The Effect of Applying UV LED-Cured Varnish to Metalized Printing Elements during Cold Foil Lamination
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Basis
2.1. Lamination
2.2. Printing of Decorative Metalized Foil
3. Materials and Methods
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- run(“Stack to Images”);
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- selectWindow(“Hue”);
- close();
- selectWindow(“Brightness”);
- run(“Options...”, “iterations = 1 count = 1”);
- setOption(“BlackBackground”, false);
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Majnarić, I.; Morić, M.; Valdec, D.; Milković, K. The Effect of Applying UV LED-Cured Varnish to Metalized Printing Elements during Cold Foil Lamination. Coatings 2024, 14, 604. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14050604
Majnarić I, Morić M, Valdec D, Milković K. The Effect of Applying UV LED-Cured Varnish to Metalized Printing Elements during Cold Foil Lamination. Coatings. 2024; 14(5):604. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14050604
Chicago/Turabian StyleMajnarić, Igor, Marko Morić, Dean Valdec, and Katja Milković. 2024. "The Effect of Applying UV LED-Cured Varnish to Metalized Printing Elements during Cold Foil Lamination" Coatings 14, no. 5: 604. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14050604