Taking A Second Look at ‘FIRST'

A force behind the new ink/pigment specifications that caused so much excitement was David Argent, product manager at Progressive Ink. Argent says many flexo printers are in the chaotic position of having different pigments for the same color targets in different dispensers from plant to plant. The root of the problem is the practice of specifying pigments by street name, e.g., cyan blue, which in addition to causing pigment inconsistencies, can lead to the use of 20 pigments when 10 to 12 would suffice.