Web's Got a Friend

The move to multi-process was certainly witnessed by last year's Labelexpo attendees. RDP Marathon, for example, highlighted its LF-series of variable repeat web presses, which employs interchangeable print inserts available in hybrid combinations of litho, flexo, screen, waterless, and gravure.

Brian Ivens, RDP's director of international marketing, believes, "Such print flexibility allows the appropriate printing process to be used according to the needs of each job—offset for process printing, flexo for special coatings, screen for high ink deposition, gravure for metallic effects, etc."