Sustainability benefits of expanded gamut printing

Expanded gamut printing is a relatively new technology that allows print companies to move away from spot colours and needing an inventory of these colours on hand or ordering them from their ink supplier every time a print job requires a spot colour. With expanded gamut printing the same seven colours remain in the printing units and only the printing plates and the substrate get changed. This leads to less frequent print unit wash-ups and allows the so-called ganging of jobs resulting in less use of organic solvents and a lower consumption of paper. These savings make the operation of a print company more sustainable. The main goal of this project is to quantify these savings.

Faculty Supervisor:

Martin Habekost;Krzysztof Krystosiak

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Partner:

Sina Printing

Discipline:

Business

Sector:

Manufacturing

University:

Toronto Metropolitan University

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