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    flexo trial printing

    You should request finger printing plates from your plate vendor.
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    Ink Dams

    You can purchase a low volume ink pan form many Flexo supply houes, We use a company call DIP.
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    Flexo densitometre

    We use an X-Rite densitometer 500 series
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    Help! Cleaning substrates with alcohol or acetone?

    Whay if you we're trying to improve adhesion, what method would work better than cleaning with alcohol?
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    Pantone Tints

    I see pantone no longer produces the tint guides, what are others doing for color matching tint colors such as 10% of PMS 185 or any % of any color for that matter
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    Need Suggest!

    You can try and contact Zebra Technologies for a suitable printer
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    Need help putting down "clear" labels

    I wouls try to wipe the bottle down with some IPA Alcohol before appling the label
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    FDA Varnish for Thermal Transfer printing

    My concern would be that a TT ribbon would also have to be FDA approved
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    Tools for Process controls for press

    We use AVT Print Vision, it scans the web while running and will either shut the press down or alert the operator of the error, whether its color shift or other defects. 100 % inspection
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    UV varnished magazine cover curls up

    My best guess is that the coating is shrinking once cured, you may be over curing the coating, try running faster or turning down the UV output.
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    Who repair mainboard heidelberg?

    Control Graphics USA | Try these people I don't know if they do offset but it's worth a try
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    rotary label machine

    What your going to need is a converting press such as a Mark Andy 2200, the small hole is done with a air eject die, depending on if you are going to be adding color to these labels Mark Andy will produce a press with or without print stations. I do not work for Mark Andy but have ran there...
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    Difference between ink and paint

    Paint is opaque and ink is traslucent. Place ink on a sheet of glass and you will be able to see through most inks, place paint on a piece of glass and you will not be able to see through it .
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    Soft Touch VArnish

    We use a UV curable Softfeel Coating from Wikoff Inks
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    Machine Advice!!

    If I was to purchase a press for Pharma labels I would look into a new or used Mark Andy 2200, it is a very versitile press easy to learn and prints high quality work at an affordable price

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