Midland Paper reports that its Digital Edge Coated 1 Side (C1S) and Coated 2 Side (C2S) Board program for HP Indigo Technology has been a resounding success in 2014. "The most satisfying feedback we have received from our customers thus far is the superior ink adhesion of this product," said Mike Ratcliff of Midland Paper.
Paperboard raises its value-added appeal with new and underused printing techniques. By Jessica Millward, Associate Editor THERE WERE NO easy winners in pP's Excellence Awards competition, but the "Folding Carton" categories have been the toughest races to call in the last few judgings. With a growing pool of high-end products demanding value-added packaging, a new breed of paperboard materials has emerged to support expanding printing techniques. White noise Today's paperboard materials have a dual mission: to enable the best possible aesthetic appearance, and to be durable throughout the post-press process. "As a result, packaging professionals are … specifying higher-quality paperboards
Tag/paperboard suppliers and converters air game plans for managing printing differences among surfaces, calipers and chemistries. By Susan Friedman Put the same tag or paperboard substrate through several different print processes, and the only thing that's likely to change is image quality. The most pronounced differences in the performance of these substrates on-press arise across the categories of surface, thickness and formulation. Coatings, synthetics lead tag issues A high degree of performance diversity can be found between coated anduncoated tag stocks, explains Glen Payton, Product Manager, Fraser Papers. "Coated tag stocks are best used for very high quality four-color process printing with line screens
