CPG Invests (CONT’D FROM PAGE 18)
“This has created a higher quality finished product, and improved efficiencies at a more competitive price.” To better demonstrate the various creative possibilities to its customers, CPG built a set of demonstration boxes, each featuring the same striking image of a woman’s face produced with various combinations of coatings and tech- niques that can be applied in one press pass. Box One displays the traditional print method; Box Two shows the dynamics of two coatings; Box Three includes soft-touch coating; Box Four takes creativity to a new level showcasing CPG’s Cast & Cure prismatic effects; and Box Five combines multiple print techniques such as coatings, texture, light, and touch to highlight all of the elements into one piece. The CPG team also equipped the new Rapida with a full drying package including LED lamps that reduces power consumption, can print on many substrates such as plas- tic, decrease drying time, and eliminates distortion. “When using LED-UV there is less heat introduced into the materials which substantially reduces the distortion of the material, particularly plastics,” said Earl Guinter, Busi- ness Development Manager. “LED-UV also improves curing time, which virtually elim- inates wait time going to the next operation. The press is also fitted with traditional UV, which gives us the flexibility to tailor to specific applications, like some specialty coat- ings, where traditional UV is better suited over LED-UV.” For more information, visit carlsonprint.com .
ning to end on every shelf around the country. An in-line color control measures every sheet and controls every 10th sheet. It also reduces waste and makeready time. This enables CPG to produce the widest variety of print applications and offer solutions to their customers to en- sure their product differentiates themselves in the crowd- ed marketplace. To take advantage of those special effects, Carlson specified that its Rapida 106 be equipped with two mod- ules from Eagle Systems: one for cold foil applications and the other for Cast ‘n Cure applications. Applications in- clude packaging, posters, comic book covers, and trading cards that use embellishments to add more collectability. A cold foil unit is installed at the second tower of the Rapida 106 while a second separate Eagle Casting unit is installed on a final station of the press to apply Cast & Cure. This allows CPG to apply cold foil, four-color lithogra- phy plus PMS, and Cast & Cure all in one pass at full press speeds. Both module systems are run inline in one pass on press providing value-added services to CPG’s customers, enhance its quality, and satisfy customer demands. These modules provide CPG with the ability to provide special effects and enhancements for their customers. “The opportunities allow us to apply different embel- lishments/tactile coatings all in one pass,” added Rod Franson, technical sales manager, Carlson Print Group.
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