Printing on Cardboard boxes
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Printing on Cardboard boxes
Well.... I think i want to start printing my own cardboard boxes.
Anyone have any tips?
I was thinking of screening them or even GIANT RUBBER STAMPing them
.... now where do i get a GIANT RUBBER STAMP???
Thanks
T
Anyone have any tips?
I was thinking of screening them or even GIANT RUBBER STAMPing them
.... now where do i get a GIANT RUBBER STAMP???
Thanks
T
.... I can give you my opinion but I can't tell you if it's right or not.
A giant rubber stamp? Come on, you gotta be talkin' pad printing. http://www.printexusa.com for that.
I wouldn't go that route for printing boxes, personally. But if you have a clamshell flatbed press, use some solvent based inks and and a few tabs, and you're all set, it couldn't be faster or easier on clamshell-
Let me know how you make out.
Jennifer Mastro
jmastro@mastrographics.com
www.mastrographics.com
I wouldn't go that route for printing boxes, personally. But if you have a clamshell flatbed press, use some solvent based inks and and a few tabs, and you're all set, it couldn't be faster or easier on clamshell-
Let me know how you make out.
Jennifer Mastro
jmastro@mastrographics.com
www.mastrographics.com
I was going to use my sportsmen. Similar to the way we would have done coro signs in the past.
Hows the odor on that 9700 ink?
I still like the GIANT RUBBER STAMP idea.
You know... like the ones with the ink pad..... that normally have PAID or OVERDUE.
Hows the odor on that 9700 ink?
I still like the GIANT RUBBER STAMP idea.
You know... like the ones with the ink pad..... that normally have PAID or OVERDUE.
.... I can give you my opinion but I can't tell you if it's right or not.
Nothing compared to corogloss! Seriously its not that bad. Nazdar might even have a better idea for it, ...nope just checked their site 9700 is the right app. They have a pdf of their compatibility chart for download. I keep a banner of it on the screen shop wall. Get a small can of reducer to thin a little from the can.
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Aunt Roadie,
Get some retarder along with that 9700
and use that to cut it. The thinner is almost unneeded
I tends to dry a tad fast on the press as you work with it.
We used to print the tire displays for the old Price Club
on Komatex PVC with the 9700.
Worked like a charm.
For clean up we use AutoType CPS type A7 screen wash.
-Rob
Get some retarder along with that 9700
and use that to cut it. The thinner is almost unneeded
I tends to dry a tad fast on the press as you work with it.
We used to print the tire displays for the old Price Club
on Komatex PVC with the 9700.
Worked like a charm.
For clean up we use AutoType CPS type A7 screen wash.
-Rob
9700 will work just fine but if you are talking about raw uncoated corrugated boxes you will have some bleeding involved.
Either add some flattening paste or use a poster ink instead. 9700 is an "all purpose" ink but it's mainly directed towards
plastics and vinyl products.
Just out of curiosity, what market are you trying to reach. Most box manufacturers are also flexo printing their products
already, which is kinda like the big rubber stamp your talking about. Unless your doing short to medium runs for a
particular customer I'm not sure there is a market.
We screen print a couple hundred of shoebox size clay-coated boxes yearly for a contest from a local radio station. We print
their logo on them and they have a punched slot on top that you can put your bus card in for a drawing. I'm sure if they
needed thousands that they could get them pre printed from the box mfg though.
Either add some flattening paste or use a poster ink instead. 9700 is an "all purpose" ink but it's mainly directed towards
plastics and vinyl products.
Just out of curiosity, what market are you trying to reach. Most box manufacturers are also flexo printing their products
already, which is kinda like the big rubber stamp your talking about. Unless your doing short to medium runs for a
particular customer I'm not sure there is a market.
We screen print a couple hundred of shoebox size clay-coated boxes yearly for a contest from a local radio station. We print
their logo on them and they have a punched slot on top that you can put your bus card in for a drawing. I'm sure if they
needed thousands that they could get them pre printed from the box mfg though.
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Use any waterbased acrylic ink - speedball, TW 5000, etc. Works great on card, no solvent cleanup. use a good dualcure emulsion or something rated for WB inks.
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Re: Printing on Cardboard boxes
I have printed boxes with Nazdar 2700. however, it was just black on a brown cardboard box. Nazdar says it will print on coated paper and card stock. I will have to dig up a pick of the boxes I did for my online store.
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