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| UV Coating Specification |
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| Flood UV: |
- Covers entire sheet (one side at a time).
- Maximum sheet size: 38 x 50
- Minimum sheet size: 11-1/2 x 17-1/2 (hand feeding of smaller sizes may be possible).
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| Spot UV: |
| File Required: |
E-mail Illustrator (.ai) or Acrobat (.pdf) file to artwork@slcindustries.com.
File should be set-up as follows:
- imposed press sheet file
- all elements in 100% K (black) only
- all type outlined
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| Layout: |
- Sheetwise printing of images is best.
- Maximum sheet size: 28 x 40
- Minimum sheet size: 12-1/2 x 19
- Gripper margin: 3/4" (minimum to UV area)
- Tail, guide, and wild : 1/2" (minimum to UV area)
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| Registration: |
- Please mark clearly guide and gripper, use operator side guide if possible.
- Trapping screen printed UV image to an offset printed graphic image is difficult.
+- a 1/32" is realistic but is dependant on the quality of your registration and paper used.
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| For Both Flood and Spot UV: |
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| Paper: |
- Full coated sheet of paper (UV is a liquid and "soaks" into sheet).
- NO Matte, or any Uncoated sheets. (Finch fine is uncoated)
- 80# book weight minimum (some lighter weights, with up charges, can be done).
- A #3 or better grade is recommended.
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| Ink: |
- Conventional printing inks should not be used.
- Use of wax free ink(s) and (or) coatable sizing is a must.
- For Flood UV use a minimum of offset spray powder; excess spray powder may not be able to be crushed prior to the UV application. The UV coating will bond to the excess spray powder creating a sandpaper / raised speckled effect.
- For a quality job, Spot UV requires the complete removal of all spray powder from the sheets; any powder on the sheets provided by you will cause a raised speckled effect under the UV coated areas.
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| Drying: |
- 24 hours (fully cured ink) should be allowed before we apply UV coating.
- 24 hours should be allowed after we coat before banding for shipment or
coating of back side of sheet.
- Special arrangements can be made for quicker turn around - however SLC can not be held responsible
any blocking of sheets that occurs.
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| Pricing: |
- Please provide the following information.
Sheet size, Weight of paper, Square inches of coverage per sheet (spot only), Type of UV (gloss, dull), Number of sides, Quantity of sheets.
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