Woodruff Printing--Scaling New Heights With UV

Woodruff is happy with the plant's UV capabilities for environmental, as well as operational reasons. "We were using aqueous coatings on our sheetfed equipment, and if you compare that to the UV process, it's black-and-white," he continues. "The ink is still wet under the aqueous coating. With UV, the sheet is dry and can be handled immediately. Ink wastage has been virtually eliminated, and we don't have the oven costs or environmental regulations usually associated with web printing. Plus, our pressmen love the fact that they don't have to wash the press after each shift. You have to schedule up to an hour's cleanup with sheetfed. With UV inks, they can just go home."