Color Sequence and Lamp Placement is Everything in UV Printing

By Darren Gapen

How many of us have heard or used the saying, “My memory is getting so bad that I could hide my own Easter eggs?” With everything that is always going on in our lives, I’m sure that we have all been there one time or another.

With Easter upon us, many children will be participating in the tradition of an egg hunt. Their parents, neighbors or adults will be hiding either hand colored or plastic eggs filled with goodies for the children to find.

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Darren has worked in the printing industry for 30 years and spent more than 12 years at two of the nation's leading high-end commercial printers: Bradley Printing in Des Plaines, IL, and Williamson Printing Corp. in Dallas, TX. During that time, he operated conventional and UV 40˝ sheetfed presses and also successfully managed a $15-million pressroom equipment transition. Darren also was Lead Press Instructor for Heidelberg, where he directed specialty equipment startups and was involved in all aspects of the printing process by teaching both instructor and pressroom employees.

In addition, he served as a troubleshooter for various printing companies in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. As operations manager for a start-up specialty folding carton company, he played a key role in achieving more than $6 million in sales within two years. Currently Darren is president of D.G. Print Solutions, a consulting firm that supports printing companies of all sizes. He specializes in growth development planning, pressroom color management and pressroom training through specialty print applications.