Pioneer Mail-Well is the pioneer in digital technology for label printing companies. Headquartered in Mintreal, the company specializes in the production of product labels for a variety of large and small brands of alcoholic products, food, beverages and other products.
Mr Andy Haggerty, who is responsible for prepress processing at Mail-Well, pointed out that the structure of the label file is different from the structure of the packaging file. He recalled: "At that time we planned to develop a digital device that could meet our production needs." To achieve this goal, Mail-Well has used Heidelberg packaging and label design as a Beta site for the past two years. Production System Packpilot. The system job performs the necessary RIP processing and trapping processing. Mr. Haggerty said: "We can complete the digital imposition." At present, most label printers still continue to process the film by hand. For a 12-color label, it may take a full day. If digital processing is used, it will only take about 90 minutes to complete.
Although Mail-Well can output imposition films at present, its ultimate goal is to achieve direct plate-making as soon as possible. The playing of samples can be done digitally, but various analog processing techniques are still used. One of the most important features of the new system used by Mail-Well is that it can digitize archives.
Mr. Haggerty said: “Our factory has a history of more than 100 years, so there are also many old films.†Mail-Well digitalizes graphics and texts using dot-copy technology, making it easy to make changes to the client’s manuscript, even when live The last time the film was used was a film that was manually stripped.
Produce vignetting effects In the soft packaging, digital technology is also playing an increasingly larger role. In the past five years, the large-scale packaging company based in Atlanta, Printpack has been continuously purchasing digital pre-press processing equipment, including computer-to-plate hardware. The current digitization degree has reached 85% to 95%. Simulated processing techniques are still used for proofing flexible versions. Ron Humphries, head of print prepress processing for the fast food packaging division of Printpack, said: “The digital proofing system can reproduce the three primary colors very accurately, but at the time of copying the spot colors, the accuracy is worse.†So Printpack still uses the film. Samples are drawn and compared with spot colors by color bars or inks. Mr. Humphries said: “We also export the platemaking film used for color printing.†The film still needs to be exported when the color printing job is carried out, because the quality of the plate cannot always be guaranteed when using engraving equipment, Mr. Humphries explained.
Line drawings were output using a laser computer-to-plate system manufactured by Zed Intrument USA Ltd, Middletown, Rhode Island. The input file received by the CTP system is from a trapping system produced by a dedicated computer company in Bristol, New Jersey. The latter system can also send the document to the proofsetter imagesetter to produce a digital color scale.
Because Printpack specializes in printing long runs, the company often cooperates with Watsom Label Products, an all-digital printing company of ST.Louis, when customers request to print short live samples. Watson was also one of the first North American users to purchase the Indigo digital printing system three years ago and recently installed an Omnius One-Shot color press. This computer direct printing system prints a short version at a very short delivery time, and the printing cost is much lower than the Sample cost for flexographic printing.
Digital Packaging Printing As pointed out in this important article, digital technology has begun to eliminate the film used in prepress, allowing packaging label printers to use computer-to-plate technology.
Plates may soon meet the fate of film because computer direct printing technology continues to be adopted by more and more packaging and label manufacturers. Indigo America Inc, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, is currently offering its customers direct-printing technology products - stand-alone digital printing systems and working with other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to use computers in their devices. Direct printing technology.
For example, Gallus Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, provided customers with Gallus Indigo DO 330 label printing and paper processing equipment. This device combines digital printing technology with processing capabilities to eliminate films and plates from online label production. Mr. Bob Yates, Sales General Manager of Gallus Company, said: “The company was completely eliminated before printing.†“If you want to print a job, you only need to put the ZIP disk into the (computer) computer,†he added. Say.
The label printing machine can print webs ranging from 160mm to 330mm, with up to 6 colors, plus rotary die cutting or platform die cutting. The machine can also be equipped with UV coating and laminating device.
Mr Andy Haggerty, who is responsible for prepress processing at Mail-Well, pointed out that the structure of the label file is different from the structure of the packaging file. He recalled: "At that time we planned to develop a digital device that could meet our production needs." To achieve this goal, Mail-Well has used Heidelberg packaging and label design as a Beta site for the past two years. Production System Packpilot. The system job performs the necessary RIP processing and trapping processing. Mr. Haggerty said: "We can complete the digital imposition." At present, most label printers still continue to process the film by hand. For a 12-color label, it may take a full day. If digital processing is used, it will only take about 90 minutes to complete.
Although Mail-Well can output imposition films at present, its ultimate goal is to achieve direct plate-making as soon as possible. The playing of samples can be done digitally, but various analog processing techniques are still used. One of the most important features of the new system used by Mail-Well is that it can digitize archives.
Mr. Haggerty said: “Our factory has a history of more than 100 years, so there are also many old films.†Mail-Well digitalizes graphics and texts using dot-copy technology, making it easy to make changes to the client’s manuscript, even when live The last time the film was used was a film that was manually stripped.
Produce vignetting effects In the soft packaging, digital technology is also playing an increasingly larger role. In the past five years, the large-scale packaging company based in Atlanta, Printpack has been continuously purchasing digital pre-press processing equipment, including computer-to-plate hardware. The current digitization degree has reached 85% to 95%. Simulated processing techniques are still used for proofing flexible versions. Ron Humphries, head of print prepress processing for the fast food packaging division of Printpack, said: “The digital proofing system can reproduce the three primary colors very accurately, but at the time of copying the spot colors, the accuracy is worse.†So Printpack still uses the film. Samples are drawn and compared with spot colors by color bars or inks. Mr. Humphries said: “We also export the platemaking film used for color printing.†The film still needs to be exported when the color printing job is carried out, because the quality of the plate cannot always be guaranteed when using engraving equipment, Mr. Humphries explained.
Line drawings were output using a laser computer-to-plate system manufactured by Zed Intrument USA Ltd, Middletown, Rhode Island. The input file received by the CTP system is from a trapping system produced by a dedicated computer company in Bristol, New Jersey. The latter system can also send the document to the proofsetter imagesetter to produce a digital color scale.
Because Printpack specializes in printing long runs, the company often cooperates with Watsom Label Products, an all-digital printing company of ST.Louis, when customers request to print short live samples. Watson was also one of the first North American users to purchase the Indigo digital printing system three years ago and recently installed an Omnius One-Shot color press. This computer direct printing system prints a short version at a very short delivery time, and the printing cost is much lower than the Sample cost for flexographic printing.
Digital Packaging Printing As pointed out in this important article, digital technology has begun to eliminate the film used in prepress, allowing packaging label printers to use computer-to-plate technology.
Plates may soon meet the fate of film because computer direct printing technology continues to be adopted by more and more packaging and label manufacturers. Indigo America Inc, based in Woburn, Massachusetts, USA, is currently offering its customers direct-printing technology products - stand-alone digital printing systems and working with other original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to use computers in their devices. Direct printing technology.
For example, Gallus Inc., headquartered in Philadelphia, provided customers with Gallus Indigo DO 330 label printing and paper processing equipment. This device combines digital printing technology with processing capabilities to eliminate films and plates from online label production. Mr. Bob Yates, Sales General Manager of Gallus Company, said: “The company was completely eliminated before printing.†“If you want to print a job, you only need to put the ZIP disk into the (computer) computer,†he added. Say.
The label printing machine can print webs ranging from 160mm to 330mm, with up to 6 colors, plus rotary die cutting or platform die cutting. The machine can also be equipped with UV coating and laminating device.
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