FORECAST FOR 2017 Print companies printing metallic inks for their customers will start to use the M3 measurement mode to control metallic inks on press. Print companies need to invest into instruments that support the M3 mode.


can be used for controlling metallic inks in this application.


The flexographic printing inks have a larger metal- lic flake than the offset inks, but the measurement instruments were not influenced by this. This is due to the two polarization filters that are used in the M3 measurement mode. Also the application of water-based coating has a negligible effect on the measured L*a*b* and corresponding density values.


The message to all print shops that print metallic inks is that they should get a color measurement device for press-side use that is capable of the M3 measurement mode making the guesswork of print- ing metallic inks a thing of the past.


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