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Gravure Association Of The Americas Hosts Successful Technical Forum In Partnership With The Gravure Publishing Council’s Print

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October 17, 2019

ROCHESTER, NY—Gravure Association of the Americas (GAA) held its annual Technical Forum along with the Gravure Publishing Council’s (GPC) Print Media Conference on October 2nd and 3rd.  Over 100 attendees came together at The Omni Richmond Hotel in Richmond, VA for the combined event which featured sessions covering topics of current interest for print buyers, printers, converters and suppliers. The broad range of topics including economics, sustainability, numerous technical subjects, and a number of energetic question and answer exchanges. Learning from the presenters and each other, the attendees left with a wealth of knowledge they could utilize upon returning to their companies.

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Plasma Substrate Treatment

By ELISE M. SANDERS
February 2006

Abstract

As a venue to improve the wettability of inks in the print industry, printers utilize surface-treatment technologies. These technologies allow adhesion of inks to plastics, polymers, films, and flexible packaging. Many treatment processes occur before substrates leave the factory, but further processing becomes a necessity due to a combination of uneven surface treatment and the limited longevity of the initial treatment. Popular processes today include corona, atmospheric plasma, cold gas plasma, and plasma-grafting treatments. How do these different treatments compare, what seems to be the best, and what is the future moving towards?

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Gravure & Its Role In Printed Electronics

By RYAN HILL 
February 2006

Introduction

Conventional printing processes, such as gravure, may be able to revolutionize the way electronics are manufactured. The trend in the electronics industry is towards smaller products, lower prices, and more reliable products (Pudas, 2004). Traditional semiconductor electronics require a circuit board in order to function. To date, most circuit boards have chips, transistors, and other components that are soldered to a sheet of fiberglass.

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Digital Proofing Of Gravure Spot-Color Printing

By YU-JU WU 
February 2006

Summary

Spot color is widely used in gravure printing to obtain a colorful appearance. With new developments in printers, inks, and media, an inkjet printer can be treated as a digital proofer for gravure printing, providing significant time and cost savings compared to conventional procedures for job approvals. The implementation of digital proofing is integrally related to color management. In the digital proofing process, a third-party RIP can be employed to interpret raster and vector data files for a specific printer, distributing the right amount of ink on

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