This comprehensive bestselling text covers a variety of topics, including end-use requirements, ink formulation, prepress considerations, and the behavior of inks on press. There is concentrated coverage of how different operating conditions and production environments affect the performance of inks. An extensive troubleshooting guide and glossary are included. Illustrated in full color. Highly recommended.

From the Preface: “...Recent refinements in flexographic printing have developed from the realization that individual components do not operate in a vacuum. Therefore, to gain an understanding of flexographic ink, it is important to learn not only what goes into an ink, but also how different press conditions and production environments will affect ink performance...For a printer, the `ideal' is an all-purpose ink that can be used for every job. However, that isn't a reality, and it doesn't enable an ink manufacturer to optimize an ink's performance for the actual printed piece...”

Target Audience: Every “inkie” in the flexo trade; also printers, specifiers, marketers, technologists, and others concerned with flexo inks and their use on press.

Brief Table of Contents:

End Use Requirements

Ink Formulation

Ink Prepress

Ink on Press

Troubleshooting

Glossary