Printed Products

The four key properties of inks are drying, rheology, color, and end use properties. Use properties are those considerations that determine how printed substrates function throughout all processing and usage from the time of printing throughout the useflil life of the printed product. 

Flexographic Inks. Fluorescent toners such as the Radiant GF, Lawter HVT, and Day-Glo HM and HMS Series toners are used in flexographic ink formulations. These products are soluble in blends of alcohol (80%) and ester solvents (20%) and are compatible with modifying materials such as nitroceUulose resins and acryHc solution polymers. Flexographic inks of this type are used most commonly to print products such as ceUophane and polyethylene film for packaging, and also to print paper products such as gift wrap and price labels. 

Pihkola H, Nors M, Kujanpaa, Helin T, Kariniemi M, Pajula T, Dahlbo H, Koskela S (2010) Carbon footprint and environmental impacts of print products from cradle to grave. Results from the LEADER project (Part 1). Espoo 2010. Vtt Tiedotteita - Research Notes 2560... 

INERAS (1998) LCA graphic paper and print products (Part 2 Report on the industrial processes assessment). An environmental project of Axel Springer Verlag, STORA and CANFOR. Scientific consultant INFRAS, Zurich... 

A review of the chemical additives used is recommended not only for the manufacturer of recycled fibre-based packaging material but also for the producers of virgin fibre-based paper products. This should close this input pathway to avoid the contamination of their own products by chemical additives. Manufacturers of print products and packaging material not intended to be used in the foodstuff area should also close this input pathway due to the fact that the used papers and... 

In Japan, the standard Eco Mark Product Category No. 102 Printing Ink Version 2.6 [26] sets on a voluntary basis standards for an environmentally friendly composition of printing inks. Since introduction of this standard in 1997, more than 90% of all offset inks in Japan were reformulated to inks free from aromatic compounds ( white oil ). To fulfil the above-mentioned standard, the inks should be based on vegetable oils. They should not contain more than 1 vol.% of aromatic hydrocarbons ( white oils ). Additionally, sheet-fed offset inks should not contain more than 30% of crude oil-based solvents and not more than 3% VOC. Web offset inks should contain no more than 45% crude oil solvents (which seems not really to be a progress in comparison to typical standard inks). By the way, it is expected from vegetable oil-based inks that the print products are as deinkable as conventional mineral oil-based offset inks. 

NN (2009) Assessment of print product recyclability - deinkability test. INGEDE method lip. INGEDE, Bietigheim-Bissingen... 

P.Y.97 is used in a variety of fields. Even in pastel shades, it is used in industrial finishes while its full shades lend color to automobile refinishes. In emulsion paints, both its medium and full shades are suited to exterior application. The printing ink industry uses P.Y.97 in high grade printing products, especially where excellent fastness is required, such as in stable posters, etc. It lends itself without difficulty to all printing techniques. However, lack of fastness to monostyrene and acetone and therefore a certain tendency to bleed in these media precludes its application in deco printing inks, i.e., for decorative laminates. 

The printing ink industry utilizes P.Y.139 to color high grade printing products. 1/3 SD letterpress proof prints equal step 7 on the Blue Scale for lightfastness. 

One important outcome of the Hessner et al. studies was development of a method useful for determining microarray spot quality (2003a and 2003b). One of the drawbacks to using microarrays has been how to address quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) issues regarding the printed product prior to use. After an array is printed, how do you best determine spotting consistency from slide to slide or batch to batch ... 

Thurman and Mills [75] point out that knowing the analyte structure is the clue to effective isolation by SPE. A sorbent selection chart (Figure 2.34) is a useful guide for matching the analyte with the appropriate sorbent. Most manufacturers of SPE sorbents provide such guidelines either in printed product literature or on the Internet. To use a sorbent selection scheme, the analyst must be prepared to answer the following questions ... 

Electronic paper has been hyped as the technology that will replace products printed on conventional paper such as books and newspapers. Combining the features of both paper and computer displays, e-paper will be lightweight, flexible, and easy to read from many angles in all kinds of light. Unlike traditional printed products, the information displayed on e-paper... 

Submit the figure captions separately from the artwork, typed double-spaced on a page at the end of the text. Verify that the numbers in the caption agree with the numbers on the figures and in the electronic file names. Bear in mind that figures and captions are handled differently in both Web and print production captions are usually typeset in a font and size that follow the style of the publication, whereas figures are used as is. If you place the caption on the art, the editors usually will delete it and have the caption typeset according to the publication s style. At best, this creates additional work and an opportunity for errors to occur at worst, the presence of captions with the text and on the art may cause confusion if they are inconsistent. 

Until 2009, Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS www.cas.org a division of the American Chemical Society) prodnced and marketed Chemical Abstracts in a number of different printed and electronic formats. In 2010 CA print products (with the exception of CA Selects) ceased to be published and access to CA was restricted to subscribers to the electronic versions Chemical Abstracts Web Edition, SciFinder , and the CAS databases available from STN. 

For the organic chemist, knowledge of, and access to, the more familiar components of the printed products of Chemical Abstracts is still desirable CA abstracts CA Volume Indexes and CA Collective Indexes CA Index Gnide CAS Source Index (CASSI) Registry Handbook Number Section the Ring Systems Handbook and CA Selects. 

The tenth to fifteenth CA Collective Indexes and Abstracts (1977-2006) were produced in a CD-ROM format, and annual updates were issued from 2007. These CD-ROM versions of Chemical Abstracts incorporate a number of useful and browsable search indexes with Boolean functionality, some of which are not in the printed product ... 

The quality requirements of the appearance of packaging for product brands are extremely demanding. They concern the tone and brightness of the colours and the exact location of the print. Product information must be sufficient and able to communicate with the market. As available space is often limited and consequently the printed text is small, the print must be of high standard. 

In a recent study by Landy et al. on odorous substances in paper-based packaging materials, the main volatile substances that caused odour of an offset printed product were identified by olfactometry. In this technique solvent-free extraction using microfibres was successfully applied. The extract was introduced in a gas chromatograph connected to a sniffing port. The odour was then evaluated by a trained assessor. 

O. F. Hunziker, The Butter Industry, 3rd ed.. Printing Products Corp., Chicago, Illinois, 1940, pp. U23. 

AHFS Drug Information, the print product AHFS first, the electronic database, and eBookman, the hand-held multimedia content player version. 

Medication Teaching Manual, the print product MedTeach, the customizable electronic database and safemedication.com, the Web-based consumer medication guide. 

The mixed board and flexible packaging material (MB/EP) consisted solely of printed production waste. The main components were cardboard, paper, plastics, metallized foil, and laminated aluminum foil. 

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