Getting Better All the Time

Choices of pigments for specialty inks have increased, but so have pigment options in general. "Proper pigment choices are harder to make due to so many products from so many suppliers, but we now have sources for most any pigment application needed," said Ed Dedman, business manager for SICPA North America's Narrow Web & Energy Curable Group. "We are constantly getting new raw materials from our suppliers that allow us to increase pigment strength while maintaining low viscosity. This lets the printer use higher line anilox rolls, thereby reducing ink consumption."