When the government began to put stricter environmental goals for printers in place, there was a ripple effect throughout the supply chain. Printers began to examine alternate technologies in order to eliminate the solvent-based systems that give off volatile organic compounds (VOCs), which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) wants to reduce and/or eliminate. For [...]
Washing and cleaning solutions for use in offset printing are mixtures of different, chemical compounds such as hydrocarbons, solvent naphthas, oils, tensides, corrosion inhibitors and others. The different compositions of the washing solutions are adjusted to the specific intended use. For use in heatset printing further regulations are to be observed for the washing [...]
WYCOMBE, England - June 25, 2018 - Cypress, Calif.-based printer Primary Color recently undertook a retrofit on its Heidelberg XL 106-10P press installing the latest UV technology by Benford UV. Primary Color made the investment into UV as they wanted to print on new substrates and increase productivity. “Our press operators were well versed [...]
