Is gravure printing still used?
Gravure printing is still widely used for the commercial production of post cards, magazines, newspapers, and corrugated cardboard (and other packaging materials). Rotogravure is utilized when the job calls for fine, detailed images in a high-speed, high-quality, and long-run printing process.
What is the principle of gravure printing?
In gravure printing, an image is acid-etched on the surface of a metal cylinder—one cylinder for each color—in a pattern of cells. The cells are recessed into the cylinder, unlike relief printing or letterpress where the printing image is raised or like offset printing, in which the image is level with the plate.
What type of ink is used for rotogravure printing?
Briteflex. A high quality non-lamination ink, Briteflex is ideal for twist wrap packaging and general applications. Rotogravure ink or Liquid Ink and rotogravure printing inks from DIC India are known for their Printing speed, colour consistency and defect-free printing on the Rotogravure Printing machines.
What is Gravure ink?
Gravure inks are fluid inks with a very low viscosity that allows them to be drawn into the engraved cells in the cylinder then transferred onto the substrate.
What are some examples of gravure printing?
It is for these reasons it is a popular process in packaging since it is very cost effective. Typical examples of gravure print in the packaging market are: plastic bags, film over-wraps, foils, labels, flexible packaging for food products, tear tapes, cartons and wrapping papers.
What are some disadvantages of gravure printing?
Shortcomings of the gravure printing process include: high start-up costs: hundreds of thousands of copies needed to make it profitable rasterized lines and texts long lead time for cylinder preparation, which is offsite as the techniques used are so specialized
When was gravure printing invented?
The manual gravure printing process was created and perfected in the nineteenth century and the earliest inventions are associated with photography. In 1826, Joseph-Niécephore Niépce developed the first photomechanically etched printing plate that was made of zinc and used to print portraits.