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Printing with Reduced or Zero Alcohol Fount Solution

Improve profits by improving your environment - As the economic downturn bites harder printers are looking at saving costs wherever possible. Improvements to the environment are not an obvious place to look for savings but there are huge benefits in looking in this area.

Metamerism

In the context of the printing industry, metamerism describes a situation whereby prints of an original and a matched ink, when viewed under a standard illuminant (D50 for example) prove a good visual match. Whereas, if the same samples are viewed under an alternative illuminant (a fluorescent light source for example), the visual match is poor. This is called a metameric match.

Wide Format Digital Printing Glossary

Glossary Of Terms For Wide Format Ink Jet Printing

Wide Format printing has a number of industry specific terms that we thought we'd clarify. If you're new to the digital print world and working with wide format digital inks, then hopefully this will help.

Roller Maintenance Program

Rubber rollers are manufactured with ‘hills’ and ‘valleys’ ground into their surface, so that the ink transfers easily down the roller train to the plate surface. To check their condition, use your senses of sight and touch. Rollers should have a dull, velvety appearance, and they should feel velvety smooth as you drag your finger across the roller’s surface.