Printing and processing information

Select a surface and learn more about the technical features of the material. You can find further information in our brochures which you can order free of charge here.

You can find all important information and instructions about printing and processing CHROMOLUX within our online version of the handbook “Let’s print on CHROMOLUX“.

Surface

  • Front: high gloss, cast-coated
  • Back: matt with light grain

Printing inks

  • Standard inks

Ink drying/printing characteristics

  • Front: absorbent/oxidative (alkaline pH value leads to very hard drying printed image)
  • Back: absorbent/oxidative
  • Perfect register due to stable paper in terms of dimensions

Screen widths

  • Front: very fine screen (more than 80 l/cm) and FM screen possible
  • Back: fine screen (60–80 l/cm) pos

Scoring/folding/die stamping

  • Excellently suited, should be scored with an appropriate score width according to paper thickness

Embossing

  • Ideally suited, especially due to the approximately 30% higher volume compared to premium art and two-side coated papers

Foil blocking/lamination

  • Front: excellently suited because of its very smooth
    and even surface
  • Back: suitable

Surface

  • Both sides high gloss, cast-coated printing inks

Printing inks

  • Standard inks

Ink drying/printing characteristics

  • Absorbent/oxidative (decelerated oxidative colour drying because of acidic pH value)
  • Perfect register due to stable paper in terms of dimensions

Screen widths

  • Very fine screen (more than 80 l/cm) and FM screen possible

Scoring/folding/die stamping

  • Excellently suited, should be scored with an appropriate score width according to paper thickness

Embossing

  • Ideally suited, especially due to the approximately 30% higher volume compared to premium art and two-side coated papers

Foil blocking/lamination

  • Excellently suited because of its very smooth and even surface

Surface

  • Front: high gloss, cast-coated, absolutely even, colour finished
  • Back: matt with light grain

Printing inks

  • Front: purely oxidative drying foil inks
  • Back: standard inks

Ink drying/printing characteristics

  • Front: purely oxidative
  • Back: absorbent/oxidative
  • Perfect register due to stable paper in terms of dimensions

Screen widths

  • Front: very fine screen (more than 80 l/cm) and FM screen possible
  • Back: fine screen (60–80 l/cm) possible

Scoring/folding/die stamping

  • Excellently suited, should be scored with an appropriate score width according to paper thickness. In the case of folding across an internal coloured board surface, some cracking of the colour coating may occur under certain circumstances. We therefore recommend preliminary tests. 

Embossing

  • Ideally suited, especially due to the approximately 30% higher volume compared to premium art and two-side coated papers

Foil blocking/lamination

  • Front: excellently suited because of its very smooth and even surface
  • Back: suitable

Surface

  • Front: white, high gloss, cast-coated
  • Back: white, matt, specially treated

Printing technique/inks

  • All printing techniques in normal use (standard inks)

Ink drying/printing characteristics

  • Front: absorbent/oxidative (alkaline pH value leads to very hard drying printed image)
  • Back: absorbent/oxidative ink drying
  • Perfect register due to stable paper in terms of dimensions

Screen widths

  • Front: very fine screen (more than 80 l/cm) and FM screen possible.
  • Back: fine screen (60–80 l/cm) possible.

Varnishing

  • Suitable for machine, dispersion, solvent and UV varnishes: advantageous high surface smoothness, an even surface is achieved with minimum varnish

Embossing

  • Due to high volume, ideally suited for strong blind tooling (up to 20% advantage over machine coated label papers), good plasticity, sharp contoured and filigree embossed effects possible

Foil blocking/lamination

  • Front: excellently suited because of its very smooth and even surface
  • Back: suitable

Die cutting/die stamping

  • Smooth, dust-free cut, no burring/blocking, good lie, long blade service life (no hard pigments)

Labelling characteristics

  • Excellent labelling characteristics, even over wide speed ranges in the bottling line due to tolerant lie properties, good label separability, optimal reverse design (roughness, water absorption), for quick fixing with crease-free seating without protruding corners. Also suitable for sophisticated label designs

Surface

  • Front: metallised and/or high gloss coloured, cast-coated
  • Back: white, matt, specially treated

Printing technique/inks

  • Front: offset printing. In the case of UV, gravure and flexographic printing, a surface treatment may be necessary for alu and alu E in aluminium. Purely oxidative drying foil inks required
  • Back: all printing techniques in normal use (standard inks)

Ink drying/printing characteristics

  • Front: purely oxidative. Drying characteristics with alu and alu E particularly good in comparison with other metallised products
  • Back: absorbent/oxidative ink drying
  • Perfect register due to stable paper in terms of dimensions

Screen widths

  • Front: very fine screen (more than 80 l/cm) and FM screen possible.
  • Back: fine screen (60–80 l/cm) possible.

Varnishing

  • Generally suitable for printing varnishes. In the case of varnishing with dispersion, solvent or UV, special varnishes are necessary. These will be provided upon request. Advantageous high surface smoothness, an even surface is achieved with minimum varnish

Embossing

  • Due to high volume, ideally suited for strong blind tooling (up to 20% advantage over machine coated label papers), good plasticity, sharp contoured and filigree embossed effects possible

Foil blocking/lamination

  • Front: excellently suited because of its very smooth and even surface
  • Back: suitable

Die cutting/die stamping

  • Smooth, dust-free cut, no burring/blocking, good lie, long blade service life (no hard pigments)

Labelling characteristics

  • Excellent labelling characteristics, even over wide speed ranges in the bottling line due to tolerant lie properties, good label separability, optimal reverse design (roughness, water absorption), for quick fixing with crease-free seating without protruding corners. Also suitable for sophisticated label designs