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PM2 PRINTING
Electrographic devices are the ultimate in simplicity. Similar to a laser printer, these devices deposit toner onto a substrate via a charged imaging drum. A special ink-receptive toner enables offset printing, but many devices can also serve as high-resolution laser printers. Manufacturers offering such devices include Printware (St. Paul, MN). The Printware 1440 can image both inexpensive “paper” plates as well as the more durable organic photoconductor (OPC) aluminum plates. In addition to being daylight safe, both options offer the advantage of being totally processless — when the plates emerge from the laser printer, they are ready to hang and run.Xante's (Mobile, AL) recently introduced Platemaker 4 is its latest device for electrographic CTP, and extends the legacy of its workhorse...
Monday, August 1, 2011
Computer-to-Plate (CTP)
In the Computer-to-Plate or CTP process the image of the page from a digital files recorded directly from the file to the printing plate instead of creating film and making the plate from the film. Although CTP is a printing process, in order to insure the best possible output it is important that the designer discuss CTP with their printer. The printer's familiarity with the process, their equipment, the type of plates, and file format and preparation all play a role in the success of the computer-to-plate process.When you eliminate film in favor of bits and bytes, your digital infrastructure must be able to keep up with production. You'll need...
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
SPOT COLOURS INKS (sheet fed offset inks)
MatchingsSpecial shades matched against printed specimen or wet sample.Matched and Manufactured at our various Mixing & Matching Centres which are equipped with with trained colour matchers and colour matching facilities.UnitoneUniversally accepted colour system developed by adapting the Pantone Colour Matching System (PMS) - 14 Basic Colour + Transparent WhiteColoramaStandard range of High Quality Spot/Cut colours.Widely accepted by printers.Some of the very popular Spot Colours Inks shades are:Baby OffsetStandard Range of Economy Spot Colours Inks: Specially formulated for Small/Baby Offset Machines.NOTE:The colors shown above are only...
