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Cold Foil Alternatives: Cost-Effective Solutions for Offset & Flexo
Cold Foil is the fastest growing segment in packaging. Unlike Hot Stamping, it requires no heat and no dies. It uses glue and prints inline on an Offset or Flexo press at high speeds.
But Cold Foil is technically demanding. It requires a foil that releases instantly at 10,000 sheets per hour.
Major players like Kurz (K-Laser) dominate this space, but their rolls are expensive.
Only Imaging manufactures CF-Series (Cold Foil) designed specifically for:
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Sheet-Fed Offset: (Heidelberg, Manroland, Komori).
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Narrow Web Flexo: (Mark Andy, Nilpeter, Gallus).
The Critical Spec: Over-Printability
The magic of Cold Foil is that you can print color ink on top of the silver foil to create thousands of metallic colors.
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The Challenge: Cheap foils have a top coat that repels ink, causing “crawling” or poor adhesion.
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Our Solution: Only Imaging CF-Series has a chemically treated top layer that accepts UV and Conventional inks perfectly. The dots stay sharp, and the colors pop.
Speed & Release
On a Heidelberg XL 105, speed is money. Our foil is engineered with a “Free Release” formula that transfers cleanly even at maximum press speeds, preventing “dusting” (small flakes of foil flying around the press).
Fine Detail
Cold foil is often used for fine gradients and halftones. Our CF-Series can reproduce a 3% to 98% dot range, allowing for photographic metallic effects.
Conclusion: High Speed, Low Cost
Cold Foil consumes huge amounts of material (since you use a full web width). A lower cost-per-roll translates to massive savings on long runs.
Test the Only Imaging CF-Series on your next press run.
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