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Hello Akmaleja, I recommend the following: -Only choose a Pantone color with the following bases- T.White, Yellow, Rubine, Pantone Pro Blue, and Neutral Black. By limiting your color search to these pigments, this will allow for differing 4 color processes to be able to match your spots within...

That's good. I had cards made and seeded one of our sales person's, God rest his soul. I swapped out his name with Bubba on one version, can't remember the second version, but my favorite was, under Quality Inks & Rollers I put the motto "We don't rent pigs." It only took a week or so before...

Just be sure to communicate your secondary processes with your printer, but to be honest most secondary processes are accounted for by default from the ink company.

Ask for a Hard Dry Matte OPV for synthetic stock.

Organic Pigment simply means it contains a carbon atom on the molecular chain. This is important to us humans as the presence of carbon allows our bodies to process and dispel of the chemical, vs chromium yellow or moly orange that I dumped as a kid that will still be present in my body. But D...

A couple of notes: Why not run UV PMS blends? If UV coating in line, I recommend not to use conventional inks in this fashion.

Of note - BCM stands for billion cubic microns. It is a metric applied to volume much the same as a gallon or a liter. Thus, the higher your bcm, the more volume that cell can carry. All things being equal(line screen, geometry, and coating viscosity), a 12.4 bcm will apply much more...

Hello Mac, Below is a curt summary: Heat-seal, or blister pack printing is a critical process due to the liability potential for seal failures. There are 4 key materials to a successful job: 1. Paper - There are specific papers manufactured for blistercards. It is not nescessary to use this...

They have finally remedied this. Get rid of the book. LOL. Customer: I have two books here printed a year apart. I am looking at 307, but they are not even close to each other. :( Customer Service: Yes I understand this year's 307 doesnt match last year's 307, but if you choose LIVE 307, it...

If you do come across anything please let us know. I'll do the same. Best, Cold

Hello Bama, I do not know that you will find industry standards for that given scenario. I'd be very interested if you did. The reason I say this is because metallics in general have poor rub resistance,albeit less poor under AQ, but some formulas are much better than others. Brand X is more...

We don't make tomorrow's trash, we make it prettier.

Exactly! Just awesome really, just plain awesome.