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Delivering Digital: CTP Carries Flexo Printing to Competitive Quality

(Magazine)

August 31, 2001, ... there's less pressure required for ink transfer, thinner plates provide better durability.” Jim Accuosti, converting division manager, Bell-Mark, Pine Brook, NJ, says another recent development is the ...

Assessing the Potential for Ink Transfer and Migration

(Magazine)

June 30, 2001, Potential transfer…depends on many factors, such as degree of cure, ink adhesion, pressure between cups, length of time in contact, etc. Recently, I received an e-mail in which a reader questioned ...

Odd Shape? Odd Substrate? You Might Try Pad Printing

(Magazine)

January 31, 2001, ... plate, which is doctored to remove the excess ink in the land areas, and then physically transferred by contact to a compressible pad, which then deposits the ink onto a substrate. The five essential ...

Reynolds subsidiary in Spain benefits from technology transfer

(Magazine)

May 31, 1995, ... consumer. As a Reynolds subsidiary, I was also interested in just how Grafiba's American parent transferred technology abroad. Reynolds Metals Co.'s interest in the Spanish market began in 1955 with the ...

Sandon Global, XSYS Enter Strategic Partnership to Achieve High Opacity Whites

(News | New Products)

October 01, 2024, ... by our customers in day to day printing operations, leading to white ink savings of up to 20%, as well as the possibility to change from a two hit to a one hit white design. Due to the reduced white transfer, ...

Sticking Points in Electronics Labeling

(Coating/Laminating)

September 11, 2024, ... detachment or lifting, even under harsh cleaning conditions. Printing techniques also have evolved to meet the moment. Practices such as thermal transfer printing and digital barcoding allow for automated ...

IDENTCO’s High-Performance DuraChem Labels Suitable for a Variety of Industries

(News | New Products)

September 03, 2024, ... and liner combinations that allow for things like UV flexographic, digital pre-printing, and on-demand thermal transfer printing of variable information. In terms of application, this labels series offers ...

Consider Wool an Eco-Friendly Industrial Material

(Web Handling)

July 28, 2024, ... and textiles industries, wool rollers are commonly employed for their exceptional ink absorption and transfer capabilities. The natural absorbency of wool fibers ensures consistent ink distribution, resulting ...

Celebrating the Global Print Industry: Record Number of Deals Digned at drupa 2024

(Upcoming Conference News)

June 06, 2024, ... transfer of knowledge and provided important guidance. Together with its partners, drupa focused on impressive industry expertise and the future topics of its target groups. Guided tours on various key ...

Understanding Anilox Scoring: Causes, Effects, and Prevention

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

May 01, 2024, ... circumference. Instead of having individual cells for carrying and transferring ink, you have one long gouge line around the circumference of the anilox that, the degree of severity will show as either ...

Sandon Global to bring anilox excellence and technical know-how to drupa 2024

(News | New Products)

April 21, 2024, ... print quality."  Sandon Global's recent investments in its new UK HQ, advanced plasma coating and laser engraving technologies and development of its third Knowledge Transfer Partnership to boost production ...

Pressure on Paper Packaging Converters

(Flexpack)

March 24, 2024, ... facestocks that work well with specific print processes – fixed and variable printing methods – including inkjet, laser and thermal transfer. Ultimately, this reduces complexity for the converter, which ...

The Importance of Ink Troubleshooting on Press

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2024, ... operating at the wrong temperature. Ink fountains should be set to 70 degrees Fahrenheit at minimum to create effective ink transfer. Another common issue with sheetfed printing is metering roller build-up, ...

Baldwin Technology: A Leader in UV Curing Systems for Converters

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

February 11, 2024, ... on reflectors and target the cooling air only for the bulb. The system utilizes water cooling in the shutters and housing, minimizing the external housing temperature and heat transfer to the conveyor ...

The Leader in Web Handling Expertise and Innovation

(Coating/Laminating)

February 06, 2024, ... engineers is available for design and CAD Drawing assistance. Whether you need a new live/dead shaft, idler, bowed, heat transfer, and more, we can engineer a solution for your unique application. Thermalon, ...

Impressive lineup for drupa cube

(Upcoming Conference News)

February 01, 2024, ... transfer and networking. Speakers will include not only thought leaders from the printing sector but also personalities from advertising agencies, market research, academia, consulting and associations ...

Automating Flexo Closer to Digital

(Equipment/Machines - Printing)

January 21, 2024, ... transfer of specific job info offers further intelligent functions. Photos courtesy of SOMA It Starts with Communications It’s evident that Industry 4.0 is being applied within flexo print facilities. ...

Takes on Tapes, Labels & Liners

(Converting Perspectives)

January 14, 2024, ... Specialty Solutions features label face stocks for these representative specialty categories: Prime, direct thermal, thermal transfer, wet strength and pressure-sensitives. A reminder of the range of purposes ...

Acorn Labels installs custom-built Daco TD430

(News | New Products)

October 22, 2023, ... TEC thermal transfer printer. The operator can select from either length or a given number of labels per roll and the machine will then automatically cut and transfer the web to the cores without stopping. ...

New Self-adhesive Label Material with a High Content of Recycled PE

(News | New Products)

October 16, 2023, ... pretentious, glossy and opaque labels, which should preferably be used on PE surfaces due to recycling reasons. The recycled film is also suitable for subsequent labeling with thermal transfer printers; ...