Offset Printing

Copenhagen Climate Conference concerns printers

Overview of potential savings through efficient use of environment-friendly technologies with a six-color ROLAND 700 HiPrint LV printing 38 million sheets per year with 8,500 sheets per job and 20 jobs per day.

Thursday 17. December 2009 - manroland believes: that’s what EcoLogic means!

Protection of resources, energy efficiency, and heat recovery contribute to profitability. Here are five ecological aspects that printing companies should also pay attention to in 2010.

I like going fast
During the start-up phase a printing press consumes a great deal of electrical energy. As opposed to an automobile, consumption drops as speed increases: so release the brakes and accelerate. The selection of peripheral systems plays an important role. Temperature control and air supply are process-dependent and here the potential savings are very significant. Need-regulated equipment and proper operation are the measure of things. The same goes for alcohol: many printing companies use alcohol; from 3 to 15 percent IPA in the dampening solution. Less IPA means lower costs and better breathable air.

The power of heat
What one has one does not have to buy. Many industrial processes inevitably generate heat as a by-product. The heat recovered from running processes can be directly utilized somewhere else.

The last one to go turns out the light
There is still no technical solution that replaces sensible behavior. Until there is the following applies: the cheapest kilowatt hour is the one not used. Power your company with green energy. Low-emission regenerative energy benefits the environment and reduces your ecological footprint.

I can’t see the woods for the trees
There is no such thing as Pantone blossoms and HSK flowers. But there are inks made from renewable raw materials. Mineral oil is a finite raw material but bushes, flowers, etc. grow again every year. And thanks to FSC and PEFC, paper produced from wood grown in sustainable forests is available.

Bakery or printing plant?
Low-emission powder spraying is achievable through applying the minimum amount of powder needed and powder extraction. With modern powder extraction systems you can reduce powder emissions at the workplace of your printers by up to 90 percent.