Michelman adds off-line primers for use with HP Indigo digital presses

Each off-line primer is designed to serve specific, demanding applications. The first is used for labels that require high water resistance, such as those found on personal care products including shampoo bottles. The second primer is especially effective on laminated flexible packaging structures, as well as shrink sleeves. The new primers will bolster Michelman’s already wide variety of HP-approved products for HP Indigo press owners.

According to Jan Denies, industry manager for Michelman’s Printing & Packaging Group, the experimental primers provide an option for those companies using HP Indigo WS6X00 series presses without in-line priming units. ‘We have developed and are testing two new primers that are applied off-line on a flexo or gravure station. They are currently in extensive beta testing at a variety of customer locations and we expect to commercialize them later in the year.’

Michelman has launched a primer for high speed water-based inkjet printing presses, which it said creates opportunities for equipment manufacturers and owners.