Over time, printing machines in high-speed, high-volume production lines accumulate dirt and other contaminants, which can affect the quality of their output and cause mechanical failure. Cleaning the machines can, understandably, seem onerous, especially if you feel that valuable production time is being wasted while the task is carried out: after all, surely it’s more profitable to have your production line operating at its maximum capacity?

Despite the popularity of e-tickets, printed tickets still play a prominent role in our society. From sports fixtures and musical theatre to public transport and prize raffles, high-quality printed tickets remain in demand.

When important information needs to be added to a garment, such as washing and care instructions or constituent fibres, clothing manufacturers and their print suppliers have three choices: garment labels, heat transfer labels, and direct-to-garment prints.

At Focus Label, we have 40 years of experience in designing, manufacturing, and installing a range of label printing machines for the fashion industry.

For many years, paper became almost a dirty word in the world of commercial printing. Paper labels and packaging were seen as old fashioned, inflexible, difficult to recycle, unsustainable to produce (due to exploitative timber farming practices), and heavy in ink consumption. As a result, paper substrates were replaced or supplemented by a range of plastic or metallic foils, or plasticised paper with a lower wood-pulp content. Printing presses were developed accordingly – to handle a range of foils and paper-free substrates.

Narrow web flexo printing is a cost-effective and reliable solution for mid-large volume print runs. Operating with webs that, typically, are between 10” and 16” wide, narrow web flexo printing works well with UV-curable inks which dry quickly, thereby eliminating the need for additional drying equipment, and delivering a lower ink cost per square metre without compromising on image quality.