General packaging

General packaging

Product packaging design, printing and manufacturing.

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binder

Packaging; General packaging

In ink, the adhesive component, or components, of an ink, normally supplied by the resin formulation. Alt: Provide body to dyes and inks and act as fixing agents.

filling in

Packaging; General packaging

In letterpress or offset lithography, a condition where ink fills the area between the halftone dots or plugs up (fills in) the type.

filling up

Packaging; General packaging

In letterpress or offset lithography, a condition where ink fills the area between the halftone dots or plugs up (fills in) the type.

roller stripping

Packaging; General packaging

In lithography, a term denoting that the ink does not adhere to the metal ink rollers on a press.

stripping

Packaging; General packaging

In lithography, the positioning of negatives (or positives) on a flat to compose a page or layout for platemaking. Alt: The positioning of film on a flat prior to platemaking.

In multicolor presses, refers to the combination of inking, plate and impression operations to print each color. A 4-color press has 4 printing units each with its own inking, plate and impression ...