To UV or Not to UV. . .

Although UV has had a positive impact on letterpress, this technology as a whole has been relatively flat for many years. Hudson attributes this to the significant quality strides made in flexographic printing. Letterpress does have its strengths, such as the ability to provide strong colors. There is also an installed base that reaps the benefits offered by UV technology. Kalkowski says that Sun Chemical has one customer that prints 10 million folding cartons per day using UV letterpress—not too shabby.