Press Coatings - The Environment and Beyond.

The application of a thin, fast-drying film to the surface of freshly printed inks offers an attractive means of combating air pollution from printing plant effluent. The source of the air pollution may be from the effluent of the heated web and ink solvents as well as from starch dust. Sufficient progress has been made in the testing of this application by the printers, equipment manufacturers, inkmakers, and resin producers to show that within the parameters of solution applicability, viscosity, drying rate, and ink/coating compatibility. a workable system using Eastman's Alcohol Soluble Propionate is available. Beyond the environment situation, the nation and the industry are faced with an energy crisis. Conservation of energy permitted by this method by using low-drying temperatures will be significant for the printing industry. parameters of solution applicability, viscosity, drying rate, and ink/coating compatibility. a workable system using Eastman's Alcohol Soluble Propionate is available. Beyond the environment situation, the nation and the industry are faced with an energy crisis. Conservation of energy permitted by this method by using low-drying temperatures will be significant for the printing industry.