Offset printing with UV ink - pro/con?

[Kees]

Hi all, until now all of my offset printing jobs are done on a 5 color machine with dispersion, with "normal" ink on both coated and uncoated stock (250-330 gram). I am thinking about the possibility a new supplier is offering to me, all of my jobs (+/- 20 weekly, 4/4, aver. 3.000) done on a 8 or 10 color machine with UV ink. It's faster, cheaper and I will probably have much less set off and smearing. Now we do a lot of foil stamping and other finishing, also silk screen print after the offset printing (like spot-uv), could there be a problem with finishing when using UV ink (like adhesion problems with hotfoil). Any comment is highly appreciated.

 

[Cold]

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.

 

[Cornishpastythighs]

Do some tests with your foil. Some will stick no problem to UV inks others have issues.

 

[Dzung]

I found this company AMS Spectral UV - A Baldwin Technology is converting traditional offset to UV LED Printing. Who had exprerience, please share with me cost and...

Thank you.

 

[bluprintchristie]

Hi Dzung,
Bluprint UK can quote you for AMS Spectral UV Retrofit.
www.bluprintuk.com/contact