Beyond Darth Vader

For industry professionals, the next main concern is which type of ink to use—and this comes down the rewettability. Steve Wilkinson, VP of sales and marketing, ARC International, said, "Clearly, UV inks cause less plugging issues for anilox rolls, with solvent-based inks being next, due to the chemistry of this particular ink system." He concluded that water-based inks provided the most rewettability-problems.