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Gravure printing is characterized by excellent print quality and high printing speed. Its further advantages are that it involves a simple printing process, accurate ink use, and the flexibility of printing machine structures. Gravure printing, due to several technological innovations, now belongs to innovative technologies. The market of packaging materials is the largest segment of gravure printing, and a further increase is forecast. In this chapter, the bases of gravure printing process (ink transfer, drying, gravure cylinder, doctor blade, impression cylinder, characteristics of the prints) and the characteristics of gravure printing inks are presented. The up-to-date methods of gravure cylinder production and the characteristics of the structure of gravure printing machines are touched on, and finally the areas of the development of gravure printing are dealt with. |
