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Drupa 2000A Big Success Any Way You Count It

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June 30, 2000, ... proofing systems. "Prediction" is a two-up system that was developed using the company's Laser Ablation Transfer (LAT) technology. Xeikon debuted its first sheet-fed digital color press, the Xeikon CSP ...

Release Papers: New Trends Are Driving the Market

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May 31, 2000, ... of their focus on long-term return on investment. The Layflat Factor Trend 2: Better layflat of release liners for p-s laminate performance in graphite composites and laser copiers. Engineered ...

Tape Converter Stands Up to Goliath with New Press

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March 30, 2000, ... It's just been a great situation." Better Ink Laydown Abendroth credits the laser-engraved anilox roll and doctor blade system, also from Bell-Mark, as a true money saver. He explains that the anilox ...

Folder/Gluer Broadens Markets for Contract Converter

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March 30, 2000, ... stamping, embossing, holographic and film laminating, automated folding and gluing, CAD (computer-aided) die design, laser diemaking, and hand assembling. Equipment is from several suppliers, including ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

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January 31, 2000, ... work will be proofed using 8-up Imation Matchprint Laser Proofs imaged on the Trendsetter Spectrum, which is designed to support multiple spot colors. Greg McNeice, packaging specialist at SVH, says, ...

Clean Room Environment Makes Excellence a Priority

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January 31, 2000, ... is careful about allowing paper in the clean room. The company even insists that schedules, which are kept on computer, are printed on waste film that's run through a laser printer. The air in the room ...

Bringing a New Dimension to 3-D Imaged Packaging

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December 31, 1999, ... but it's totally different technology. [Holography] uses lasers and prisms, and lights bounce off [the image]. It is printed on a metallic substrate, but there's no ribbed lens. It's flat." Less Steps, ...

Anilox roll advancements raise the quality of flexo

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November 30, 1996, ... quality printed products is the continuing evolution of anilox roll technology. Changes in laser engraving technologies, along with new roll composite materials and print cell structures, have made it ...

Bag machine adds value to customer-oriented operation.

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November 30, 1996, ... plates. An increasing number of our printing plates are utilizing laser-engraved platemaking technology." Not only does the art department's equipment allow the company to be more competitive, but it ...

Temperature control helps ink customers optimize performance.

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November 30, 1996, ...  of a heat gun for better than 20 years, and I've been using the Raytek gun for about 3 years," says Callahan. "I like the digital readout and the laser sighting, because it allows me to pinpoint what I ...

Need and innovation are driving digital printing.

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November 30, 1996, New substrates, laser die-cutting, and the increasing trend toward short runs all bode well for the future of digital printing.Peter Rigney, the publisher New substrates, laser die-cutting, and the increasing ...

Perforating tear-resistant materials takes a big step.

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August 31, 1996, ... with laser-printed products, because tenting is dramatically reduced, and copy can be placed closer to the perforations - yet still print clearly. Possibly the most promising and exciting use of this ...

Web-inspection system supports label operation

(Magazine)

July 31, 1996, ... by Water Ink Technologies. Dies are from Rotometrics. Luranc explains the importance of the company's early concentration on data processing labels and its later development of laser and thermal transfer ...

FTA winners show off strides in Flexo

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June 30, 1996, ... predictable, high quality process second to none." The most noticeable improvement, reports FTA, was in corrugated. "This segment is taking advantage of the technological advances - such as laser-engraved ...

MSC Specialty Films reaches success down to the core

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May 31, 1996, ... Two proprietary coaters feature automatic splicing, fiber-optically linked drive packages, laser inspection, and ultraviolet coating capability. Off-line slitting is done in a separate department. "We ...

Advances in prepress are making heads spin.

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May 31, 1996, ... darkroom and processing units. The Crescent 42T builds on the technology of Gerber's Crescent 42 internal drum platesetter, offering the same 32x42-in. image area but replacing the 42's argon ion laser with ...

Custom coating operation is a clean winner

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February 29, 1996, ... thickness control and laser inspection 2,400 times a second. The facility is on its way toward achieving ISO-9001 certification for accountability, repeatability, and traceability of finished products ...

Core selection - the difference between success and failure.

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January 31, 1996, ... wraps. Waviness is measured with laser or stylus (like the needle of a record player) instruments. These instruments "feel" 100 mm of core surface, including the spiral seam. The difference between the ...

Die-cutting developments continue unabated.

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September 30, 1995, ...  standby" woodbacked steel rule die continues to be improved through research and development. One example: It is common today to find computer-guided laser cutting of the slot in the plywood cylinder int ...

Cylinders and rolls - a quiet revolution

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July 31, 1995, ... performance, especially in the area of reduced heat generation. According to Sean Ward, product manager for Max Daetwyler, Huntersville, NC, laser engraving is the single biggest innovation in cylinder ...