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That person didn't provide any facts, which is why I asked it here... Thanks folks. Thats a lot of knowledge.

maybe this will be of use - http://printplanet.com/forums/sheetfed-web-offset-discussion/16314-lenticular

Yes, it's a green marketing issue!

someone walked into our office yesterday and told us that UV coating is awful for the environment...is this true?

Well, I guess too many opinions can confound especially when one's not sure about his needs.

Thank you Chaos, that'll be useful for all of us here!

Yes I agree..they've building upon the same thing for a long time now! Nothing spectacular to benefit users or their customers and no descriptors such as 'simpler' 'easier' or 'cheaper' (let's not forget that one) technology...

I am not going to spend my nationalistic ammo here...all I can say is suit yourself. Besides, I think he and his company are located in the UK.

Check out the coaters offered by Autoprint India...good quality at a reasonable price.

most printers of pharma packages use error checking and quality control equipments...maybe thats the reason he doesn't do proofs...?

That is not absolutely true. CD stands for Carton Drucke I think and is made for handling boards better than plain Speed Masters. Hence, there is no implication that SMs are not suitable for packaging printing. For label printers, it makes little difference whether they run a CD or a SM. For...

is this a dream?

If that was possible where I live, the power companies would owe more than they'd earn in a million years to its customers!

Stephen, The differences could be summarized as speed and cost of production. Gravure machines offer such high speeds which I reckon that only the ultimate, if at all, flexo machines are capable of. And in terms of cost of production for long run jobs, the difference is substantial. Since we...

Hey, We have the same company name...

Thanks Ret Hiedelberg Instructor and Stephen. Yes, we are going to hire someone who knows gravure and has worked on machines similar to what we plan to buy. That apart, I want to get some information that is essential but not obvious to a new entrant. Flexo has a set of capabilities but they...

Hello everybody, We are offset printers looking to employ a gravure machine for producing packaging labels and cartons. Would like to know what I ought to keep in mind before throwing myself into what is a new technology for our company. Any prescription, precautions, comments, et al is highly...

Would somebody please respond?

Perfect...Brilliant!

We've got one too, but aren't using it...After reading your post I reckon Solnas are not going out afterall!