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Both environmentally and operator friendly, Hillard says, CeramClean II "has allowed me to run better print quality and to have better uptime because I can clean my anilox rolls with it in-press." For Hillard's 80˝ wide-web presses, it only takes him about 30 minutes to clean.

For outside service, Laserlife offers excellent cleaning service, according to Rich Harris, plant manager and a Laserlife customer. "They do an outstanding job. I send my anilox rolls to them and they get them thoroughly cleaned." Unlike some converters, Harris says that he doesn't run inks, but adhesives. "I had been using the baking soda blasting method before, but that didn't work as well as I needed. Now, I am using Laserlife's laser cleaning, and it is phenomenal."