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Luke, the NPS is our stock standard PMS system, it is 100 % veg oil. We have a couple of other ranges for specialty applications like IML and metallised papers etc.

right on the money Lukew!

not necessarily Conductivity blues, it was Toyo up until late last year, there is another player supplying them now!

The term "alcohol free fount" is a little like "100% vegetable based ink", they both are incomplete descriptions. Founts designed to run with no IPA will often contain different alcohols, often with greatly reduced volatility, therefore by using such a fount, and continuing to add IPA to it in...

agree with D Ink Man ^^ i would be more concerned with the reflex in your mix. If it is an alkali flush based type then it is likely to bleed under a thick/slow drying aqueous coating.

as I understand it it is a 0-45 degree unit, which should render it unsuitable, but the info I have is that it has been developed with extra/modified filters to allow it to give a consistent result...even on an aluminium can!!! So far none of these are present in Australia so I am just trying to...

50 cents you say?? the pay rate is certainly better over there!

Does anyone have any direct experience with the use of X Rites 939M, a modified version of 939 for use on beverage cans? I am interested to know what kind of accuracy and repeatability you are experiencing when using these for density and spectro control?

lol let me clarify that, they source K&E from europe and they source toyo locally...not suggesting they are the same at all!! far from it. The point is, Heidelberg can and do source product from anywhere!

<---- obvious vested interest here! but I can tell you in this part of the world (Australia) the Diamond inks work just fine on XL105s. Heidelberg only onsell inks, at the moment in Australia its K&E and Toyo, they will have inks that work, but so do we inkmakers...who are the ones making it for...

is it possible to varnish prior to foil stamping with a suitable foilable OPV?

firstly, it is 10 degrees C here in suburban melbourne! secondly, i was suggesting that it was I who was biased against Pantone (or PAINtone as you rightly point out) my biggest issue with them is not so much their base colour formulations but their PMS formulae. Specifically making grey...

Biased view of an inkmaker: Yes, Pantones fault! D Ink Man is right that most ink companies cant/wont add pigment fo a small order of a PMS blend, but they may be able to rematch the shade using a non Pantone base ink...IF they have one in their range. Otherwise the above suggestions are all...

Im a frustrated rock star away from work!! been playing in bands since high school, bass player, other than that hobbies are football (The Australian variety of course) and the family!

Yes DIC = Dainippon Inks and Chemicals basically the counterpart of Sun Chemical in the US. I spent a couple of years working for Toyo and before that Sicpa/Siegwerk.

Powerflex maybe? this is Toyo USAs uv flexo range. I have some "inside" <winking furiously> knowledge of them only. in this part of the world they are a very new product, only been a few trials so far.

Hi! The name pretty much says it all, based in Melbourne Australia predominantly sheetfed and narrow web experience but being a part of Sun/DIC means we have everything, if you have a question just ask :)