Combination Rotary Screen Printing

"More and more presses are being delivered with combination capabilities, and rotary screen is typically part of the combination," commented John Costenoble, sales manager for Stork's Graphical Print Systems (Charlotte, N.C.). Stork provides rotary screen presses and subsystems, and supplies engineering and retrofits for more than 35 different press manufacturers. Costenoble says combination rotary screen has quickly grown outside its initial pressure-sensitive label market. "Narrow-web printers start out with screen printing because they need the opacity it provides. They use it to print whites on films and foils to serve as a base for the four-color process. But many printers, once they're comfortable with the process, start selling the value-add features of screen."