Lithographic offset printing is a technically demanding process which requires the highest standards of colour strength and press performance. The ever-increasing need for faster press speeds and rapid turnaround necessitate use of inks with carefully designed water-balance and on-press rheology.
UV Cured Offset Inks
120xx UVimax UV-curable offset inks are complete range of pantone®-equivalent colours including lightfast, metallics and fluorescents. The basic ink set has very good water-balance properties, excellent dot-gain and printability, good drying speeds, is receptive to a variety of metallic foils and has good adhesion to a variety of commercial printing substrates including vinyl and (treated) polypropylene. This ink set has also been found to be very suitable for UV-letterpress printing applications in a broad range of working temperatures.
140xx UVimax LO – UV-curable Low Odour offset inks are complete range of pantone®-equivalent colours including lightfast and performance similar to 120xx Uvimax but is free of Benzophenone, ispropylthioxanthone and fanal pigments. This system is the recommended choice for (indirect) Food packaging applications.
133xx Combo-Elite UV-curable offset inks are a range of pantone®-equivalent colours designed for print-shops set-up principally for conventional-offset printing. Roller rubbers, Blankets, plates, fountain solutions and dampeners chosen and used with conventional offset inks all work well with Combo-Elite. Presses set up for UV/conventional ink changeovers will benefit particularly from using Combo-Elite ink.
223xx Combo-Elite LOLM is a Low-Odour Low-Migration ink option for food packaging and other odour sensitive applications.
Conventional Offset Inks
191xx PrismPress Conventional-Offset inks are complete range of pantone®-equivalent colours including lightfast, metallics and fluorescents.