Herma adds PP label film for HP Indigo presses

Herma Self-adhesive Materials has introduced PP white digital (grade 877), a new label film specifically developed for printing on HP Indigo digital presses.

Thanks to a special surface treatment, the white, film-based adhesive material offers excellent printability in combination with HP Indigo ElectroInks

Herma PP white digital is a glossy polypropylene film that produces superior labels with a strong visual appeal for use on cosmetics or household cleaning products, for example, even when hostile weather conditions and exposure to chemicals have to be endured.

The film features a special surface coating that Herma said permits excellent printing results and supreme ink adhesion of HP ElectroInks. The surface treatment has been certified by HP with three stars (best performance). Furthermore, the adhesive is also certified by the German institute ISEGA for direct contact with fatty foodstuffs. Herma PP white digital also does not require treatment with a primer prior to printing, which Herma managing director Dr Thomas Baumgärtner said, ‘will make it easy for users who work with HP, to print digitally in the future with this film labelstock.'

The standard coating for the new film is the Herma adhesive 62Xpc with multi-layer perfectCut technology. The material reduces die-cutter wear, especially during film label production, improves convertibility and die-cutting results, and thus enhances machine performance, in particular when producing film labels.

‘With this solution that has been officially approved by HP, we are offering supreme reliability – backed by the product and service quality standards for which Herma has long since established a strong reputation in the conventional printing community,’ added Baumgärtner.