General packaging

General packaging

Product packaging design, printing and manufacturing.

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General packaging

In printing inks, varnishes, solvents, oily or greasy compounds used to reduce the consistency for printing. In photography, chemicals used to reduced the density of negative or positive images or ...

undercut

Packaging; General packaging

In printing presses the difference between the radius of the cylinder bearers and the cylinder body , to allow for plate (or blanket) and packing thickness.

two-sheet detector

Packaging; General packaging

In printing presses, a device for stopping or tripping the press when more than one sheet attempts to feed into the grippers.

static neutralizer

Packaging; General packaging

In printing presses, an attachment designed to remove the static electricity from the paper to avoid ink set-off and trouble with feeding the paper.

packing

Packaging; General packaging

In printing presses, paper used to underlay the image or impression cylinder in letterpress, the plate or blanket in lithography, to get proper squeeze or pressure for printing.

cylinder gap

Packaging; General packaging

In printing presses, the gap or space in the cylinders of a press where the mechanism for plate (or blanket), clamps and grippers (sheetfed) is housed.