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What's New
All Printing Resources and DiTrolio Flexographic Institute Partner to present Level I and Level II Flexo Prepress
Broadview, IL - February 28, 2008 - All Printing Resources (APR) and DiTrolio Flexographic Institute (DFI) Partner to present Level I and Level II Flexo Prepress. APR and DFI have combined their training skills to provide a comprehensive Level I and Level II Flexo Prepress. This partnership will allow participants to design a project then see results on press.
Level I Flexo Prepress, on May 15 - 16, 2008, is a two-day training program focused towards designers, production artists, and graphics managers at all skill or experience levels who need a better understanding of the fundamentals of the flexographic printing process. Designers and production artists who are new to flexo will find this program especially valuable.
About All Printing Resources
APR has spent the last 20 years delivering training and consultive services for over 250 companies in the flexographic package printing industry. Our training and consulting services are based on a "team approach" to comprehensive problem solving and development of performance enhancing training solutions. Our staff has walked in the shoes of our clients - as plant managers, press operators, platemakers, mounters, pressroom supervisors, printing managers, quality control managers and prepress managers. Their experiences give us a clear understanding of the challenges and possible solutions to solve many of the pressing issues facing the members of the flexo industry.
About DiTrolio Flexographic Institute
The DiTrolio Flexographic Institute, Inc. was founded to meet the flexographic industry's need for quality, off-site training to counter the problems of on-the-job training: wasted production and equipment time, wasted raw materials, and inconsistent skill sets. The institute offers industry-specific training seminars for all skill levels - from beginning press operations to advanced printing applications - and features a state-of-the-art environment where new press operators and seasoned industry professionals alike can gain hands-on exposure to printing and finishing processes.
For more information and registration, please contact Sara Gallagher at 708.343.4334 or sgallagher@flexotraining.com.
Click here to download the PDF registration form, or to read more about the seminar, click here.
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Graymills Quick Change Peristaltic Ink Pump wins The FlexoTech Award for Innovation in Printing press/Finishing.
A good time saving device which helps to reduce efforts when setting up or changing the press. Saves downtime, chemical waste and reduces emissions. A practical innovation which helps printers and associated personnel.
With shorter runs and more colours being used, press downtime becomes more of a major contributor to job cost. Responding to the need for quicker changeover, the company has developed a quickchange peristaltic head. Using a purpose built stand, the hose is installed in a head off press during the run. At the run end, the operator simply pulls a release pin on the dirty head, slides the used head off, slips on the new head and the function is complete in less than one minute with no tools. The used head is then cleaned and prepared off press when time is available ready for the next run.
Download a PDF with all the winners listed here.
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HARPER NEWS
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HARPERSCIENTIFIC™ ANNOUNCES NEW DISTRIBUTOR
All Printing Resources to Offer CeramClean™ cleaners and Phantom™ Hand Proofers
Charlotte, N.C., January 21, 2008 Ð HarperScientific™, the printing and coating supplies division of global anilox roll supplier Harper Corporation of America, is pleased to announce that it has signed a partnership agreement with All Printing Resources (APR) of Glendale Heights, Ill. to distribute select HarperScientific products.
Effective immediately APR will represent CeramClean II™ and CeramClean Solv-It™ cleaners, as well as the Phantom™ line of hand proofers. These HarperScientific products will be available at the All Printing Resources web store called FlexoSource at www.teamflexo.com/flexosource.
CeramClean II, the on-press anilox roll cleaner recognized throughout the printing industry for its superior cleaning power, removes water, dried UV-based and solvent-based inks from the cells of anilox rolls without damaging the cell structure. The cleaner removes most tough stains on the roll face, and safely and thoroughly cleans gravure and chrome cylinders.
CeramClean Solv-It is CeramClean II's sister anilox roll cleaner developed specifically for solvent-based inks, adhesives and coatings. A liquid spray, CeramClean Solv-It is incredibly quick and easy to use on-press.
HarperScientific's Phantom™ Hand Proofer comes in two models, the traditional, for water-based and solvent inks, and the viscous model for thick or metallic inks. Both lightweight proofers feature Harper's exclusive Platinum™ laser-engraved anilox rolls, a quick-change anilox roll mechanism, a solvent-resistant transfer roll and a quick-change doctor blade.
"APR offers excellent customer service, which is at the core of our philosophy," said Jim Harper, vice president of HarperScientific. "By expanding our distribution in this way, we hope to make our products available to printers who may not be familiar with them yet."
According to Dave Nieman, President of APR, "We are always seeking products that offer our customers cost effective, quality solutions. Productivity, consistency, and color management are challenges that most of our customers face today. We feel these Harper Scientific product lines help address these issues."
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Graymills Viscosity by Fasnacht and New Graymills Catalog now available
Graymills is now the exclusive North American distributor for Fasnacht+Co AG viscosity control systems, one of the world's leading manufacturers of viscosity controls for flexographic and gravure printing. "Graymills and Fasnacht are natural partners that make this relationship a plus for both companies and their customers. By leveraging our brand names and reputations for quality, we are able to offer our customers the best in equipment and service," Craig Shields, President, Graymills.
Previously sold in the U.S. market for many years under the brand name "Graphicart America", Fasnacht's precise, easy-to-operate systems made them the choice of flexo and gravure printers worldwide. In addition to viscosity control, the systems can adjust both temperature and pH, are self-cleaning, and require little calibration or maintenance. For more information, download the current Fasnacht brochure.
Graymills has also just released their new updated product catalog "Circulating, Conditioning, and Control Systems for Flexo & Gravure" For a copy of the brochure to be mailed to you, please e-mail us at info@teamflexo.com.
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Considerations for Printing with Digital Flexo Plates
On October 17th, All Printing Resources, in conjunction with Harper Corporation, conducted a free seminar discussing how to optimize digital flexo plate technology for quality, consistency and repeatability.
This seminar delivered the latest information needed to get the most from digital flexo plate technology regardless if making plates in-house or ordering them from an outside vendor. The seminar also offered knowledge for those not currently using digital plates or digital proofing but are interested to find out if this technology can benefit them at this time.
Topics covered included: how to best see the benefits on press of printing with digital plates by optimizing your press and ink delivery system, how color management is affected in a digital workflow, and how new technologies can improve productivity for better matching of proofs to the press. Other topics discussed were an update on where digital platemaking and proofing is today, how to best handle and store digital plates, and a discussion of the best mounting tape compressibility choices for digital plates as well as what's new in "digital" mounting technology.
APR plans to offer similar seminars again in the future, in different areas of the country. If you are interested in learning more about this seminar, please contact us: Phone: 1-630-941-9444, Fax: 1-630-941-3539, E-Mail: training@teamflexo.com
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