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Product Lifecycle White Paper
Advanced Web is now offering a white paper on how packaging plays a part in the product lifecycle.  The objective of this white paper is to demonstrate how the product development team can apply solid cost and time effective solutions to every phase of the product lifecycle.

"Once considered to be incidental components of the product lifecycle, labels and flexible packaging are gaining more attention."
PLC White Paper

Label and Flexible Packaging Solution Considerations
  • Accelerate time to market
  • Respond quickly to consumer demand
  • Accommodate last minute changes
  • Support just-in-time manufacturing
  • Accommodate zero, reduced or exact inventory
  • Improve supply chain management
  • Incorporate sustainability
  • Provide versioning and/or personalization
  • Lower total applied costs    

Click here to receive your complimentary Product Lifecycle White Paper

Digital ComparisonQuality  
After doing a side by side comparison of digital print technologies, we have confirmed that the HP Indigo outshines the competition.

Here are some of the benefits:

Criteria

HP Indigo

Quality of Graphics/Print Resolution

Installed Base

Recently Announced

Excellent

2438dpi

2438dpi

Dot Pattern

True GATF Halftone

Color Gamut

Extended (Indichrome 4CP+OGV+W)

Spot Mixable

97% Pantone Colors

Pantone Color Certified

Certified

White Opacity

Good - Very Good

White Plus

Color Repeatability

Excellent

Service

Excellent

5 engineers with parts in MN

Ability to mimic Flexography to move seamlessly between platforms as demand changes

Yes

Outdoor Fade Resistance of Ink

Good - Very Good

Limited UL Certs

Suitability of Ink Systems for Food Packaging

Excellent

Compliant with FDA requirements for the non-contact side of food packaging


When is Digital the Right Tool?
  • On Demand
  • Short Runs
  • Personalization
  • Variable Data
  • JIT (Jut In Time) 
  • Target/1-to-1 Marketing
  • Proofing/Samples
  • Security Printing
  • Barcodes 
  Features of Digital
  • Ability to create mock-ups or sales samples on correct substrate using actual graphics
  • "One Up" label capabilities
  • 7 Colors
  • 12" Web Width
  • Film or paper capable
  • No films or plates
  • Serialization of individual labels  

 

Please contact your Advanced Web sales representative or email us to receive the full comparison. 

Blogs
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Don't forget to check out our blogs and let us know if there are any specific topics you would like to see covered.

Dr. O covers all things medical with the most recent post titled 'Label Mania at HealthPack'.

Our Label Expert blog covers the rest of the territory. The most recent post is focused on 'ASTM Ink Adhesion Tape Test'. 

 

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