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The True Benefits of UV Coating & UV Coaters
The Quality is in the Coating…
Using uv coating on your printed products allows for colors to become more vibrant and rich. For example, all of your printed materials with blues or blacks in them will allow for a nearly wet-like appearance. Coating your products with a uv coater is one of the most effective (and efficient) ways to create beautiful, finely finished products.
Document Mailing without the Damage…
Do you print a lot of products that are mailed for your customers? Well, as your customer’s documents travel from post office to post man to post man to post office to their consumers, the document may become damaged or warped or even destroyed as it makes its journey. Using uv coating on your printed documents provides durable, damage-resistant products without lacking any visual appearance! Additionally, products that are uv coated are resistant to smudging and marking which allows for not only your customers professional presentations to look great, but yours as well.
Go Green, Stay Clean…
With regulation worries, an over taxation applying, uv coating provides an outlet for business owners to print and finish responsibly. UV coatings are free of solvents and do not emit volatile organic compounds, or VOCs when cured. This basically means 2 things:
1 – You’ll get a great PR value with not only your current customers (and the general public), but you’ll also get a distinct marketing edge as well for presenting to newer clients.
2 – You are taking the correct steps to help save the environment, and going green is staying clean.
Finishing your printed products with a uv coating system has now become more efficient than ever. ‘And with the overall high-quality, fast output of a uv coaters, uv coating has never been easier.
Watch the video below to see just how fast (without lacking any quality) uv coating is…
Wide Format Laminators and Dry Mounting Systems
Wide Format Laminators and Dry Mounting Systems
Wide format laminators are disigned for digital and inkjet printers. Banner American and Ledco manufacture wide format laminating equipment from 38″ to 60″ machines. If you own or operate a sign shop or digital reproduction facility a large format laminator for finishing and dry mounting your prints is a must.
Wide Format Laminators for digital printing
Laminate and dry mount trade show displays, signs, vehicle graphics and much more. Apply gloss, matte, and textured laminate. Wide format laminators are available that run hot (thermal) and cold (pressure sensitive) material and dual application. Quickly switch from thermal to pressure sensitive materials with the Ledco Digital 42 or 60 model without waiting for heat up or cool down time.
How Do I Choose the Right Corner Rounder for My Print Shop?
In this series of posts, “How do I choose?”, we will help you take a little of the guesswork out of selecting the best print finish product for your shop or office. It’s sometimes difficult to find the right machine to fit your needs when there are so many models.
For example, Lloyd’s has nine different round corner machines. There are options and add-ons for some, and others are simply manual. In each purchase you make, you should consider the following as it relates to your business’s operation.
Corner rounders are pretty simple machines. They basically make measured cuts on the corner of your printed sheets. This finishing method has always been popular, but more-so in recent years as print products mimic the style of online communications. It’s not often that you see an icon or a photo online with squared-off corners.
So, let’s look at application first. Are you printing posters or business cards? Are you printing on heavy or standard stock? The size alone may rule out a manual table-top rounder, so be sure to look at the table dimensions. And, heavy stock may require the power an automatic can provide – which also puts you over $1,000. If you’d like the option to cut through metal for signage production, you’ll need a specific machine.
For rounders I think quantity and speed necessary can be measured by the capacity of sheets you can feed the machine at one time (in inches). A rounder in the hobby category may only accept a few sheets at a time with a .04″ clearance, but commercial medium and heavy-duty rounders will allow an inch or more to be cut. Thicker cut, means you’ll be moving through projects faster. Do you think your capacity will grow or remain the same? Choose a model for 2 years down the road, rather than one you need today, because your needs will hopefully grow once you add this machine.
The frequency of your use will require replacement cutting dies, so the availability and cost of these parts should also be a consideration. You’ll also want to investigate the variety of blade sizes and designs available for a particular model as well. A wide variety of cutting options will also add to your flexibility and options for the customer.
Finally, consider maintenance. All Lloyd’s corner rounders come with a year warranty, but looking beyond this time frame consider your potential frequency of use and the availability of replacement parts.
To check out Lloyd’s selection of corner rounders and compare models, visit our website.
Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine (CR-50)
The Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine isn’t for everyone. If you’ve got a high-production print shop, and need to do a lot of cutting and corner rounding, the Lassco CR-50 is the one for you. It’s a floor model, so it’s made for durable, rugged use — the kind of tough use that a high-production shop can dish out.
How is it Used?
The Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine is designed to cut everything from paper to plastic. It includes one standard cutting die (1/8″, 1/4″, 3/8″, 1/2″) unit of your choice, and there are 9 optional speciality dies from 1/16″ to 1-1/2″.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Lassco CR-50 Manual Corner Rounding Machine is $733.50 at Lloyd’s, and comes with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty.
Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter (CR-60)
I don’t know what sign makers did before the Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter. (My friend, Three-Fingered Sal, says he knows, but he doesn’t like to talk about it.) But with the Lassco CR-60, sign makers can handle even the toughest sign making jobs, literally cutting corners up to 1.5″ in size.
How is it Used?
?The Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter is made of heavy steel, and has a shear capacity of up to .080 half hard aluminum, and has four die sizes available — .5″, .75″, 1″, and 1.5″ — so it can handle any sign size your customers throw at you.
And How Much Does it Cost
The Lassco CR-60 Sign Makers Metal Corner Cutter is $697 at Lloyd’s, and it comes with a 1 year manufacturer’s warranty.