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“.
Cartonboard range
Label paper range
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
Scoring/folding/die stamping
- Excellently suited, should be scored with an appropriate score width according to paper thickness
Embossing
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
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

