Die cutting is a process used in different industries to perform cutting applications with a die, a shear tool, to cut through different substrates and materials. Die cutting is used to cut repeatedly perfect, identical shapes through many different materials, including metals, foils, cardboard, paper, paper stock, cloth, rubber, and …
Cold foil transfer is used in narrow web printing processes in flexographic printing and can also be used in sheet-fed offset printing. Sheet-fed offset printing is typically used for commercial print jobs such as wet adhesive labels, magazines or to finish folding boxes. Narrow web printing is becoming more and …
Corrugated packaging is the most common method to package products and provides durability with protection during shipping and storage. Printing on corrugated has evolved over the years with advanced printing technologies that address prior challenges. Printers in years past had to settle for low-resolution inks when printing on a spongy …
Printers and converters often wonder what the best course of production is when evaluating inline vs. offline finishing. The answer is dependent on the parameters, priorities, and goals of the job. Assessing Your Finishing Job Parameters and Priorities Production printers must ask themselves what the primary goals of the job …
Web finishing processes such as slitting require careful attention to matching the right type of slitting technique to the roll-fed material used, maintaining knife sharpness and dust levels, as well as preventing problems with roller alignment and using the right type of winding technique. By carefully evaluating all of these …
The continual introduction of unique and new materials in paper, plastics, laminates, film, foil, tapes, and nonwoven materials challenges web processors daily. The conditions of these materials, in addition to mechanical conditions, as well as surface and air conditions, often present big problems for web finishers associated with slitting and …
