sends them to the HP digital front end or to Esko Automation ...

Coating Matters | Down-Web Uniformity

(Coating/Laminating)

January 09, 2012, ... for the next production run go unverified. Okay, now I’ll step off the soapbox. So when it comes to precision roll-to-roll coating, make sure the manufacturing precision is high for the surfaces the ...

Technical Report: Up & Running

(Slit)

May 31, 2011, ... automated knife placement, tabbing, and different slitting methods. As the last step in the converting process, slitting and rewinding carries the value-added weight of all plant processes: extrusion, ...

Process Troubleshooting

(Coating/Laminating)

October 31, 2010, ...  Analyze | Analysis of the variables (causes) and the effect on the defects is the next step. Once the subject matter experts have identified what to measure to improve product performance, it is ...

Press Meets Demands for Short Runs

(Flexography)

September 12, 2010, ... steps, drastically streamlining productivity. Job setup is quick and easy, resulting in the fastest and most consistent makeready times in the industry, according to the company.  Set-up of a four-color ...

Web Lines: Mission-Detect Nip Variations

(First Glance)

August 31, 2010, ... a bubble-free wetted contact. I have found many polypropylene splicing tapes work well. Follow these steps: With the nip open, carefully place several strips of thin splicing tape on one of the nipping ...

Flexo Printing: Smart Press, Even Smarter Buy

(Flexpack)

August 31, 2010, ...  Burlington, ON, Canada, plant where EB 1 is produced, says, “We won the award because the group saw that not only is EB 1 fully recyclable, but it also eliminates the lamination step as well as the nee ...

Press Sets Up Quickly

(New Products)

March 31, 2010, ... to provide fast changeovers, simple operation, and superior print quality. Has simple, repeatable settings and limited operator steps for quick and easy job setup. A minimal amount of ink required for ...

Multipack Juices It Up

(Metallizing)

March 31, 2010, ... reduces waste, and eliminates hot-stamping or patch-lamination production steps. Other security features also are possible since the film, in either sheet or roll form, is compatible with laser engraving. ...

AIMCAL Awards

(Coating/Laminating)

March 21, 2010, ... adhesive, the structure is simplified, costs less, reduces waste, and eliminates hot-stamping or patch-lamination production steps. Other security features are also possible since the film, in either sheet ...

TLMI Gives Members a Shot of Confidence at Annual Meeting

(News | New Products)

October 29, 2009, ... value-branded products and looking for ways to drive costs out of their businesses. In an all-digital, on-demand world, the designer will be the first and last step before printing. Consider “Rules-Based ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

September 30, 2009, ... drawing format. Drawings are available for customer use in a STEP format so they can be used universally in various computer-modeling programs. Each machine is available in three configurations: fully ...

Spool Rules

(Winding Unwinding Rewinding)

August 31, 2009, ... first step in determining the complexity of the overall spooling system. The accuracy of the traversing action — whether moving the material or moving the spool — and selection of the proper traverse ...

WHAT'S NEW PRODUCT

(New Products)

August 31, 2009, ... areas, reducing waste and saving time and energy through process efficiencies. Foil-on-demand capability reduces converting steps. Said to provide excellent press stability and easy application. Henkel ...

Gravure Versus Flexo Printing Part 2

(Process Management)

July 31, 2009, ... optimize the steps in the total gravure workflow and communicate this process with print buyers. There are indications that gravure as a process is beginning to take this initiative. We should see some ...

ILS Adds Newest HP Digital Press

(News | New Products)

May 31, 2009, ... of this automated digital front end. Third party barcodes are even built into the software, and the user also can accommodate 2-D barcodes, perform step and repeat, and create their own variable data. ...