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AREAS WHERE PRODUCT CAN BE FOUND

Label printer
Flexo wide web printers
Corrugating companies
Bag makers
Gravure printers
Laminators
Coaters

Textiles

ADDITIONAL READING MATERIAL:
Best Practices: The Importance of Ink Systems

By Cory Francer

It’s easy to take for granted that in any type of printing, ink will meet the substrate as it passes
through the press and a printed product will come out on the other side. But, what often gets
overlooked is the path the ink takes on its journey to and through the press and eventually, onto
its intended surface. Ink systems, whether pumps, dispensers, tanks or formulations, are crucial
elements that play a major role in print quality, efficiency, colour accuracy and plant and product
safety. Understanding how ink systems can best interface with a printing operation and improving
ink management can lead to significant improvements throughout the printing process.

Smart Dispensing
According to Maarten Hummelen, marketing director for GSE Dispensing, the most important
element of an ink dispenser is the software that drives it. GSE, which is based in the Netherlands
with U.S. operations in Charlotte, N.C., offers a full array of ink dispensing equipment, but
Hummelen explains the software capabilities behind these dispensers can help package printers
better run their operations.

GSE Dispensing’s Colorsat Switch features base components on waterfall frames.

INK PUMP TRAINING MANUAL 6
Updated - 24 June 2019