Natural fibre products
- Printing and writing papers
- Paperboards
- Tissue
- Nonwovens
- Speciality papers
- Production of paper and board
- Stock and water systems
- Web forming
- Wet pressing
- Drying of natural fibre products
- Surface sizing
- Pigment coating
- Finishing
- Converting of paper and board
- Papermaking chemistry
- Paper physics
- Printing
Gravure Applications Gravure printing is suitable for long print runs since the manufacture of the printing cylinder is extremely time-consuming and expensive 1,2. For example, cylinder manufacture can take up to 5 hours. Therefore, gravure has lost market share recently because of the trend towards shorter print runs and more personalised printings. The run lengths
Authors & references
Author:
Professor Jouni Paltakari, Aalto University
Based on: Elina Hakola, Principles of conventional printing, (Chapter 2). In: Oittinen, P. & Saarelma, H. (eds.), Print Media – Principles, Processes and Quality, (Book 13), Papermaking Science and Technology. 2nd ed. Finnish Paper Engineers´ Association /Paperi ja Puu Oy. Jyväskylä, 2009, p. 48–55. More literature references can also be found in this chapter.
References:
- Pianoforte, K. 2006. The Gravure report. Ink World, Vol. 12, no. 5. p. 30–31.
- D’Elia, J. 2007. Publication gravure. Gravure, Vol. 21, no.1. p. 41–43.
- Savastano, D. 2005. The gravure report. Ink World, Vol. 11, no. 5. p. 23–26.
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