A new understanding on the mechanism of fountain solution in the prevention of ink transfer to the non-image area in conventional offset lithography

Journal of Adhesion Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 15-16, 2004, Pages 1861-1887

  Shen, Wei ^a   Hutton, Brenda ^a   Liu, Fuping ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conventional offset lithography; Film splitting; Ink transfer mechanism; Interfacial adhesion strength

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; FREE ENERGY; LITHOGRAPHY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE TENSION; WETTING; FOUNTAINS; OFFSET PRINTING;

FOUNTAIN SOLUTION (FS); INK-TRANSFER MECHANISMS; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH;

INK; ADHESION;

CATIONIC POLYMERS; CONTINUOUS LAYERS; DOMINANT MECHANISM; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FILM SPLITTING; FOUNTAIN SOLUTIONS; INK TRANSFER; INK-TRANSFER MECHANISMS; INTERFACIAL ADHESION STRENGTH; INTERFACIAL ADHESIONS; MECHANISTIC INTERPRETATIONS; OFFSET LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING; SPECIFIC AREAS; STATIC CONDITIONS;

EID: 13444270661     PISSN: 01694243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/1568561042708395     Document Type: Article

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