Effect of nip force on ink transfer in high resolution roll-to-roll printing

International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 517-523

  Nguyen, Ho Anh Duc ^a   Shin, Keehyun ^b   Lee, Changwoo ^c  

^a Flexible Display Roll to Roll Resarch Center   (South Korea)

^b Konkuk University   (South Korea)

^c Changwon National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Fidelity; High resolution; Ink transfer; Nip force; R2R gravure

Indexed keywords

ADHESIVES; OFFSET PRINTING;

FIDELITY; GRAVURE PRINTING; HIGH RESOLUTION; INK TRANSFER; PRACTICAL GUIDELINES; PRINTED PATTERNS; R2R GRAVURE; STATIC SIMULATIONS;

GRAPHIC METHODS;

EID: 84924794808     PISSN: 22347593     EISSN: 20054602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12541-015-0070-9     Document Type: Article

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