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Pulse Roll Label shares revolutionary insights Fixed-anilox printing

Friday 09. December 2022 - Pulse Roll Label Products (Pulse Roll Labels), a leading supplier of UV flexo inks for the global label printing industry, has shared its vision of anilox printing, a revolutionary technique to simplify and standardise UV flexo label printing.

Fixed Anilox Printing utilises Pulse Roll Labels’ range of specially formulated PureTone single pigment inks together with a bespoke colour mixing database. The system allows printers to produce any spot colour imaginable from a single volume of anilox, which means that a fixed set can be installed and there is no need to change rollers between jobs.
Fixed Anilox Printing has already proven its success in many leading label companies, helping them to standardise, maximise capacity and save considerable time and cost, while ensuring perfect printing with minimal effort.
Gary Seward, Managing Director of Pulse Roll Labels, comments: “We often see that our inks compared to competitor models require more anilox and many anilox changes to achieve consistent print performance because they have variable strength. The changes are consuming capacity and costing unnecessary money.
“Simply put, with Fixed Anilox Printing, we are removing the variables from the printing process so that the lines can continue to run. A new generation anilox, ink set and mixing database guarantee instant colour matching. With a high makeready speed, up to 30% reduction in ink consumption, increased uptime and a reduced overall investment in rollers, Fixed Anilox Printing changes the rules of the game.
Most competitor inks are too weak and unbalanced to use a low enough volume of anilox to produce all the colours, but PureTone’s high-strength basestocks, in combination with a fixed anilox, get the right print the first time with clean, bright colours offering a Delta E < 2 and superior print consistency, all thanks to the reduction of variables.
The higher strength composition means that PureTone inks also require a lower coating weight. This supports less migration, faster printing, fewer printing imperfections and reduces ink consumption by up to 30%, further saving costs. The range also offers greater flexibility for half-tone and full-tone printing using a single plate.
Gary Seward adds: “Fixed Anilox Printing brings the flexo industry into the 22nd century. With a mixing database provided by Pulse Roll Labels, our anilox and our PureTone ink range, it gives label printers a level of control and simplicity never before seen in the printing world; standardising spot colour printing and removing manual selection from the anilox process so they always use the right solution.
“Importantly, we upgraded customers in less than a week. The days of trying for months are over! You don’t have to be a printing guru to implement it. We know that Fixed Anilox Printing works and the system is simple to understand and easy to implement. We are excited to share this system with the industry and look forward to seeing how we can promote efficiency and cost savings for more label printers”.