environment
VOC emissions; therefore it is important
when considering the environmental impact
of your printed matter to select a printer
that uses low-content or IPA-free
dampening solutions.
Green
VOCs are soil and groundwater

contaminants that contribute to air
pollution and are therefore hazardous to
humans and the environment and need to
be controlled. Therefore, it is important to
partnerships aid
consider printers that can demonstrate
that they have worked to reduce or
eliminate VOC emissions.
sustainability
Headley Brothers eliminated the use of IPA
on its heat-set web presses over 15 years
ago and in 1999 reduced the concentration
of IPA used on the sheet-fed presses from
In any industry, addressing
12% to 7.5%. Attempts to further lower
environmental matters is
the concentration of IPA were found to
essential in order to exist as affect print quality and led to increased
a business. Here, Sue Gray,
maintenance of the presses. A lowered
Environmental Co-ordinator at
IPA concentration has proven to retain
outstanding print quality.
Headley Brothers, looks at why
high quality print production
Print on demand
should be a viable, ecological
The ‘print on demand’ nature of digital print
services enables the customer to create
business option.
documents only in the quantity and at the
time needed, thereby reducing waste by as
much as 30%. In the case of the equipment
Attaining goals for sustainability means
print quality. An additional used by Headley Brothers Digital, 97% of
going beyond what you can control directly
benefit is that vegetable inks components of the Xerox iGen 3 Digital
– suppliers, customers, people and other
are easier to de-ink during Production Press can be recycled or re-
important stakeholders need to be engaged
the recycling process. manufactured, and the iGen3 emits 80% less
in order for you to extend and magnify
noise than a typical offset press.
your impact.
Solvent-based inks
Web presses use mineral Emissions of chemicals from our digital
Green leanings within the print industry are
oil-based inks because of press such as ozone and dust are strictly
certainly not incompatible with high-quality
the necessity to dry the ink controlled and well below regulatory
print production; in times of increasing
quickly, as the printed matter requirements. Toner cartridges used within
environmental focus, a printer should
is cut and folded straight away as part of the the printing process are fully recycled, dry
be able to offer the highest standards of
printing process. No time is available within inks are non-toxic and there is no hazardous
environmental printing as a mainstream,
the process for the natural drying of ink, as is waste generated from the printing process.
affordable business choice.
the case with sheet-fed printing. In addition, Headley Brothers Digital’s
Environmental standards
associated print-on-demand and web-to-
The ink is dried onto the page by passing
The adherence of a printer to an
print solutions enable material and
through an integral oven, and as the ink dries,
environmental management system, such as
waste reduction.
solvent from the ink is released; therefore, it
ISO 14001, is an important indicator that
is important to know what measures your Workflow technologies
environmental standards are being set and
printer takes to handle these emissions. Provision of the latest workflow technologies,
complied with. In addition, a printer that
At Headley Brothers, these emissions are such as web-to-print and online file delivery
holds the FSC and PEFC ‘Chain of Custody’
condensed and filtered in our plant to and approval systems, enables the creation
accreditations will be in a position to offer
prevent air pollution; and in the case of the of online soft-proofing. This reduces paper
a customer the choice of paper originating
24-page press, are used as a fuel for the usage, in turn reducing the environmental
from sustainable sources.
regenerative thermal oxidising ovens. impact of sending paper via transport, as well
Vegetable-based inks
as enabling a rapid turn-around and savings
IPA
Headley Brothers uses the most ‘green’,
on phone, courier and postage charges.
In conventional lithographic printing, isopropyl
vegetable-based inks within the sheet-fed
alcohol (IPA) is used with water known as a For further information on Headley Brothers’
printing process. Vegetable inks can be made
dampening solution, to help repel ink from environmental procedures, please contact
from a variety of vegetable oils including
areas where it is not needed on the page. Sue Gray, Environmental Co-ordinator, on
soybean, corn and linseed oils. These have a
Large amounts of water are used, producing 01233 623131, sue.gray@headley.co.uk.
far better biodegradability than conventional
large amounts of toxic liquid waste that must
inks, are renewable and produce optimum
be treated. Furthermore, IPA contributes to
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