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Think the Ink You're Using Is A No-Brainer? Think Again

(Materials)

December 31, 2000, ... from your inks, converters also should be aware that there is one particular ink type—water-based, solvent-based, ultraviolet—that will best suit each application. Today's increased use of "clear" applications ...

What's New in Narrow We

(Magazine)

October 31, 2000, ... 15-in., ultraviolet (UV) flexo combination press is equipped with five newly developed flexo print stations, two rotary die stations, a rotary screen module, AC servo unwind/rewind, waste matrix, back ...

Flexography Comes of Age and Keeps on Growing

(Magazine)

August 31, 2000, ... And, the trend continues toward greater numbers of printing decks on central impression presses. UV Growth Adds New Dimension The use of ultraviolet inks in flexographic printing continues to grow ...

Label Converter's Business Is Prime Labels & Prid

(Magazine)

August 30, 2000, ... Expectations Premiere's product line includes p-s labels, tags, holograms, coupons, decals, badges, and booklets in up to ten colors. Converting processes include flexography, ultraviolet flexo, rotary ...

Barrier Layer Protects CDs from Skips and Scratches

(Magazine)

July 31, 2000, ... to that. The finished roll is taken to the die-cutter where it's printed one color, both sides, and die-cut." That IDC equipment, which runs at 300 fpm, uses all ultraviolet flexo inks. Treaters Have ...

Innovation Drives Converter of Pressure-Sensitive Labels

(Magazine)

June 30, 2000, ... manufactured its first labels combining ultraviolet flexo and rotary silk screen technologies. Apli Paper, founded as an entity in 1996, offers products such as self-adhesive labels for desktop printers, ...

Cartonmarker Adds Flexo to Give Customers a Choice

(Magazine)

February 29, 2000, ... and the tools to do soft proofing." In addition to die-cutting, in-line operations include sheeting, ultraviolet coating, blister coating, hot stamping, stripping, and backside printing. Kempsmith manufactured ...

Dixie Toga Continues to Make Its Mark as a Leader

(Magazine)

December 31, 1999, ... includes two Bobst Lemanic machines. There is also one Arpeco eight-color flexo press as well as hot foil and UV (ultraviolet) equipment to further enhance carton production. The company's material suppliers ...

Narrow web adapts to multiple applications

(Magazine)

November 30, 1998, ... materials such as shrink sleeves, adhesives and ultraviolet inks in the proper temperature range for trouble-free converting. With the proliferation of exotic substrates and water-based inks, surface ...

A look at the status of UV/EB curing

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, An expert in the field assesses the current state of ultraviolet and electron beam curing.RadTech '96 North America, the fifth biennial UV/EB Processing An expert in the field assesses the current state ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

(Magazine)

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 ...

UV/EB technology moves ahead with the times

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, Converters have been fueling the growth of the ultraviolet-curing industry at a rate of 20% per year for the past ten years. George Pasternack, manager Converters have been fueling the growth of the ultraviolet-curing ...

Something new under the sun

(Magazine)

June 30, 1996, ... cost-prohibitive for runs of any serious length. All that has changed with the development of Chamelacolors, a graphic enhancement coating that's activated by sunlight, ultraviolet, or black light. It' ...

A rather narrow-minded view of wide web printing.

(Magazine)

May 31, 1996, ... in as little as an hour. It features a compact, integrated design and can be run by one press operator for conventional printing as well as optional ultraviolet curing. He notes that PCMC's engineers designed ...

Flexo label printer grows by leaps and bounds

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... our business today. I'd say 90 or 95 percent of our business is flexo," says Mintz. "We eventually added a four-color Comco Cadet with ultraviolet capability, and, when the time came to add still another ...

Plate advances bring flexo closer to offset

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... platemaking technology continue unabated. This article, because of space constraints, will be limited to flexo and ultraviolet flexo, not because innovations in offset, gravure, or any, of the other more ...

Gravure gets easier

(Magazine)

April 30, 1996, ... for both the printing and impression cylinders. It is also available with other efficiency options, including high-performance drying for water-based inks and ultraviolet dryers, as well as in-line finishing ...

Business and education join forces, and everybody wins

(Magazine)

February 29, 1996, ... Series, 2-kW power supply. The Enercon treater is installed on a Captain 10-in., six-color ultraviolet flexo press from Comco, Milford, OH, located in the university's Graphic Communications building. ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... Allied Gear 7-in., two-color presses; and the Propheteer 10-in. Also in use are two Sanki seven-color, 10-in., ultraviolet rotary letterpresses. An in-house graphics department includes an Agfa Proset ...

UV letterpress assures quality at QA Label

(Magazine)

July 31, 1995, Building Quality Assured Label from the ground up meant a lot of sweat and some very good decisions, including the choice of ultraviolet letterpress equipment Building Quality Assured Label from the ground ...