Press machines, just like cars, are now made more durable, everlasting and reliable so that they can run for longer years without any impact on their efficiency. If we look at the scenario 15 years ago then buying a Heidelberg or Komori press with 80 million impressions on its clock would have been a doubtful …
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Roller manufacturers use synthetic rubber, which is a complex mixture containing natural rubber and sundry chemicals that have obtained stability and elasticity through the process of vulcanization. The basic characteristics are inherited by the rubbery materials from the raw rubber present in mix. Several vulcanization agents are added for further vulcanization. One important vulcanization agent …
People too often conceive that the days of printing industry are going to end and digital industry will take over it. However, the latter is not completely true as the digital industry advances the printing industry is not lagging; rather it is trying to catch up with call of the time. Any functionality that is …
Print on Demand vs. Offset Printing: What’s the difference Read More »
Same level of printing and non-printing elements is the key feature of Lithography. In this, the non-printing elements are ink-repellent and don’t let ink stick to them while the printing elements are ink-accepting, all thanks to inter-facial surface phenomena. Lithographic printing has following subdivisions: Stone Lithography (prints using a stone and is a straight technique) …
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The conventional ink does not get thoroughly dried when the sheets arrive at the delivery pile in sheet-fed offset printing. Avoidance of smearing, offsetting (transferring ink onto sheet), and blocking in the pile (sheets piled upon each other sticking to each other) yet remain the main requisites in sheet-fed offset printing. Using powder ink than …
Powder Ink Application in Offset Printing – Pros and Cons Read More »
A lot of technological advances have taken place in the print industry over the last decade or so, Offset printing and computer-direct-to-plate digital printing are the most commonly used commercial printing technology. It might seem a daunting task to choose between all these bewildering technologies for your next project, but don’t worry about it that’s …
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Taking a bite of 36% of the revenue generated from print industry, commercial printing is a dominant sector. Even then, just like every business person will say that the revenue has no significance without great profits. But those margins are getting shrunk because of increasing demand for shorter print runs and quicker results. New and …
How Printing Is Evolving To Make Short Runs Profitable Read More »
New types of measuring devices along with measuring control strips have been developed for proper inspection of the quality of offset printing plates. CtP technology has an amazing ability to measure the strips in digital form and then directly transferring to printing form, while the conventional measuring control strips used conventional methods for the measurement …
