LETTERPRESS FAITHFUL GET FEWER
Ko-Pack encourages printers to bring back older presses for fine-tuning; the company offers re-building of print heads with micro-adjustment capability on ink keys. Nigg adds the micro-adjustment feature reduces spoilage and set-up time.
"For high quality printing and specific color matching, letterpress is still typically faster in set-up and waste reduction time, due to fine-tuning capabilities offered by ink keys, and the ability to adjust colors quickly versus making new plates, and changing anilox rolls and ink," maintains Gallus Sales Manager Bob Yates. He is also mindful of the time/money investment required to turnover one process for another. Of additional concern in considering a print method change, Yates notes, is the need to support two different platemaking systems, numerous inventories of inks, and artwork variations required for both processes in the learning-curve interim.
- Companies:
- Comco
- Gallus Inc.
- Mark Andy
- Places:
- United States