Print quality and resistance for water-based flexography on polymer-coated boards: Dependence on ink formulation and substrate pretreatment

Progress in Organic Coatings

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 183-194

  Rentzhog, Maria ^a   Fogden, Andrew ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SURFACE CHEMISTRY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Corona discharge treatment; Polyethylene; Polypropylene; Print quality; Print resistance; Water based ink

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENES; PRINTING PROPERTIES;

CORONA DISCHARGE TREATMENT; PRINT RESISTANCE; WATER BASED INKS;

INK;

INK; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE; PRINT QUALITY;

EID: 33750958658     PISSN: 03009440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.porgcoat.2006.08.003     Document Type: Article

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